Job Growth
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Metro history: How D.C. united urban workers with suburban jobs
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From 1984 to 1987, suburban job growth increased by 6% while the urban job growth within the District grew at a sluggish 2.2%. How did D.C. address this staggering difference? The city launched its Regional Jobs Initiative program in 1983 and gave unemployed D.C. workers a way to reach the suburbs if they found jobs out there.
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D.C. ranks second in tech jobs
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Calling all nerds! The District was ranked as a top city for tech jobs, with demand flowing from the U.S. government and startups.
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D.C., Dallas and Boston lead U.S. in job growth
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, after bad weather contributed to a spike in the number of those seeking benefits the previous week.
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O'Malley overstates Maryland's edge in job growth
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Martin O'Malley said in a press release that Maryland's job growth rate is twice that of the rest of the county.
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Obama calls today's jobs report 'encouraging news'
President Obama stressed that over the last few months, a total of over a million new jobs have been created in the private sector.
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In the scientific and technical services industry, the jobs are aplenty, but the recruits are hard to find
Despite higher-than-usual unemployment rates in the Washington region, defense and government contractors trying to fill highly technical scientific and analytic jobs still face an uphill battle.
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Federal government accounts for half of regional job growth
The quarterly report says the Washington region added 41,800 new jobs from July 2009 to July 2010 .
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Washington job growth third-best in nation
Washington is one of 35 metropolitan areas deemed to have a rebounding economy by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Employment at Fort Meade already booming with much BRAC-related influx still to come
Maryland is readying for significant job growth at Fort Meade.
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