Author: Eric Singer
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Get a Job Monday: Accountemps helps get you on the right career path
If your resumé includes accounting, finance and bookkeeping, you have a skillset that is just what Accountemps needs, right now. Temporary and temporary-to-hire positions are on the career menu for the world’s first and largest specialized staffing service for these careers. The Gazette’s Eric Singer introduces you to company representative Jamie Seeger to get you…
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Fort Carson soldiers testing for prestigious badge
On Friday, more than 100 Fort Carson soldiers were on day two of trying to earn the exclusive Expert Field Medical Badge. Each of what’s referred to as specific lanes tests critical skills required by combat medics. Testing includes tactical combat casualty care, a 12-mile ruck march and a medical evaluation – part of a…
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Donor Alliance spreads message of hope
Michael Hale knows how crucial it is to give the gift of life. Hale received a liver transplant on Sept. 21, 2012, after being on waiting list for four years. “The last year I was going south and was on my last leg,” he said Friday at a Memorial Hospital event for donor recipients. “I…
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Students watch history come to life in Colorado Springs
More than Colorado Springs 21 fourth-grade students became lifelike wax figures during Divine Redeemer Catholic School’s annual Wax Museum event on Friday. At the press of a buzzer, each child told the story of the person or recited famous speeches. The children researched everything they needed to know to make sure that people who pressed…
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Job seekers attend huge job fair in Colorado Springs
Wall to wall, people jammed the Hotel Eleganté Conference and Event Center in Colorado Springs on Thursday. It was for a Job Fair sponsored by the Pikes Peak Workforce Center. More than 120 employers had 1,400 confirmed jobs to be filled in the Pikes Peak region. Job seeker Essiclyn Harris was psyched to be able to…
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Get a Job Monday: Time Warner Cable hiring in Colorado Springs
Strong communication, computer skills and an excellent work ethic? You might be the right choice for an organization that has more than 15 million customers. Time Warner Cable is looking for high energy, consultative people to join its inbound sales team in Colorado Springs. Time Warner Cable is offering a base salary, aggressive commission, generous…
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Colorado Springs invited to ‘a conversation on race’
A conversation on race will held in a community-wide forum on Saturday from 1-2 p.m. at the Payne Chapel AME Church located at 3625 Marion Drive. African-American leaders and members of the community are invited to the forum which includes a Q&A with Mayor John Suthers. The event’s organizer, Dr. Ron Wynn, and others spoke…
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Get a Job Monday: Strike gold with this new job in Teller County
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company is one of the largest employers in the Pikes Peak region and an economic driver that is expected to produce gold through 2025. Owned by Newmont Mining Corporation, the company is looking for entry-level and experienced miners. Professional careers also include equipment operators, technicians and engineers for a…
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Friday Military Salute: Right time, right place for two Fort Carson soldiers
Right time-right place should be the theme of our Friday Military Salute. Two heroes from Fort Carson definitely made an impact at Copper Mountain by helping an injured skier. Specialists Colton Bogart and Arthur Jones are trained medics with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. While the pair was snowboarding at Copper…
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Colorado Springs exchange looks to improve accessibility in U.S. and Canada
A give and take of ideas in Colorado Springs happened Thursday to improve accessibility in America and Manitoba, Canada, for millions of disabled people. The Rocky Mountain ADA Center hosted its Manitoba counterpart, Nicole Gareau-Wilson, a policy analyst with the Manitoba Disabilities Issues Office. The Americans with Disabilities Act is more than 25 years old.…