What’s Working: How Colorado knows 7,322 people found jobs on state’s official job board

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A hiring sign at a store for retail jobs at the Parks Mall in Lone Tree on Sept. 18, 2022. (Tamara Chuang, The Colorado Sun)

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That’s just 2% of all who applied for a job on ConnectingColorado since last summer’s relaunch. The state job board has more than 140,000 openings. More behind the numbers.