Investment Fundraising Increases Are Typically Good Signs?

Posted by Jason Alexander
www.alexandertg.com

Owning a company that primarily services the NH and northern MA markets puts me in a slightly isolated economy at times. Couple that with the fact that we are in the employment business and are typically looked to for a real-time pulse of the market (where national employment statistics indicate no major turn-around as of yet) and we often find ourselves looking for ways to reinforce optimism other than simply saying "well....uh......we've been incredibly busy". Getting to the title of this post, investment fund raising is typically a pretty strong sign of economic optimism. Mass High Tech recently published an inspiring (well, I found it to be inspiring) article illustrating that investment fundraising has been up through Q1/Q2 of this year. When investment firms are able to go out and find "new money", that is typically a sign that, in the simplest of terms, people/institutions with money are optimistic and growth is on the rise.

The following link will take you to the full article. Happy reading!

http://ping.fm/gujYe

- JA

Jobs in Green Tech

Posted by Jason Alexander
www.alexandertg.com

Having a company name called "Alexander Technology Group" leaves some wondering what kind of technology we work in (the marketing side of my brain forces me to type out that we specialize in IT and Software consulting and placement). "Do you ever work in Green Technology" is often a question I get. I have to answer this question with a "no" but often don't have a good answer when people ask what kind of jobs the field of "Green Technology" has to offer. Being a regular reader of the Globe and Boston.com, I came across this article that profiles the top 10 jobs in Green Technology. A few were eye-opening to me so I wish you, as always, happy reading:

http://ping.fm/pF4Nt

- JA