Past Performance is not a Guarantee of Future Returns

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics:

Hiring Data from 2005-2006

Hiring Data from 2006-2007

Hiring Data from 2007-2008

See the archived version of last year's classics wiki (requires wikidot log-in) in order to get a sense of how the most recent market behaved in terms of contact dates, etc.

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