Oh Boy! Some Rough Times Just May Get Even Rougher!

Well there goes the neighborhood. Goodness gracious, I mean, can we be in any more of an economical crisis in this country? Actually, please don't answer that, as I fear we actually can and just may in the unfortunate short term.

Evidently, if you sift through the reality, we are really, as a nation, bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy. And I don't mean to sound over-pessimistic, but this is gone from bad to sad. Shame on the SEC as a whole. And we can blame both parties as this is a bi-partisan issue. But I don't want this blog entry to digress into politics. We get enough of that these days.

What will be interesting is to see how the upcoming holiday season turns in relations to the markets overall. The upcoming holiday season is supposedly the only time of year where retail makes money. It's the time of year where large retail can escape out of the red and into the black. And coincidently the time of year where we should all feel blessed and thankfull for all that we have. I smell a very troublesome Q4 coming - as if it weren't already here.

Well, how does this relate to my blog about the job market? That should be obvious. But I actually wanted to write about something a friend of mine had seen in NYC yesterday that I touched on lightly a few months back. Remember, when I wrote about The Ultimate Job Board?

Well, yesterday a friend of mine had a meeting in Manahattan, NY. He was simply blown away by what he had seen. He saw, in rather large amounts, exectutives in sharp suits with signs around their necks asking for money or jobs. Many had signs asking for $20 to help them and their family make rent for the month. Just so sad. They seemingly had it all and just like that they become desparate for as little as $20. OMG! Just terrible.

This is just more mounting evidence that today you are not secure anywhere in terms of a career. You have to always be prepared and ready to market yourselves. If you haven't already, I urge you to do the following three things, starting right now:

• Polish up your resume
• Join LinkedIn.com and begin to build your network
• Call a local successful recruiting agency and get connected

These are very simple things you can do to help yourselves, should something bad happen with your current careers.

And in the meantime, let's all remember this time of trouble and put it in the back of our minds for next time we get complacent with spending, our jobs, our family nest eggs, our investments, etc.

I really hope that at some point my blog postings can get to a point where I can tout some good things about our economy and jobs. But... with all of this horrible news about the economy I have to tell you. There are still job orders coming in just about every day. Don't be fooled into being negative. When there is a will, there is always a way. You have to be in prepared and in control of your own destiny.