For all I know, Lawson Software has been doing this for some time. But the fact that the vendor’s come page has the headline “Lawson is hiring” does indicate that the economy is getting better in the software market. There were nine positions posted this week alone. In December, Columbus IT Partner, the Danish Dynamics reselling, advertised for AX consultants in Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States. Last month, I got copied on an email from a reseller asking acquaintances to steer manufacturing job seekers its way. This fits with other economic metrics including Intuit's economic report for December that showed small business employment was up by .3 percent for the month, which the company said translation into an annual growth rate of about 3.4 percent.