CDLE Workforce Center

Name

CDLE Workforce Center

Legal name

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

Website

https://connectingcolorado.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Workforce Services

NAICS

Administration of Human Resource Programs (923), Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs) (92313), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce & Job-Seeker Services (Community-Based) (EDAAAFAM)

Keywords

• Workforce services portal
• Unemployment insurance claims
• State employment services
• Job search platform
• Career center services

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded Workforce Services: Publicly funded workforce development services provided at no cost to job seekers and employers. Operated by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) as part of state workforce development initiatives, likely funded through state and federal employment and training funds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CDLE Workforce Center operates Colorado's statewide workforce services through the Connecting Colorado portal and a network of 15+ physical workforce centers. It provides job search and resume posting for job seekers, employer job posting and recruitment event services, career fairs, and online unemployment insurance claim filing and management. All services are delivered free of charge to Colorado residents and employers as a publicly funded state workforce development program.

Product overview

Connecting Colorado is a single, unified workforce services portal that provides job search functionality, jobseeker and employer event management, and access to workforce center locations across Colorado. The platform enables job seekers to register, search for jobs via the associated jobs.connectingcolorado.gov portal, and sign up for career events. Employers can register and access employer-specific events. The system is powered by Empyra.com, Inc.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Connecting Colorado Workforce Services Portal Statewide web portal operated by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) that serves as the gateway to Colorado's workforce services. Enables job seekers to register, search for jobs, post resumes, register for career fairs, and manage unemployment insurance claims, and enables employers to register, post jobs, source candidates, and access employer hiring events.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: World's largest private job search engine, posting millions of jobs from employers across the U.S. — competes with CDLE for employer job-posting activity and job-seeker attention, but operates as a digital-only platform without physical service centers or UI administration.
• LinkedIn: Microsoft-owned professional networking platform with integrated job search, recruiter tools, and skills assessments — competes for the same professional job-seeker segment as CDLE, but with a fundamentally different business model (freemium social SaaS) and global reach.
• Robert Half International: Global specialized staffing and talent solutions firm operating in finance, technology, legal, and administrative placements — addresses the same employer hiring and job-seeker placement needs as CDLE but as a paid, private-sector staffing intermediary rather than a free public service.

Direct peers

• Employ Florida: Florida's state workforce portal operated by the Department of Economic Opportunity — provides job search, employer job posting, event registration, and integrates with reemployment services for UI claimants in a model directly parallel to Connecting Colorado.
• ZipRecruiter: Publicly traded online employment marketplace using AI-driven matching between job seekers and employers — a direct functional peer to the digital side of CDLE's Connecting Colorado portal, though without the government mandate, physical locations, or UI integration.
• CareerOneStop (U.S. Department of Labor): Federally sponsored workforce portal providing job search, career exploration, training referrals, and links to state American Job Centers — operates as the federal counterpart to state workforce systems like CDLE and serves a similar user base of job seekers and employers.
• Monster Worldwide: Long-established online job board and recruitment platform — competes head-to-head with the digital job-matching component of CDLE for employer job-posting spend and job-seeker traffic in Colorado.
• Workforce Solutions (Texas): Texas's state-administered workforce development system, operating WorkInTexas.com and 28+ Local Workforce Development Boards with physical offices across the state — directly comparable in mission, hybrid digital/physical delivery, and UI/workforce integration.
• California Employment Development Department (CalJOBS): California's state labor agency operating the CalJOBS workforce portal — a near-identical model to CDLE, combining statewide physical workforce centers, an online job-matching portal, unemployment insurance administration, and employer services funded by state and federal appropriations.
• OhioMeansJobs: Ohio's state-branded workforce system operated through county-level OhioMeansJobs centers — combines a job-matching portal, physical American Job Center locations, and UI linkage functions, making it a structural peer to CDLE's hybrid model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cdle-workforce-center

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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