#lsmnyc team - nychired
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Winner of the "Old Yeller" AwardTRANSCRIPT
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How CreateGreat.org became nycHired.com
A Quantum Leap
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CreateGreat...not so Great
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(We did get one true believer)
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TEAMBUILDING
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NEW YORK HAS A PROBLEM
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Validating the Assumption
Although the unemployment rate in the Big Apple remains over 9 percent — roughly double what’s considered healthy — the demand for programmers and engineers to work in the city’s burgeoning internet startup scene is stronger than it’s been in a decade.
As the economy slowly pulls out of first gear, one sector that is clearly in fifth gear is IT. From Silicon Valley to Detroit to New York, a war for tech talent is now being played out as companies struggle to find – and hold on to – skilled engineers and developers.