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If you haven’t read the interview with author Stephen Viscusi yet, I encourage you to click over to this post. Stephen was kind enough to give Career and Kids an exclusive interview and donate a copy of his book, Bulletproof Your Job, as a giveaway to one lucky reader.
To win a copy of Bulletproof Your Job, leave a comment on this post with a concern, comment, or opinion you have about the economy, job hunting, or concerns you have about your job for the upcoming year.
Leave your comment by Sunday, January 18th. I’ll choose a winner at random and announce the lucky guy or gal the next day. Good luck!
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Any job is at risk inthe terrible economy.
I would love to read this book. Like many others, I am feeling the pain of having been laid-off last year. I would love some positive advice.
I think Americans might be realizing that it’s detrimental to keep jobs for Americans instead of sending them elsewhere…or bringing others in to work them.
I work at an upscale resort and occupancy has gone down a lot due to the economy. My husbands company has moved most of the work to it’s Mexico plant. Many locals here at his plant have been laid off. His hours have been cut we are thankful he still is employed. Times are tough.
Our current model of “American Capitalism” needs reform & regulation: laissez-faire crony capitalism as practiced from Reagan to Bush “43″ is not sustainable !!!
It is not the reduction in the number of openings that bothers me. it is the number of people vying for each one of those jobs.
So far, my husband still has his job. However, about 1/3 of the engineers where he works were laid off, so he’s doing their work as well now. He was out of work for almost a year in the 90s, and since our investments have taken such a BEATING this year, it definitely worries us. We also have quite a few friends who have their own businesses, and they are trying desperately to stay afloat. And I fear it’ll just get worse before it gets better.
I hope I can find a new job this year.
It is scary right now…we have tightened our belt buckets some and are trying to find ways to cut back other places too! The uncertainty is such an awful feeling.l
My biggest concern right now is that our company is making layoffs in different states. I’m worried that one of the jobs they will layoff would be mine if they ever make it to our state. It’s very scary.
The economy is very scary right now, our biggest customer is the govenment and they have cut their demand for our product by half, not good for anyone or the 400+ people we employ in our county. My fiance is a truck driver and would love to find a stay at home job but right now we have decided it is better for him to stay on the road.
The economy is really bad. My husband hopes to find a better job in 2009 but I know trying to find a job will bw extremely difficult.
My fears about this economy are that it will keep getting worse, and I don’t have a job right now due to being layed off.
My husband is the only one of us working right now and his company has undergone two rounds of layoffs in the last 6 months. Makes me a bit nervous I’ll say that.
The company my husband works for had layoffs at Thanksgiving and are doing another round in two weeks. He hasn’t been affected yet, but only time will tell.
We’ve updated his resume and will be ready to job hunt if he loses his job.
It will be tough till 2012 or 2013, might be a good time to learn from grandparents and how they survived during 1920′s and 1940′s…Victory Garden
First they said that education was pretty safe, but now our state has recanted. Plus, I am an art teacher and the arts are always the first to go. I’m sure glad I got my ESOL endorsement.
It’s worrisome to see so many affected by job losses with attendant economic problems, while the government gives away billions with no accountability. Something’s wrong with that picture. Thanks for the giveaway.