Andy, read the book "Who Moved my Cheese".<br><br>China is or has put an economic stimulus package to the tune of ~$550 billion. If done correctly, that may help the market, but I figure that government officials and top businessmen will pocket the cash.<br>
<br>Anyways, I found that having a "Job" is not for me. I used to think the way you did and perhaps if it were the old days where people in the US had job security, a great retirement package, and all the benefits, I may think differently, but probably not.<br>
<br>Andy, you need to be a "Freelancer". Freelancer/Consultants usually do well in economic downturns because while full time people are being laid off or fired, things still need to get done. As a Consultant, you charge a much higher price per hour or per task than you would as a "Full Time Employee". <br>
<br>The company that contracts you for a project makes out very well usually and so do you if you can stay busy. <br><br>Anyways, I hope you had enough income to save a bit when you had a "Job" so you could save a bit. <br>
<br>It is time to re--invent "Andy" as an expert in his niche. Learn to sell, you will need to sell yourself, your services, and be able to sit down with anyone at a company and change your sales pitch depending on who your audience is. If it is a techie, then technical sales pitch, CEO get to increased productivity/doing more with less, Accountant obviously wants to hear about return on investment.<br>
<br>They are virtually the same pitches, but slightly different, due to the focus of the audience. An accountant does not want to hear about techie stuff (usually).<br><br>Bottom line, tighten your belt, spend less, cut costs, find a niche, figure the most cost effective way to get work, and work on selling yourself and services. <br>
<br>Andy, what you really need to do is stop worrying, not only will it shorten your life, make you miserable as well as others close to you, it will prevent you from seeing and seizing opportunity. <br><br>If I was picking a contractor, and had two people come in to sell their offerings, I will most certainly choose the person that didn't seem very worried. Whoever presents and interacts personally well with me will get the contract (or even job) providing all things being equal except attitude and presentation. <br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Steve T<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Dean Collins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Dean@cognation.net">Dean@cognation.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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what you do you will always have a job.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [asterisk-biz] How to
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How to live in this world without job, what time will the bad economic
finish and what time my job come back to me?</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">:( </span></font></p>
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