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I got laid off yesterday and I haven’t felt this pumped up for a long time.
The world, as they say, is my oyster.
Last time I got laid off it was a nightmare.
Firstly, my then employer had gone out of business owing me a lot of money and, secondly, I didn’t have the right of abode [...]
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Life’s pretty tough for a lot of people right now. If you’re not personally affected I bet you know someone who is.
If you’re feeling nervous and worried about the future, here are two things to think about that history has proven time and again to be true:
Recessions always end
Recessions always provide opportunities
Over the past 30 [...]
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There are limitless opportunities for starting up an Internet business, with more opening up each day.
But what are some of the more common Internet businesses around and how do you promote them?
If you’ve recently been laid off, or had your time cut back, or if you’re coming up to retirement age and had your pension, [...]
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When’s the best time to invest? When’s the best time to start a new business?
Right in the middle of a recession, because when the up-turn comes you’ll be brilliantly placed to benefit from it.
Let me say up front where I am right now: I’ve just taken a 30% cut in time and salary from my [...]
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Job hunting in a recession…
I saw an interesting question today: can a blog replace a resume?
My answer was ‘Yes’. If not a blog then a managed web presence not only can, but should replace a resume (especially if you’re environmentally conscious).
There’s a truly spectacular array of sites where anyone can set up a profile and [...]
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I’ve written several times now (find them here) on why the recession provides opportunities, and how to take advantage of them.
Today, though, I read a post from Brian Clark on Copyblogger which not only takes the same line as I’ve been taking, but tells a truly remarkable and inspiring story of someone succeeding against the [...]
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In the dotcom bust of 2001 the company I was working for went out of business, owing me a lot of money in unpaid salary and benefits. It was 9 months before I got another job and the combination pretty much wiped me out.
In today’s recession many people will likely have a similar experience – [...]
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I’ve written before on ways to protect yourself from the effects of the recession – here and here.
I’m of the belief that recessions provide you with greater opportunities than boom times do – as long as you approach them in the right way.
So this week I’ve scoured the web to see what other people are [...]
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I’m writing this from Dubai, where I’m on a consulting project for a new, young telephone company. The interesting thing is that no one locally is talking about a recession.
My client is planning a very aggressive expansion strategy over the next 3 years, with multiple new products and services coming online and heavy investment in [...]
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“The most striking figure in the whole report is that private sector payrolls shrank by 101,000 last month compared to a modest 26,000 drop in January,” said Paul Ashworth at Capital Economics, “a decline of that magnitude screams recession”. (Quote taken from BBC News).
More bad news this weekend on the US economy and, meanwhile, [...]
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A lot of the news this last weekend was about the recession. Whether it’s coming or whether it’s already here.
George W Bush doesn’t believe one’s coming, while John Williams believes a Great Depression is coming. Others think we’re already in recession and still others are saying it will be 2011 before we see [...]
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It’s pretty clear, whichever way you look at it now, that we’re in for a recession. The only discussion is about the severity and length of it.
The cause goes back to the ultra low interest rates of the early 2000’s plus the trend of re-packaging loans and moving them off the balance sheet. In among [...]
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