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 Special Announcements
    
 
ASK A CAREER CONSULTANT SESSIONS
Mondays, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
First-come, first-served with priority given to veterans. Check in at front desk.
 
    
November 6, Kelly Services Hiring Event for FedX seasonal drivers. For more info, click here.
 
November 2 and 16, Xerox Hiring Event for Customer Service Reps. For more info, click here.
 
Wednesday, November 7, Skyline Products Hiring Event, Orientation starts at 8:30 a.m. promptly. Skyline is seeking Welder/Journeymen and Mechanical Assemblers.  For more info, click here.
 
Monday, November 12, PPWFC CLOSED in observance of Veterans Day!
 
Thursday, November 15, PPWFC WILL OPEN ONE HOUR LATER AT 9 A.M.
 

Saturday, December 29, 2012 - All unemployment benefit extensions (EUC) expire on December 29.  PLEASE NOTE:  Even if you have a balance on your claim, the program ends and remaining funds WILL NOT be released to you.
 
TOYS FOR YOUR KIDS! Christmas Unlimited wants to help you.  Applications available at PPWFC. Age Eligibility: Child must have been born after December 24, 1999. Exception is any child for which the parent can present evidence that the child has a “special need” due to a mental or severe emotional condition, e.g.: - Down Syndrome - Severe learning disability - Functioning several years below actual age. DEADLINE, Friday, November 23.

 
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY UI SESSIONS 
 

A UI counselor from Denver is at PPWFC each Tuesday and Wednesday. The counselor meets with job seekers on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at 8 a.m. Please go directly to Room 1019. Be prepared to wait.

 
FILING UI CLAIM

You may file for unemployment insurance using any computer that is connected to the Internet. To file: go to http://www.colorado.gov/cdle and click on the link, “file or reopen an unemployment claim.”

You are not required to visit our office in person to file a UI claim.  
 















We do NOT Handle Unemployment Claims. You must go to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment site... for UI claims.
 
To view the "Basic Facts about Unemployment Insurance" video, go to e-colorado.org. 
 
 
Veterans and other covered persons are entitled to priority of service in all U.S. Department of Labor funded employment and training programs in accordance with Public Law 107-288   
  
 
 
 
 
 
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