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With no new projects likely for the next year, downtown rents will continue to rapidly increase. ...The 10.1% annual effective rent growth in July was the best we've ever reported for Austin in our 15+ years in business.

... Austin's rent growth over the past two years has made it the highest rent per unit market in Texas. ...

Austin's occupancy rate of 95.4% is its best in more than 10 years.

There's a new job searching tool available on the web and it's causing a lot of buzz. The domain allows businesses to post job listings for free, and job-seekers to search without paying.

It's being supported by some of the world's largest companies, but it could be bad news for other career-searching sites like Monster.com.

Despite the sheer size of the Gulf oil spill, cleanup jobs are hard to come by. Job-seekers in New Orleans say they have gotten the runaround from BP and the Louisiana Workforce Commission when inquiring about work.

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Some job seekers are finding they really need to shift gears when pursuing their new job path. In the last year, truck driving schools nationwide have seen a 20 percent increase in people looking to take to the open road.

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A survey by CareerBuilder.com, an online jobs site, says more job-seekers are using unusual gimmicks to get the attention of potential employers.

Almost a fifth of hiring managers report seeing more unconventional tactics this year, compared with 12 percent who said so last year.

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