Posts belonging to Category 'Work'
July 16, 2010 | Posted by BJH
They played the All-Star Game this week — I’ve been so busy I didn’t know it was coming up until the day after.
I always mark the All-Star Game as the halfway point in the Ocean City summer business season, not so much because the game’s in mid-July, but because it’s halfway between May 1 and Sept. [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Work | 
Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Election 2010, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer | 
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June 22, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Since when do U.S. generals give interviews to Rolling Stone?
Double-dip recession? There was never any real question of that. You can see bigger storm clouds on the horizon. Of course, they could blow over. You never know.
BP lies. So which big corporation can you trust?
What about government? Everyone turns to the federal government. But what [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Work | Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2010, Recession, Summer | No Comments »
June 3, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Ocean City Beach Patrol tryouts scheduled for fall 2009 and spring 2010 were cancelled because the OCBP has many experienced surf rescue technicians (in the colloquial, “lifeguards”) returning this summer.
But here’s good news for job seekers: The Ocean City Beach Patrol will conduct pre-employment physical skills testing on Saturday, June 12, on the beach at [...]
Categories: OCEAN CITY, Work | Tags: Beach Patrol, Employment, Jobs, Lifeguards, Ocean City Beach Patrol | 1 Comment »
March 4, 2010 | Posted by BJH
I want to call your attention to a very though-provoking article on the state of the Worcester County economy over at Lost On The Shore, which is one of Maryland’s best political blogs.
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The post is entitled “Depression Amidst The Fun,” and as you might gather from the title, it paints a gloomy picture. The [...]
Categories: Business, Culture, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Social Justice, Work | Tags: Condominiums, Condos, Cost of living, Eastern Shore, Employment, Housing, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Poor, Recession, Rent, Resorts, Unemployment, Worcester County | 2 Comments »
March 3, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Job Fair Saturday
The 25th Annual Ocean City Job Fair will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the Ocean City Convention Center, located at 40th Street. Please dress appropriately.
Many seasonal jobs are available in Ocean City, Maryland, mostly in the resort’s restaurants and hotels. In this competitive economy, it’s [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, OCEAN CITY, Work | Tags: Beach, Employment, Hospitality industry, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer | No Comments »
February 26, 2010 | Posted by BJH
For anyone who owned and operated a taxicab fleet or a single taxicab in Ocean City last season, March 1 is tax day. That’s the day you must show up at City Hall and purchase a taxicab medallion if you want to stay in business. The price tag, or franchise fee, is $1,500 each for [...]
Categories: Business, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Taxes, Work | Tags: Cabs, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Taxicabs | 1 Comment »
February 6, 2010 | Posted by BJH
As long as we’re all snowed in, we might as well use some of the time to think about our economic and political predicament in the U.S.
Jon Taplin has just written a very important post entitled “Men At Work.” I guarantee it will generate 40 or more comments from Mr. Taplin’s large community of political [...]
Categories: Blogging, Culture, Economy, Education, Leadership, Life, Politics, Social Justice, Work | Tags: Change, Jobs, Jon Taplin, Men, Recession, Unemployment | No Comments »
February 2, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Gov. Martin O’Malley delivered his annual State of the State address to the Maryland General Assembly, and you could sum it up in three words: “jobs, jobs, jobs.”
“As we work to emerge from this global economic recession,” O’Malley said today, “the state of our state is stronger than most.”
Unemployment is about 11 percent nationally, between [...]
Categories: Economy, Maryland, News, Politics, Work | Tags: Employment, Jobs, Martin O'Malley, Recession, Small business | No Comments »
January 31, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Update: Great Ocean City Beach and Boardwalk Photos To Be Posted ASAP (early Sunday evening, for sure). Thank you Karen!
4 p.m. Sunday: A beautiful sunny day. Great for photography. The cars are uncovered and the driveway is cleared, thanks to a great team effort. But no one’s going anywhere tonight. The roads are slippery in [...]
Categories: Blogging, Life, Maryland, Nature, News, OCEAN CITY, Work | Tags: Beach, Eastern Shore, Journalism, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Snow, Storms, Weather, Winter, Worcester County | No Comments »
January 31, 2010 | Posted by BJH
In the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Depression, the Ocean City Town Council plans a new franchise fee for the local taxicab industry.
Taxicab operators will be required to buy “medallions” from the town this spring at $1,500 each, and then pay a $500 fee each year to retain the medallion. One medallion [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, News, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Taxes, Work | Tags: Cabs, Douglas Cymek, Jim Hall, Lloyd Martin, Margaret Pillas, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Richard Meehan, Small business, Taxicabs | 1 Comment »
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