Johns Hopkins Hospital Job Openings

Johns Hopkins Hospital has 400 job openings on its main campus.

The main campus is located on Broadway past Fells Point and Canton in Downtown Baltimore.

The chief operating officer, Judy Reitz, states that this does not include openings some of its’ other campuses.

They are also building new patient towers to be opening in January 2012, which could bring as many as 1,000 new jobs to the area.

Johns Hopkins Hospital employs over 6,000 people.

The Baltimore Business Journal reports that the jobs listed as open include:

rehabilitation specialists; administrative assistants; nurse managers; lab technicians; pharmacists; computer programmers; and equipment managers. Reitz said the hospital also is always looking for registered nurses, housekeepers, security guards and cafeteria workers.

This is great news for the Baltimore real estate market, because this could mean people moving into the area and possibly buying houses to take advantage of the incredibly low interest rates and low housing prices.

April Fools Website Gags

I have been enjoying posts on Twitter and Facebook directing others to view the gags put up on various websites as April Fool’s Jokes.

Locally in Baltimore, we had a very big April Fool’s gag played by the Johns Hopkins University, or should I say, “John Hopkins University”, as they claim they dropped the “s” in the first name. As I am certain that their website, www.jhu.edu will be corrected by tomorrow, I took a screen shot to share with those who may have missed it!

They claimed the extra “s” was causing confusion and University President was quoted as saying, “We’ve had an entire team of psychiatrists doing nothing but treating our undergraduates for advanced identity crisis,” Daniel said. “It just had to stop.”

They also claimed that staff members swarmed their campuses today to remove the “s” using screwdrivers, paint, and any other methods imaginable from all buildings and signs.

And yes, the title page on the website was even changed to “John Hopkins University”.

Too funny, and very clever.

Others around the country include Starbucks “Plenta” and Micra” sizes coming out this fall — the Plenta size being 128 oz (like a popcorn bucket) and the Micra size 2 oz.

A cute/silly/fun one was the Ben & Jerry’s UK website which has the “First Virtual Ice Cream” where you lick your screen to taste test. HA!

Another big one seen by many was Google’s announcement that they had renamed themselves “Topeka”. For example, instead of “Googling” something, you would “Topeka” it.

These are all in good fun, and certainly gave me a chuckle.

Others included The University of Rochester’s claim that they are moving to Rochester, ENGLAND (and that the football team was concerned about playing a “feet only” game as soccer in England is called Football), plus ThinkGeek’s “Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock” and “Unicorn Meat”.

Did you see any other great ones that made you laugh today?

Johns Hopkins to Buy Former Zurich Site Near Keswick and Hampden in Baltimore

The Johns Hopkins University has entered into a contract to buy the former 11.4 acre Zurich Insurance Co. site at the corner of Keswick Road and 40th Street just south of Roland Park and north of Hampden in northern Baltimore City.

Located adjacent to the Rotunda, this is a great location not too far from JHU’s Homewood Campus.

More details on the sale can be found in the Baltimore Sun article by Edward Gunts. He writes that:

The departments that will move to the site have not all been identified. Hopkins spokesman Dennis O’Shea said the buildings will be filled with Johns Hopkins employees over time, as leases elsewhere expire and as other business considerations dictate. The first workers are expected to move in during the second half of 2010. He said employees likely will come from a variety of Hopkins locations, including the former Eastern High School property on 33rd Street, the former USF&G campus in Mount Washington and East Baltimore.

About 1,100 employees are going to be working at this North Baltimore site, which could mean more home sales in the Roland Park, Keswick, and Hampden neighborhoods, if people want to live close to work.

This is great news for this neighborhood since Zurich vacated earlier this year to move to Baltimore County. With the Rotunda redevelopment in the works with townhomes, condos, and offices in the plans, and the Keswick Multi-Care center right there, this sale is wonderful to continue to build on this neat area of Baltimore.