Posts Tagged ‘jobs’
DC Mythbusting: DC is a Company Town
‘The Capitol’
courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’
Welcome to another Mythbusting feature! This week, we’ll be tackling the myth that the District of Columbia is a company town– that is, that the majority of jobs in the city are federal government jobs. DC is the center of the federal government, so wouldn’t it make sense that most of the [...]
We Love Jobs
‘Diversity!’
courtesy of ‘lorigoldberg’
The Business Journal reports that DC ranks at the top of yet another national list: jobs created. The District had 133 job postings per 1000 residents, beating out the nearest competitor, Baltimore, by 43. Experts site the government sector as the reason for DC’s strong showing and expect that job creation will remain high in our city. [...]
Time Warner – You’ve Got No Mail!
Fresh off the presses today, it seems that a number of employees now at Time Warner/AOL can shorten that to just “AOL”. The board of directors authorized the divestiture of AOL from the company and, as expected for many months (if not years), AOL is left to fend for itself. As a friend of a [...]
More »The Dog-Eat-Dog World of the Job Hunt
It’s tough out there right now. Businesses are being bought out by each other, taken over, pillaged, and people are getting laid off all over. Here in the DC area we have the shelter of government, so we don’t feel it as deeply as some other areas do. However, it’s still a tough time. In [...]
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