Comments on: Lowisz: Recruiting is Recovering http://www.ere.net/2009/09/10/lowisz-recruiting-is-recovering/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Keith Halperin http://www.ere.net/2009/09/10/lowisz-recruiting-is-recovering/comment-page-1/#comment-15146 Keith Halperin Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:51:19 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=9802#comment-15146 I said it before (http://community.ere.net/blogs/keithhalperin/), and I'll say it again: Maybe things look better where you are folks, but not around here in the Bay Area. Also, look at the historic unemployment rate: Let's compare recessions- here defined as an unemployment rate above 7.0% for the late 70s-early 80s and current one, and above 6.0% for the 2003 one (the rate never went above 6.3!) If we get back to 7%, it will be higher than it was during the Dot Bomb Recession of 2003. This doesn't look likely to happen for awhile. Like Stephen and Mike, I hope these predictions are way, way too pessimistic, but if they're not, let's work together to improve all our fortunes in the face of these facts. -kh keithsrj@sbcglobal.net I said it before (http://community.ere.net/blogs/keithhalperin/), and I’ll say it again:
Maybe things look better where you are folks, but not around here in the Bay Area.

Also, look at the historic unemployment rate: Let’s compare recessions- here defined as an unemployment rate above 7.0% for the late 70s-early 80s and current one, and above 6.0% for the 2003 one (the rate never went above 6.3!) If we get back to 7%, it will be higher than it was during the Dot Bomb Recession of 2003. This doesn’t look likely to happen for awhile.

Like Stephen and Mike, I hope these predictions are way, way too pessimistic, but if they’re not, let’s work together to improve all our fortunes in the face of these facts.

-kh keithsrj@sbcglobal.net

]]> By: Mike Sullivan http://www.ere.net/2009/09/10/lowisz-recruiting-is-recovering/comment-page-1/#comment-14927 Mike Sullivan Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:27:05 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=9802#comment-14927 I would love to see Mr. Lowisz’s prediction come true: “…a return to a lot of traditional ways of recruiting…building relationships.” At my son’s Back-to-School-Night yesterday an old acquaintance asked if I was still headhunting. “Every chance I get, which is not often enough lately,” I cheerfully replied. He’s an out-of-work real estate finance executive, but he said he felt very sorry for people in my profession these days. Ouch. I would love to see Mr. Lowisz’s prediction come true: “…a return to a lot of traditional ways of recruiting…building relationships.”

At my son’s Back-to-School-Night yesterday an old acquaintance asked if I was still headhunting. “Every chance I get, which is not often enough lately,” I cheerfully replied.

He’s an out-of-work real estate finance executive, but he said he felt very sorry for people in my profession these days.

Ouch.

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