Survey: Area Employers Expect to Continue Hiring in Q1 2009
Twenty percent of the companies in the Washington area plan to hire more employees in Q1, while 9 percent expect to reduce their payrolls. Another 65 percent expect to maintain their current staff levels and 6 percent are not certain of their hiring plans. Read article

Business Economists See Prolonged Recession
The National Association of Business Economists forecasts that the nation's unemployment rate will rise from the November level of 6.7 percent to 7.5 percent by the end of next year. Read article

Bored at Work? Read This
Studies show that one-third of workers in the United States do not have enough to do. Under-challenged employees spend more than two hours a day on personal matters. Read article

Crisis Hits the Business Schools
B-school students are downsizing their expectations, rethinking career plans, and settling for less as the cascading effects of the global financial crisis start to be felt at MBA programs around the country. Read article

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