This Wednesday, April 25th, Mike Kohler, Business Education Coordinator for the Larimer County Workforce Center, will explain how today’s employment market has dramatically changed. With record lows in unemployment but troubling highs in underemployment, northern Colorado employers are facing a skills gap that makes recruitment and hiring challenging and highly competitive.
With undergrad and graduate degrees from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Mike has been a business owner, business coach and communication consultant, and was a communications executive for two of the largest U.S. broadband companies. He now manages leadership and workforce development training for the Larimer County Workforce Center’s Business Services Team. He is an active member of the Northern Colorado Human Resources Association and hosts monthly continuing education sessions of the Association of Training and Development.
Mike co-authored The Educated Franchisee, a guide for prospective franchise entrepreneurs. He currently serves as an advisor with CSU’s Venture Accelerator Program. In 2015, he received a Teacher of the Year honor from West Virginia University’s marketing and communications graduate program, which was recognized in 2015 as America’s top online grad program.