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  1. Good news for Baltimore job seekers in software development and web design lnkd.in/d6hmg2
  2. Need help with your elevator speech? Join me on Jan. 19 for the Business Tools Group Meeting at the Baltimore Was…tinyurl.com/7dk3tyr
  3. #job seekers, take time to build rapport during an interview, ultimately it's about who's a good fit.
  4. Helping employees in transition Thursday; Facilitating corporate job search training seminars for employees being downsized in Maryland.
  5. 2012 forecasts US economy will grow 1.8-2.1% in 2012 slow but no recession
  6. Could see soft spots in early 2012 due to overspending
  7. Americans are buying new cars, good for economy
  8. Economic forecast #Anirban Basu consumer confidence at recession lows, Americans are angry but shopping
  9. Housing market showing no signs of economic recovery 3 years straight
  10. Howard and Montgomery counties in MD ranked 2 lowest in unemployment, Anne Arundel county ranked 10th
  11. Maryland ranked only 39th in US in job creation even with BRAC
  12. Will be 2017 before we get back to 2007 job stats...fastest declining job growth now is in government
  13. 6.5M jobs lost overall since Dec. 2007 in US economy, most jobs were lost in wealth producing jobs, meaning industry
  14. March, US economy went soft due to decreased consumer spending...by June we were in midst of debt ceiling debate.
  15. North Dakota has the healthiest state economy in the US...#Anirban Basu due to oil production
  16. Industrial producing states growing fastest.
  17. 9 consecutive quarters of financial growth is US...slow but good
  18. US is actually in 3rd year of economic recovery
  19. 1st 3 quarters of 2011 American financial performance were least worst in world, economic recovery will not be smooth
  20. Global economy expanded 5.1% last year, 4.0% expected 2012