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2013- Some of the Same, But Also Expect Change
As we crest the hill that will take us into 2013, we end a year that has been a dominated by domestic politics, global economic and geopolitical challenges, and a general feeling of uneasiness. Today, the impending “fiscal cliff” looks like it could define next year, but let̵… Read more >
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The Wake County Jobs Picture: In Context Part 4
Wake County and the Research Triangle Region have witnessed the impacts of a national recession and weak recovery on our local job markets. Despite being branded as one of the “it” places, we found that we were not immune to national and global impacts. As the chart below sho… Read more >
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Wake County Economic Development Cluster Analysis Survey
Wake County Economic Development, a program of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce has engaged Market Street Services – a national community, economic, and workforce development consulting firm based in Atlanta – to identify clusters of economic activity and niche bu… Read more >
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The Wake County Jobs Picture: In Context Part 3
It is not news that rapid global changes are impacting our local economy. A few years ago no one would have believed you if you had suggested that daily activity among Greek public workers could impact the U.S. stock market; and yet today, that is our reality. This month, revised (downward) … Read more >
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The Wake Jobs Picture: In Context Part 2
In the last commentary, we looked at the relationship between Wake County’s growing labor force, growing jobs, employment, and the unemployment rate. During the last 11 years, as North Carolina’s job growth has stalled, Wake County has led all counties in both labor force and… Read more >
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The Wake Jobs Picture: In Context
With the Wake County unemployment rate stuck above 7.5 percent for 40 of the last 41 months (after never being that high in any single month in the last 20 years), you might conclude that the job market is terrible. It is terrible if you are unemployed, but the job market as a whole is more … Read more >
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Attracting Top Creative Talent Through Culture
Companies need talented, creative people to compete. And more than ever, companies need the right culture, mission, and meaningful work to attract and retain that talent. On Tuesday June 21, local business leaders met at the North Carolina Museum of History for a panel titled,… Read more >
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Talent
The War for Talent
If you subscribe to a business magazine, then you have likely read about the war for talent more than once. Popular magazines have featured stories on the topic including Money Magazine, "Engineers Wanted: The War for Tech Talent March 2011;" CIO Update, "2011 and The Looming W… Read more >
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Clean Tech
Going Solar
I exhibited at the 40th Annual American Solar Energy Society National Solar Conference held right here in downtown Raleigh at the Raleigh Convention Center—one of the most energy efficient centers in the nation. The center’s LEED Silver Certification makes it o… Read more >
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Interactive Media
Sleepless in Seattle
I was in Seattle last week to conduct a whirlwind series of meetings with some of the area’s largest game-development studios. The Seattle area was the one recognized cluster of game development in the United States that I had not visited personally so I was keen to gather as much … Read more >
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