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Monday, May 6, 2013

Financial Sector Helped Montgomery County Add 25,000 Jobs in Two Years

An outside company tallied the rate of job growth at 3.9 percent from 2010 to 2012, according to a report from county government.

  Employers in the financial sector that included The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Capital One led the list of companies that have added the most jobs in Montgomery County since 2010, according to a release from county government. The county's job growth rate from 2010 to 2012 was 3.9 percent, the release stated, higher than those of bordering jurisdictions Fairfax, VA (3.6 percent) and the District of Columbia (2.8 percent.) Overall, 24,670 jobs were added during the period. The data was provided by Economic Modeling Specialists International, a private firm that provides jobs data on the county level.  FINRA, which operates four offices in Rockville, added more jobs than any other company, the county said, with 330…

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Help Wanted? Hire a Vet

As part of our series on veterans and jobs, we're posting veterans' resumes on Patch. If you're a potential employer, we invite you to take a look.

If you're a veteran or have a veteran in your family, you know that the job market for those formerly in the military can be worse than for civilians. In Maryland, the 8.9 percent unemployment rate among the 28,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is higher than the state’s overall average. Veterans often get preference in hiring from government agencies but it's still tough out there. Patch has begun telling some of the stories of the struggles of veterans facing fewer employment opportunities, and the successes, too. We want to do more. If you are a veteran and are looking for work, we invite you to contact us so we can put your job search information on our sites. We'll feature you in your hometown Patch among hometown employers. We'll …

B Allen

9:53 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2012

You media people are so 2 faced. You could care less about veterans. i have been through it and you people could care less. You people are carrying the water jug for the OWEbama administration, nothing more nothing less. I am a vietnam vet and you people did not once every thank me (not that I need your thanks) or ever try to help me find a job after I got out. You people are tr5ying to get vets …   more ›

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