first steps to hire one has now led to us hiring in fact, two and three. and we re looking at the fourth employee. it s called hire one atlanta. the idea, create a home grown shift in confidence from inside the business community. the atlanta business chronicle created a campaign to encourage every business to hire at least one new employee. and they see it as peer pressure to grow, more companies following suit as they see their business colleagues expand. it s very simple, some of the best ideas are simple. in just three months, more than 1,000 companies joined the campaign and almost 9,000 people are back to work thanks to a positive economic outlook created by hire one atlanta. the incentive changing the half empty mindset, there are still people hiring even in the down economy. i think the whole economy, the country and the world have been focused on this notion of stabilization for the last two
just a few months. the ceo credits tow growth to an innovative city wide effort to jump-start the job market. it has been instrumental to our business. i m just taking the first step to hire one. and it led to us hiring in fact two and three. we re looking at the fourth employee. reporter: called hire one atlanta. and the idea, create a homegrown shift in confidence from inside the business community. the atlanta business chronicle created the campaign, to encourage every business to hire at least one new employee. they see that as peer pressure to grow. more companies following suit, as they see their business colleagues expand. it is very simple, the best ideas are simple. reporter: in just three months more than 1,000 companies have joined the campaign. almost 9,000 people are now back to work. thanks to a positive economic outlook created by hire one atlanta. the incentive is to change a half empty mindset to a half full mindset, realizing a lot of
create a home-grown shift in confidence from inside the business community. the atlanta business chronicle created the campaign, to encourage every business to hire at least 1 new employee, and they see that as peer pressure to grow. more companies following suit, as they see their business colleagues expand. it is very simple. some of the best ideas are simple. in three months, 1,000 companies joined the campaign and almost 9,000 people are now back to work thanks to a positive economic outlook created by hire one atlanta. the incentive is to change what is a half-empty mind set to a half-full one, realizing, a lot of companies that are indeed still hiring people. even in a down economy. i think the whole economy, the country and the world have been focused on this notion of stabilization. for the last two to three years, and i think everybody has to kick it back into high gear and think forward. she went on to say when you
liz, and karen as well. thank you both. thanks. shannon: well, atlanta, taking on unemployment one person at a time. city-wide initiative is channeling businesses to hire at least one new employee this year. elizabeth france joins us from atlanta with details on an effort to get people back to work. that sounds like a great idea. it always sounds like a good idea. a citywide initiative. it sounds like a simple concept, but it s actually very productive. it s been effective. it started with the publisher of the atlanta business chronicle, teamed up with the city mayor to launch a program called hire one atlanta. they is every company the idea is every company pledges to hire one employee it would have a snowball effect and launch the local job market. in a few short months more than 1,000 companies signed on and more than 9,000 people formally unemployed are now getting paychecks. the incentive is change
payroll. elizabeth prann has more on these details. sounds promising. reporter: it does. now, heather we know unemployment is an ongoing battle, in cities across the u.s. and though this initiative seems rather simple, to a very complex issue, in a city where millions of people live and work, it seems to be working. just a few months ago, julie roberts was one of the millions of americans looking for work. this day i was let go, laid off, i was very worried. reporter: today, she s full-time at a marketing agency in atlanta. the firm has grown from 7 to 11 employees, in just a few months. ceo moira credits the growth to an innovative city wide effort to jump start the job market. it has been instrumental to our business and taking the first step, to hire one has led to us hiring in fact 2 and 3. we re looking at the fourth employee. reporter: it is called hire one atlanta and the idea,