Current data on jobs and wages show why workers rightly feel they are being left out of the economic recovery. Unemployment is at a quarter century high and the Congressional Budget Office predicts that unless stronger actions are taken, unemployment will remain above 10% in 2010, 9% in 2011, and 7% in 2012. This means that between 15 to 20% of the nation's human capital will remain unemployed, underemployed, or out of the labor force for the next three years -- clearly an unacceptable outc...
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I have been researching ways to twitter for jobs.  We know that employers are bypassing the cost of advertising jobs in Dice and Monster and are appealing directly to social media sites. 

twitterjobsearch.com is a neat new application that allows you to set your job parameters and search Twitter for positions based on time and location.  I enrolled and was searching for jobs within 2 minutes.  It has a very easy interface and seems quite useful.







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Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding educational sessions, renowned speakers, green building tours, special seminars, and networking events.

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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), founded in 1993, is a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built and operated. The USGBC is best known for the development of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system and Greenbuild, a green building conference that promotes the green building industry, including environmentally responsible materials, sustainable architecture techniques and public policy.

USGBC has mor...

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The 52-page “Green Jobs Study,” produced by the USGBC and the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), was released recently at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, held November 11 to 13 in Phoenix, . About $554 billion will be spent between 2009 and 2013 on construction of buildings that have multiple sustainable features or are LEED-certified. It will take 7.9 million jobs to create these buildings, according to the report.

“The study demonstrates that investing...

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