The Worst is Behind Us, Not Ahead!

















Gallup.com, in its online article Recession or Not, U.S. Job Market Woes Persist, published on September 22, stated that the Great Recession may be over but the job market doesn't reflect "Happy Days Are Hear Again."

Although the unemployment rate is down almost 1.5% since its highs in February 2010, it still is too high on any measure.

BUT... the good news is:

1) the worst is behind us, not ahead.  That means, if you've been looking for that next opportunity, time is on your side.
2) executives hiring, although not robust, is happening.  Many of my clients are finding oppportunties and landing.
3) unemployment is the difference between created jobs and discontinued jobs.  That means there are jobs opening up all the time. 
4) summer is always changable in its hiring/layoffs.  Don't look at the past -- it does no good -- but know that unemployment is a lagging indicator with respect to job hiring.

Job Outlook for Executives Is 'Strong' as Firms Seek Growth

Jobs and the Economy: Job Outlook for Executives Is 'Strong' as Firms Seek Growth - CNBC

The "new, new, new normal" is here to stay.

Boards of Directors want to hire C-Suite Executives who know how to take existing business into new markets. Especially those companies who are sitting on a lot of cash and seeing that new opportunities means getting into position to leverage growth in the next 18 months.

“For a lot of marketing executives and professionals who got stuck in this recession, now opportunities are starting to open up again,” John Challenger said,, the source of the CNBC article and CEO of employment-research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Bottom line for executives:

1. Position yourself as a key executive who knows how to grow a business, not just hunker down hoping things will change.
2. Target small and medium sized companies who have taken the hit with retiring Baby Boomers and need top level leaders.
3. Learn how to use social networking to connect to quality contacts and tap into the hidden executive job market.
4. Do more than your competition when it comes to getting on a hiring executive's radar screen. 

Want to talk about it?  Call me for your free, no obligation Strategy Session.  I'd love to hear from you!

Industrial Manufacturing M&A's Take Off, Rebounding Sector

Mergers & Acquisitions Daily, a daily eZine from the Association of Corporate Growth, stated in it's August 13, 2010 publication that:

"Industrial manufacturing saw M&A's take off thus far this year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report tracking dealmaking in recent years....Hiring seems to be moving toward a rebound for the sector." (written by Jonathan Marino)

This is something that I've been seeing for the last 18 months.  Particularly in the Atlantic South of the U.S.

What have you found?