Comments on: The Economy and You http://newlycorporate.com/2008/11/24/the-economy-and-you/ Work, life and the pursuit of happiness for the young professional. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:13:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hayli http://newlycorporate.com/2008/11/24/the-economy-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-24675 hayli Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:28:40 +0000 http://newlycorporate.com/?p=564#comment-24675 I am a self-employed marketing/writing/editing consultant, so the economy's great for me because everyone wants to outsource to avoid payroll tax. However, not so much for my husband, who works in construction. He found a job after a brief period of unemployment, a custom home builder and everything was dandy for a week until two custom homes fell through due to financing. So now the builder is AWOL and my husband's hoping to get on with Pizza Hut - ANYTHING but construction. I am sort of managing to cover the bills, but we did have to drop our private health insurance, so yeah, you could say we're feeling it. I am a self-employed marketing/writing/editing consultant, so the economy’s great for me because everyone wants to outsource to avoid payroll tax. However, not so much for my husband, who works in construction. He found a job after a brief period of unemployment, a custom home builder and everything was dandy for a week until two custom homes fell through due to financing. So now the builder is AWOL and my husband’s hoping to get on with Pizza Hut – ANYTHING but construction. I am sort of managing to cover the bills, but we did have to drop our private health insurance, so yeah, you could say we’re feeling it.

]]> By: Natalie http://newlycorporate.com/2008/11/24/the-economy-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-24471 Natalie Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:27:01 +0000 http://newlycorporate.com/?p=564#comment-24471 Well, I was in the newspaper business until my paper started doing things like using way too much advertising content and canceling its janitorial service. So I jumped ship and moved to a public agency -- thinking that would be more safe. But rumor has it that they'll be doing layoffs soon too. Lovely. Well, I was in the newspaper business until my paper started doing things like using way too much advertising content and canceling its janitorial service. So I jumped ship and moved to a public agency — thinking that would be more safe. But rumor has it that they’ll be doing layoffs soon too. Lovely.

]]> By: Dan http://newlycorporate.com/2008/11/24/the-economy-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-24389 Dan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:11:07 +0000 http://newlycorporate.com/?p=564#comment-24389 Thanks for sharing, moe. I don't have a full post on that topic in the pipeline, but I do have one piece of advice. Measure what you have done at your non-profit. Get some metrics and highlight those on your resume and in your interview. Nonprofit or not, top performers with measurable results are in demand. Thanks for sharing, moe. I don’t have a full post on that topic in the pipeline, but I do have one piece of advice. Measure what you have done at your non-profit. Get some metrics and highlight those on your resume and in your interview. Nonprofit or not, top performers with measurable results are in demand.

]]> By: moe http://newlycorporate.com/2008/11/24/the-economy-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-24343 moe Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:12:22 +0000 http://newlycorporate.com/?p=564#comment-24343 Forced PTO. That's an innovative way to balance the books. I'm in the non-profit sector, and the economy hasn't really hit directly until this last week - when we laidoff approximately 15% of our staff. My neck wasn't on the chopping block, but it likely will be if there is a next time around in a month or two. In the meantime, I'm packing my bags and preparing for departure... probably out of non-profit because the sector in general is hurting so much due to the financial crunch. If your pocketbook is feeling smaller, will you donate to your favorite, non-necessary, cause? I didn't think so. That's basically the sentiment, as best I can tell, across the non-profit industry. Any upcoming tips on this blog for jumping into corporate as a young professional from the non-profit sector? Forced PTO. That’s an innovative way to balance the books.

I’m in the non-profit sector, and the economy hasn’t really hit directly until this last week – when we laidoff approximately 15% of our staff. My neck wasn’t on the chopping block, but it likely will be if there is a next time around in a month or two.

In the meantime, I’m packing my bags and preparing for departure… probably out of non-profit because the sector in general is hurting so much due to the financial crunch. If your pocketbook is feeling smaller, will you donate to your favorite, non-necessary, cause? I didn’t think so. That’s basically the sentiment, as best I can tell, across the non-profit industry.

Any upcoming tips on this blog for jumping into corporate as a young professional from the non-profit sector?

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