Stop saying there are no JOBS!!

I continue to hear people all over the DC area complaining that there are no jobs, it's simply not true.  There are PLENTY of jobs for people with in demand skills.  For example just last week during the first day of the Fall HOPE Project training program I got a request from IT recruiter Brandon Berlinrut of Veredus a staffing agency for HP Enterprise Services.  Brandon stopped by the class to recruit our new HOPE Project students for several help desk/call center positions.  Yes you heard me, Brandon has several positions available.  What we are dealing with in the DMV is a skills gap the chronically unemployed and young adults simply don't have the required skill to compete with the highly educated and highly skilled workers in DC.  So when we see the August Jobs report article on Bloomberg describe the shortage of skilled workers I simply laugh because we've been talking about it for years now. Check out this interesting BET News article about the HOPE Project program, click here.