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Apparently, even some within AECOM don’t like the website. I’ve seen and applied to a few positions directly to a person in that specific office hiring, without going through the AECOM stuff at all. They sometimes post on ASLA like that. I can only imagine the HR at that place, being the tens of thousands that work there, and the world wide reach…[Read more]

Its kind of like being surprised that oil prices usually go up around winter, when demand is at its peak. The same things happen year after year. Unemployment always goes down in December as retailers and services hire specifically for the holiday season. Come January, those jobs are gone. They are supposed to be accounted for, like seasonal farm…[Read more]

For watering trees in the southwest region we are using drip irrigation with deep root watering tubes (see Rain Bird RWS tubes).  For shrubs in planting areas and in parking islands, it is typically point source drip irrigation as well (1 gallon per hour emission rate). For turf the norm is spray and rotor irrigation though a new item to the…[Read more]

There is another number which I think is called the “Labor Participation Rate” – the number of people working divided by the number who presumably could be working. That’s been declining for several years. But it matches better how the layman would view the economy. “Is everyone working that wants to”. Another one is the “Employment to Population…[Read more]

o agreed nick i was listing things to do in between more xtreme stuff (while sporting a plaster cast? lol) 

its nice there are slopes but u need some kind of a flat area – maybe you can chop off a mountain and hollow another out as labour isn’t a problem and, re the ganges, someone has to risk any suggested water flow problems associated with…[Read more]

It seems they rely heavily on personal recommendations. I applied via the website back in 2009 to no avail.

Jason:
 
I just saw that “delivery/courier” aberration this morning, If one drills down a bit deeper, then they find convincing anecdotal evidence that this “rosey” reading of last months jobs report is way, way overly optimistic.
Numbers and statistics being what they are, they can be interpreted, shaped and bent depending on the bias of the…[Read more]

okay sir will surely jott down the requirements and show you the list…..
well i am designing it more from an landscape architects’ point of view, so sustainability is one point in addition to eco-tourism activities….also it is laong the river ganges..which is worshipped and used for adventure sports like rafting and kayaking at…[Read more]

Something similar to this was actually in the NY Slimes a few weeks backs from one of their guys. You know if they admit it in there, it ain’t rosey. Problem is, so many people just gave up looking for work…they are no longer counted. They are not the 99%, they are the 99 Weekers. Plus, the number of actual ‘available jobs’ counted has been…[Read more]

This is why I am avoiding getting any sharp and unwanted blade placed in any of my bodily
orifices. Most of you will not want to read this, but the cold hard facts are exactly that.
Overlook the momentary forth of economic cheerleading, the trough is incredibly deep and the
 way out is too long to even fathom right…[Read more]

…loved the Hendrix quote.

Hey Keith, your ass must be near hemorraging by now. Just so you know, or don’t want to know,
I have been exactly where you seem to describe yourself now. I took a leave of absence frome overseas to see if I could find a job here back in the States and try to see if a relationship I left here had any longevity to it. Both were hugely mistaken…[Read more]

This is already old and recycled news and as Jason R, put it so succiently, in the “duh” category.
 

Recent architecture grads are 13.9%.  I’m sure LA’s are far off that.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/04/news/economy/unemployment_college_major/

For anyone who does decide to work overseas, keep in mind that if the s**t hits the fan like in mauibob’s friend’s story, you will come back to a barren wasteland of LA job opportunites with no chance for unemployment benefits.  Double edge sword straight up the pooper.  It happened to me.

Hi David,

You may want to check this out.  http://www.mobilecadtutoring.com Good luck

RE Craig and Tosh’s postings – I was thinking the same thing!  One civil firm that I worked for in Las Vegas completely closed their civil department there and last I heard it has yet to be re-established.  Lots of civil firms are barely hanging on and/or have shrunk dramatically.  Lots of architects are barely hanging on as well.  I see some env…[Read more]

I like what Tosh writes PLUS I would say take a look at the *original* extreme sports villages like Chamonix, France.

Living in a mountain village I can tell you that the most exciting thing about the place is the sense of adventure in the air caused by groups packing backpacks for long hikes, or a couple unfolding maps while sipping espresso…[Read more]

yes there is a difference btw base camp and resort, you may want to articulate why you chose one over the other in your brief; i would spend some time narrowing down your “extreme sport,” and the necessary infrastructure related to it.  Lay out your parameters (making sure they are not vague or too wide in scope) well, otherwise you’ll waste a…[Read more]