Welcome to 2010, friends
It was a great break, wasn’t it? If you followed the advice offered in The Unemployment Line’s Holiday Poem, you would have let yourself take a break from the job-board checking, e-mail watching, cover letter writing frenzy that you’ve had yourself in, and enjoyed the holiday spirit. I’m sure eggnog was consumed, some cookies may have even been digested – but that was so 2009 – this is Twenty Ten.
What does that mean for us on the Unemployment Line? Well, not much – yet. In the coming weeks, though, budgets will be allocated, numbers will be crunched and (hopefully) employment will begin to rise. If you were lean enough to survive The Winter of Waiting, get ready for The Winter Shake Up. Opportunities will begin to surface, but it will take more than hitting ‘send’ to land your next gig.
In a post by Bart Cleveland on AdAge today, he states, “Resolve means that no matter how dark the storm clouds, you’re going to sail on. This requires courage. And passion. And commitment.” Not only is resolve the ideal word to summarize 2009 for Bart; resolve is the perfect word for The Winter Shake Up. Yes, we rang in the New Year and put a stake in the Great Recession – but employment will not happen automatically.
As Bart’s post implies, it’s going to take guts.
