It has been a long, cold, snowy winter, especially here in New England.  Daylight Savings Time and Spring are just around the corner.

If you ask 5 people for their opinions on the current economic crisis and when we will begin to see the light of day and signs of a recovery, you will likely hear 5 differing viewpoints.  The truth is that if we couldn't predict when the economy would turn down and how deeply it would recede, no one is likely to predict when we will emerge and see reasonable growth again.

However, if you ask 5 business owners or 5 managers how they plan to ride the recovery when it does eventually arrive, you may only get 5 blank stares.  The fact is that most businesses have been so consumed with crouching down and avoiding risk and innovation that growth and plans to sustain have all but disappeared.

If you have stopped recruiting or even downsized your staffing and human resources team, leaving only a few administrators and some legal skills in place to manage the lay-offs, what will you do when the pendulum swings in the other direction?  Will you be ready?  So many of my professional recruiting colleagues have lost their jobs so abruptly.  Many have given up on the profession and are not willing to endure the cycles again and again with short-sighted management.  

Who will be there for your hiring needs when the recovery arrives?... and we know that it will eventually arrive.

Let us know if we can help.

- Lou G.