San Diego Hot Companies Blog

According to Alan Gin, a USD economist, who has been delving into economic trends in the San Diego county region for years says “. . . the outlook remains for good growth in the local economy through the end of 2013.”  The most encouraging signs came in March, with a sharp drop in unemployment filings [...]

Is a company that leases spaces in San Diego and other bio-medical hubs across the country, including Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New York and New Jersey.  BioMed Realty Trust ranks as one of the largest public companies in San Diego County.  The company is headquartered in Rancho Bernardo.

Announced recently that it received a U.S. Navy contract that could be worth as much as $21-million over five years, if the Navy exercises all of options.  Under the contract, SAIC will provide operational and environmental support for fleet training range complexes for two Navy entities:  The U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and commander, U.S. Pacific [...]

San Diego-based Covario search and marketing agency was ranked #254 on Deloitte Technology’s “Fast 500.”  For the 17th consecutive year, software companies outnumbered any other single sector. With 321% growth in the last 5 years, Covario (a 6-year old company) was among 64 firms on the list from Southern California, with San Diego as one [...]

Pre-Employment Testing by Employers  By Richard M. Knappen, President, Chessmen Career Movers If you are in the job market searching for a new position, be prepared!  Your next employer may require that you take a battery of tests to help determine your eligibility for a new position.  These tests generally are designed to assess job-related [...]

Senomyx Inc. – Is a San Diego-based company that specializes in the development of flavor ingredients for food, beverage and ingredient supply industries.  The company recently announced that their 4th quarter results showed a 9% increase from the previous year.

Legend3D – President Barry Sandrew is seeking to lure many visual effects specialists from Los Angeles and other parts of the country to San Diego.  Targeting the movie industry’s backbone from its own backyard, Legend3D is actively seeking to attract visual effects jobs fom Holllywood to San Diego.

SAIC – announced that it was awarded a prime contract by the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) to provide a full range of systems engineering, software development, test and evaluation, and program management services in support of ocean surveillance systems. The contract has a potential $72-million if all task orders [...]

Have a Plan to Achieve Your Goals By Richard M. Knappen, President, Chessmen Career Movers Imagine that you are the Captain of ship #1 in a harbor. You are given the order to pull up anchor, and proceed to your destination; except that you do not know where that destination is, you have no rudder [...]