Employment News
Partnership Created 870 Ohio Jobs in 2008
By Erik Even | Dated: 03-24-2009
The Cincinnati USA Partnership for Economic Development helped close 13 new economic development projects in 2008, creating 870 new jobs and more than $683 million in total investment.The Partnership is directed by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, and has been the region’s lead economic development organization for the past 25 years. It is responsible for attracting new businesses, jobs and investment in the three-state, 15-county region.
It is funded through a five-year campaign with investment from nearly 150 companies and public economic development organizations.
In 2007, when the partnership reported 184 growth businesses, 6,109 new jobs and 14,822 retained jobs.
Cincinnati’s unemployment rate hit a 25-year high in January, climbing to 8.4% in January.
Career Connect (From our other career blogs):
- Employment News (Sponsored by EmploymentSpectator)
- Following Your Passion-Literally! (Sponsored by iamnotastalker.com)
- Job Search Advice from the CEO of TravelingCrossing (Sponsored by aharrisonbarnes.com)
- Layoff News (Sponsored by LayOffWatch)
Testimonial of the Week
By using Employment Crossing, I was able to find a job that I was qualified for and a place that I wanted to work at.
- Madison Currin Greenville, NC
Sign Up now
Only TravelingCrossing consolidates every job it can find in the domain and puts all of the job listings it locates in one place.
- We have more jobs than any other job board.
- We list jobs you will not find elsewhere that are hidden in small regional publications and employer websites
- We collect jobs from more than 4,429,376 websites and post them on our site.
- We are private, and therefore far fewer people are applying for the jobs on our site than are applying for those on public job boards.
