Seven job seekers contacted me yesterday looking for assistance in finding something in the region. California, Texas, Georgia, and Richmond are where some of the seven currently reside, but want to move to Roanoke.

You can look at it in one of two ways. Unemployment is on the rise or people are beginning to find out about the RNR (Roanoke and New River Valleys) and want to move. From our Roanoke Connect database, we are finding more people on sites like Wikipedia and Ask.com that are bringing people to our database. Certainly, we find many people looking to go from underemployed to gainfully employed especially as inflation continues to rise.   

Jobzcafe.comhas been trying to tap into helping these folks with their new site and Talking Tuezday events. Other efforts, such as The Roanoker magazine, are being proactive in assisting and encouraging the relocator. 

All of these efforts appear to be merging nicely and viral activity is taking over. Keep talking it up, blogging it, mentioning it at functions, and staying involved in the process. Thanks for your time and efforts.