Posts tagged: graphic design

Graphic + Web Design

Web Technologies on the Rebound

October 13, 2009 As the nationwide unemployment rate approaches 10 percent, the web technology job market in the Boston metro area continues its impressive rebound.  Over a four-month period all 20 of the most-listed Web technologies have experienced an increase in job postings. In particular, five technologies have experienced at least a 50% increase in demand since early June.  One Web technology is climbing the charts with a bullet moving 10 posit Read On...

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100 Fastest Growing Fortune 500 Companies

August 28, 2009 There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The bad news is job loss is still happening.  The good news is, the worst may be over. In January of this year, the number of job losses peaked, but there’s been a steady downward trend in job losses since. Fortune identified the 100 fastest growing Fortune 500 companies, and job-seekers should target these companies - six of which are based in Massachusetts.  Beantown Web has t Read On...

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Above the Scroll

October 3, 2008 As a child one of my first jobs was a paperboy. I remember my mentor, who I think was 12 years old at the time, explaining the ins and outs of the newspaper biz to me. One of his lessons was to make sure the deliveries left on the doorstep were "above the fold". He explained that "above the fold" refers to the location of an important news story on the upper half of the front page. Fast forward 20 years. As a web de Read On...