May 27, 2011

Just when we weren’t looking the jobs pot started to simmer

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For the past three years, news coverage has focused almost exclusively on job losses, unemployment and volatile commodity prices. Their coverage made one wonder if the media hadn’t heard of the old wives’ tale, “A watched pot never boils.” As much as everyone wanted a speedy recovery, watching the pot hoping the water would boil, did not hasten the process.

Recently, discussions about our economic woes have been accompanied by news of unrest in Northern Africa, the triple crisis in Japan, the removal of Osama bin Laden from the most wanted terrorist list, and the University of Colorado’s return to dominance…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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