AustinStartup

Instead of relying on the constant fluctuations of large scale data-deduced trends, we need to make data personal and relevant again.

Our guest blogger today is Greg Garrison, the president of vrecruting – Recruiting solutions from vcfo. He has over 17 years experience in the recruiting and staffing industry, and is regularly quoted nationally as a thought-leader in employment trends. He can be reached at ggarrison@vcfo.com or 512-450-6569.
The Labor Market and the Economic Recovery
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Despite the economy, I get people who frequently tell me that their emerging technology company is looking for talent. I thought I would compile a few of those, and publish them out there for everyone to see. If  you have others, please post them in the comments.

Socialware is looking to add sales talent, as well [...]

The Capital Factory program is in full swing as we’re in the middle of week two. The companies are making fantastic progress, and are needing to add some talented people to their teams in order to achieve their goals. Here are some of the hiring needs they have.
PetzMD, Developer
Seeking an intern that will need to [...]

Greg Garrison is the president of vrecruting – Recruiting solutions from vcfo.  He has over 15 years experience in the recruiting and staffing industry, and is regularly quoted nationally as a thought-leader in employment trends.  He can be reached at ggarrison (at) vcfo or 512-450-6569.
Is your startup company hiring or firing? Chances are you’re [...]

The folks at Door64 are holding a High Tech Career Faire on August 7th from 3pm – 9pm. The career faire itself runs from 3p – 6pm, and then from 6pm - 9pm there will be networking and socializing. The event is free to the public.
If you’re in the market and looking, or maybe just thinking [...]

There are some great things happening at the Chamber of Commerce, and with Opportunity Austin 2.0. One of the key messages that I took away from Gary Farmer was that attracting top talent to Austin is a top priority for everyone. With that in mind, the chamber is working on a major redesign of the [...]

On the same day that Dell closed its acquisition of MessageOne, rumors are swirling about another potential acquisition by the computing giant. The target: Radio Shack.
Barry Shlacter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram covered this story, linking the increase in option activity on shares of Radio Shack to the speculation that Dell would acquire the [...]

Zenoss is one of the latest tech companies to open a development center in Austin. The company creates open source network and systems management software. In what might be a sign of good things to come, the company has setup shop in the same building where Tivoli was started.
In January of 2008 the company announced [...]

Any time you raise money to grow a company, you’re going to spend it on hiring the best talent you can find. Not long ago we wrote about the Series A funding for Austin-based Small World Labs, and now we want to point you to their careers page. They are currently hiring for several positions, [...]