enterprise

The other day I turned on the television and got chills down my spine, my heart started beating faster and I was over come with a certain degree of fear.  It wasn’t a horror movie I was watching; it was the 10 o’clock news.  The newscasters were describing the state of our economy and the job losses our nation suffered over the past few months.  Once I came to the realization that it was just the news, I remembered not to trust everything reporters tell you.   Yes, our economy is going through extremely rough times and the national unemployment rate is higher than it has been in a long time, but when they said it seems America is suffering from a nationwide hiring freeze – that’s where I tuned out.

Being in the Professional Search industry I tend to think our company has a better grasp as to what it going on in the marketplace than a reporter reading from a teleprompter.  This is what I know: Companies are still hiring.  Maybe not at the same pace as a year ago, but positions are still open for those aptly skilled and talented candidates. 

Look at the technology industry for example, a sector hit pretty hard by the financial woes on Wall Street, certain companies within the tech marketplace have been able to keep their doors open to fresh new talent.