What job market? There aren’t any jobs!

Between December 2007, the official start of the current recession, and January of 2009, the economy lost 3.2 million jobs, nearly half of them in the last three months of that period.

In 2008 the jobless rate averaged 5.8%, the highest since 2003, despite the fact that the economy didn’t really tank until half way through the year. Forecasters at the National Association for Business Economics estimate that the jobless rate for 2009 will reach 9%, and ultimately 10% in 2010.

This isn’t happy news!

But it is totally irrelevant.

In both good and bad times people have gotten jobs. The Great Depression is generally regarded as the time of greatest economic opportunity in our nation’s history.

Why?

Because people had problems to be solved. And the people who were good at solving problems found the people with problems.

Are you good at solving problems?

In bad economic times unsuccessful people hunker down and just try to ride out the storm. Successful people find a better way and emerge on top.

The state of the economy, the unemployment rate, and the daily headlines about people losing their jobs have no bearing on your ability to get a good job. If you know you’re better than the results you’re getting in your job search, go to our free personal evaluation, or simply email us your resume today at info@cmvacareers.com.