Staffing & Recruiting

Last week, President Obama announced a $26 million multi-agency program to encourage innovation and job creation through public-private partnerships. The Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge will help to build entrepreneurship across the country.

According to recent SEC filings, growth at entrepreneurial companies is skyrocketing at a rate of 13+ percent over job growth rates last year. This is compared to growth rates of a mere 3 percent at non-entrepreneurial companies.

A recent survey by Bank of America shows that small-business owners expect local and national economic conditions to improve. Nearly 31 percent plan to increase their workforce by an average of 25 percent.

The college graduating class of 2012 is heading into a better job market than alumni of the previous three years, according to a new study from CareerBuilder and CareerRookie.com.