http://EmploymentDigest.net/2007/07/tough-climb-to-reclaim-career/ News, Tips and Hints for those in Career Transistion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://EmploymentDigest.net/2007/07/tough-climb-to-reclaim-career/comment-page-1/#comment-21851 Madison Who’s Who - Business Referrals Like Gold in the Bank Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:48:32 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2007/07/tough-climb-to-reclaim-career/#comment-21851 [...] Depositing good will into and actively participating with your peer network is quite literally like putting money in the bank. Unpleasant figures from a recent study suggests that the usual buffer for degree professionals from the harsh realities of unemployment has become considerably  less substantial. College-educated workers lose jobs more often today than they did 20 years ago, and the jobless recovery that followed the 2001 recession hit information technology professionals like Brown especially hard. Nearly 10 percent of college-educated workers lost jobs between 2001 and 2003, up from less than 7 percent in the early 1980s, said Princeton University economist Henry Farber. (Source) [...] [...] Depositing good will into and actively participating with your peer network is quite literally like putting money in the bank. Unpleasant figures from a recent study suggests that the usual buffer for degree professionals from the harsh realities of unemployment has become considerably  less substantial. College-educated workers lose jobs more often today than they did 20 years ago, and the jobless recovery that followed the 2001 recession hit information technology professionals like Brown especially hard. Nearly 10 percent of college-educated workers lost jobs between 2001 and 2003, up from less than 7 percent in the early 1980s, said Princeton University economist Henry Farber. (Source) [...]

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