Friday, July 17, 2009

This should be encouraging to many.

As Technology Needs Grow, One Sector Has No Shortage of Jobs ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071202016.html?referrer=emailarticle
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By Kim Hart
Platinum Solutions, a Reston information technology firm that serves the government, needs to find new employees so fast that it hired four full-time recruiters. At any given time, the company has 20 to 40 job openings, and it recently opened an office in West Virginia that has 65 employees.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Check out Bing.com

Check out bing.com when you get a chance. While Microsoft has a history of copyvcatting others, this actually seems to be more useful than google.com for search in some ways. I just tested it once in a search on a vacation spot we're headed to, and it gave far better results. Please post your successes/failures with this new entry to the search market. I'll be curious to see what you find.