..." Even if I was, are they going to let go all of their people? Doubt it. "... I work/ed for a real estate company. We went from over 50 people down to 4 in a bit over a year. It is all about the boom and bust; ride the wave as long as you can and try to bail before you are pounded into the shallow reef. That said when the money supply is expanding and the economy looks strong there are a number of fresh jobs driving up the market. When it all starts contracting there are fewer opportunities. What I can say is that if your in IT or alt energy you are going to do better during this down turn them most. BTW while it is still too early to tell, I would get out of the alt energy industry within the next year and be costing on the IT wave looking for a safe harbor before three. Just my 2 cents. -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of alexanderhenry@cox.net Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:31 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Depressing IT Job Prospects ---- Joshua Zeidner wrote: > Hi Josh, > > Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator. Many > people use those boards to gauge markets, which means that a lot of the > postings are not legitimate jobs. Agree strongly. Lots of spam from "recruiters" who scrape the jobs postings from the sites with positive relationships with Intel, Honeywell, GD, and Orbital and repost trying to hijack a commission. > My take on the economy: there is a major reorientation underway. blah blah blah. Doesn't mean anything to me or Mike, who started this thread with a "what do I do with my life" post, personally. I'm not employed by those companies you're talking about. Even if I was, are they going to let go all of their people? Doubt it. Again, too much taking what the "media" is saying to heart, which are bits and pieces, taken totally out of context, of stuff that means something to Ben Bernanke and William Donaldson but nothing to me. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss