ellen golombek
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Governor adds another smart beer guy to Cabinet’s mix
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Colorado’s brewmaster-in-chief has named a fellow man in suds to run the state’s Department of Labor and Employment. If confirmed by the state Senate, Sam Walker would come to state government from Molson Coors Brewing Co., where he was has worked since 2002, most recently as chief legal and corporate affairs officer. Before that he…
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Hickenlooper to unveil Skillful platform Thursday to help jobseekers
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If you read Colorado Politics, then you know all about this, but Thursday morning Gov. John Hickenlooper will officially launch the job-seeking platform Skillful, which already is having a national impact. Skillful is a website the helps pair jobseekers with employers looking for skillsets, as well as guiding Coloradans to training to build on the…
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Labor veteran Ellen Golombek moves on, draws praise from Hick
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Ellen Golombek will be leaving her role as executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment at the end of October, the office of Gov. John Hickenlooper announced. The office issued a statement from Hickenlooper today crediting Golombek with having “transformed” the labor department since taking the helm in 2011. The statement said…