<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Economy</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/jobs/economy?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><description>Economy</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[TECHWORKING: McDonald Bradley Inc.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61614-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61614-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[McDonald Bradley Inc. plans to hire about 51 people in the next month. Ken Bartee, president and chief executive, talked with The Post's Andrea Caumont.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Government Cap on Work Visas Rises, So  Does Confusion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35832-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35832-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The two engineers have been ready for months. One waits in Colombia, the other in Argentina.]]></description><author> S. Mitra Kalita</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[March Job Growth Disappoints]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18262-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18262-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. employers added a disappointing 110,000 jobs to their payrolls in March, the smallest increase since July, as businesses continued their reluctance to hire in the face of strong economic growth and rising profits.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[TECHWORKING: August Schell Enterprises]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5706-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5706-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[August Schell Enterprises plans to hire about seven people in the next month and 15 total over the course of the year. Bill Schell, chief executive , talked with The Post's Andrea Caumont.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bosses' Blogs Offer Mostly PR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48437-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48437-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An increasing number of companies have joined the blog bandwagon, in many cases producing corporate blogs that read like press releases.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Jobless  Picture Still Mixed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32595-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32595-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unemployment in the District, which spiked in the second half of 2004, pulled back some in January.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AARP Pitches for Older Workers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61686-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61686-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The nation's leading organization for seniors launched an online effort yesterday to help companies recruit and retain workers 50 and older.]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temp Employment May Signal Strength]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58809-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58809-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Washington region added 4,500 jobs in employment services -- temp agencies and the like -- in the 12 months ended in December, a 9.3 percent increase. That is slightly slower than the annual pace of temp hiring earlier in 2004, but nonetheless it may be a sign that strong hiring across the local economy will continue.]]></description><author> Charting the Course  Of the Local Economy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job Growth Hit Its Stride In 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3678-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3678-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The results are in, and 2004 turned out to be the best year for job growth in the Washington area since 2000.]]></description><author> Charting the Course of the  Local Economy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surviving the Shift]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59144-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59144-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nation's workers have had to adapt as global trade and technology transform the American workforce.]]></description><author> Nell Henderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Law Will Create Jobs, All Right, but for Whom?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33966-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33966-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Congress trying to control what corporate America does with its money is like a toddler trying to go one-on-one with Michael Jordan in his prime. It's no contest.]]></description><author> Allan Sloan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a Plant Closes, Job Agency Steps In]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31462-2005Jan23.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31462-2005Jan23.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[County government career centers throughout the Washington region offer training, advice and job placement services to laid-off workers.]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Workers Move Far Out of the City, So Do the Jobs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29491-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29491-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Job growth is following residential growth to the fringes of the Washington area, where Stafford County showed the largest increase in jobs in Northern Virginia last year.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speedy Job Growth In Prince William]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14693-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14693-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the first quarter of 2004, Prince William County added jobs at the fastest pace of any large county in the nation, according to federal data. That rapid pace of job growth continued in the second quarter of last year, according to Labor Department numbers released last week, no longer the fastest in the nation, but still leading the Washington region.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fed Bank President Warns On Deficit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8199-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8199-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A top Federal Reserve official has urged the White House and Congress to restrain the U.S. budget deficit, warning that its continued growth poses risks to international financial markets.]]></description><author> Nell Henderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ended 2004 With Gain in Payrolls]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57531-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57531-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Employers added 2.2 million jobs in 2004, the first annual increase in payrolls since before the 2001 recession and a turning point for the nation's labor market after three years of job losses.]]></description><author> Nell Henderson  and Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job Growth Finds Balance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43425-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43425-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Earlier in the year, job growth was soaring in Northern Virginia, and suburban Maryland was a laggard in job creation. Now, things are coming back into balance.]]></description><author> Charting the Course  Of the Local Economy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In D.C., More Jobs But More Jobless]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28045-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28045-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The District is creating jobs, but more D.C. residents are jobless, according to Labor Department data released last week.]]></description><author> Charting the Course Of the Local Economy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tenuous Hold on Middle Class]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8839-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8839-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Even as African Americans and other minorities have made economic progress in the last 40 years, many of those reaching the middle-income rung are finding it a hollow promise.]]></description><author> Alec Klein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restaurant Jobs Still Growing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12571-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12571-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_jobs/economy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is a busy season for local restaurants, with holiday parties boosting business. As this holiday season started, restaurants were hiring lots more people -- but not as many as in the past.]]></description><author> Charting the Course  Of the Local Economy</author></item></channel></rss>