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...Expedia for airline tickets - to find a comprehensive list of houses for rent. So, with a business partner, he started such a site. Five years later, the company has $120 million a year in sales, employs 600 people in five countries and is ramping up its marketing push to grow even larger. That's why it needs a new marketing manager in Austin. (See "The Dropout Economy - 10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Workforce: Where Will the New Jobs Come From? | 3/19/2010 | See Source »

...that dynamic in action in Austin, cut diagonally across the street from HomeAway and pop into the headquarters of Whole Foods. For a decade, the upscale grocery chain saw sales grow at about 20% annually. Last year, sales barely budged up 1% - and the 30 stores that executives planned to open around the country were trimmed to 15. Those 15 stores added nearly 4,000 jobs - just half as many as would have been gained had people kept buying organic peppers and salted caramels at the same pace. "There's too much thinking about how to create jobs," says James...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Workforce: Where Will the New Jobs Come From? | 3/19/2010 | See Source »

...that. As a result, jobs are created. Xtreme, which employed 57 people at the beginning of 2009, installed its first major system in Hawaii over the summer and now has $100 million worth of orders in the pipeline. The firm currently employs 105 people and is again looking to grow. Its plan is to buy a factory in Wixom, Mich., that Ford shut down in 2007. (See the best photos of 2008: "The American Economy: Down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Workforce: Where Will the New Jobs Come From? | 3/19/2010 | See Source »

...difficult if not impossible for individuals to know which job to train for next. Even the head of Workforce Solutions admits that focusing on biotech, green energy and video games is really just an educated guess based on Austin's historical strengths and industries that seem poised to grow. One of the reassuring things about capitalism is that over time, workers and companies are pretty good at figuring out the most productive ways to get together. In the short term, though, that realignment can be a struggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Workforce: Where Will the New Jobs Come From? | 3/19/2010 | See Source »

Sims led the way, sinking six three-pointers on 11 attempts, including four in the second half, which helped his team grow its lead to 22 points...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball Loses Lead, Ends Record Season on Sour Note | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

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