Jobs gone forever?

Oct 12
2009

There’s a ton of different views of what’s coming in the US and world economies and therefore what’s coming in the job search world.

Some of the government talking heads are trying to pretend that all is well.  Some pundits are shouting “The end is near!”. As always , the truth is somewhere in the middle.

One of the more rational is Harry Dent.  In his book The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History, he explains what has happened and what’s likely in the next decades.  He’s worth listening to because he called the boom, in The Next Great Bubble Boom: How to Profit from the Greatest Boom in History: 2006-2010
, and he’s therefore likely to have good insight into the bust.

From his analysis, it’s clear that many US jobs are gone forever.  But then, that happened to buggy-whip makers too.  It doesn’t mean there are no jobs, just that they will be different jobs or that they will be staffed differently.  If you have been laid off and you concentrate your job search only on the same job you had, you may be narrowing your chances massively.  Those who take a moment to try to understand the environment, get busy with personal development and then tailor their job search have a much better chance.