The pullback in federal spending appears to be weighing more heavily than before on the region’s job growth, with a fresh round of Labor Department data showing a tepid market for new hires.
Virginia shed more than 5,000 jobs between February and March, while the District neither added nor lost any positions. Maryland saw only slight overall job growth last month, gaining 2,300 positions.
Overall, the Washington metropolitan area, which includes the District and its suburbs, added a meager 5,500 jobs in the one-year period ended in March. That’s some of the weakest job growth seen here since the recession.
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More importantly, the higher quality folks are leaving as they can't find promotion opportunities or mobility.
ReplyDeleteThe ones that remain are not the ones we want to keep....gimme job takers.....
Since the recession, heck the recession never left.
ReplyDeleteKnow for a fact most DC construction jobs are union.
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