Is Green In or Is Green Marketing In?
Peopele everywhere are writing about buzz phrases like ecopreneurship and clean, green technology (that will be available after the construction of dirty technology that is currently being lobbied for). Newsweek has a photo gallery up titled ‘A Future So Bright’, while The New York Times has an article citing the fact that the US Froze Solar Energy Projects […]
Visual CV’s Novel Approach to Ad Sales
Read Write Web recently struck an ad deal with Reston, VA based VisualCV. At first glance it looks like just another banner ad on the website, but in reality they have created a content stream called jobwire that they are serving up in conjunction with the ad. It looks like they are grabbing status updates from LinkedIn […]
Jobmatchbox.com Noted In Washington Post
If you missed today’s Washington Post then you may want to check out the online version of their article mentioning Jobmatchbox here. The story was on the cover of the business section. We’re flattered and happy to read about local startups and local startup community events in the Washington Post. Thanks to Kim Hart and […]
Social Matchbox Q4 2008 Recap & Photos
Last night’s event recap and photos are here, check them out!
Go Green in DC, for real?
I’ve often talked about how much I wish I could have a green power option in DC like the one available in other states. Until today I wasn’t aware of an option, but now there apparently is: Clean Currents, a Rockville, MD based company appears to allow DC residents to go green through some sort of energy […]
DC Gaming Industry Shuffle
I was pleasantly surprised when I heard that National Geographic had made its move into the gaming industry. The new division called National Geographic Games (NGG) plans to publish and develop games for game consoles, the web and mobile devices. Paul Levine will lead the new division as well as NGV’s Maps and Mobile businesses. Chris Mate, […]
Full Disclosure Resume Writing
When writing your resume you may be tempted to hide, bury, mitigate, adjust, or just paint in a positive light what has transpired over the course of your career. And you might just get away with it like some who have before you. But you may also get caught and embarrased or fired or just […]
Small Business and Startup Owners Take A Hit From Insurers
A few weeks ago I was surprise by a startup in the DC market when they told me that they did not offer health insurance to their employees. In today’s market I find it hard to believe that an employer would be able to attract and hire competitively without it. But lots of startups hire […]
53,000 More Jobs Dissapear
The economic donward spiral continues this morning as Citigroup announces the elimination of 53,000 additional jobs. I wonder if the executive managment took any sort of pay cut in the process. The team over at Goldman Sachs at least gave up their bonuses. So far I’ve hard about lots of layoffs from large corporations, but not […]
What Is Your Job Hunting Mascot?
As the number of layoffs continues to climb and the number of job seekers entering the market climbs the tables turn from a job seeker’s market back to an employer’s market. As this market transformation begins job seekers will need to start to think about how they are prosecuting their job search. Jobs that were […]
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