September, 2006

How different things are from that Tuesday morning five years ago when the planes flew into the World Trade Center and changed the way Americans view the world.

After a long and painful recession that cost millions their jobs, we are now in a boom period for hiring that includes labor shortages.

Did you know that there are more people working in technology now than there was during the dotcom era? This despite all the scare stories about outsourcing that permeated the media during the recession.

The Bush tax cuts, like Reagan's before that, stimulated the economy to create millions of new jobs. Coupled with the federal spending boom born out of defense and healthcare spending, we are in a period of job creation that is extraordinary.

Despite the stories you may read about limited job creation, there is a second government indicator that more accurately offers the picture of the economy. You say, thae more famous indicator only measures job creation in big companies . . . and these are places where the elast amount of job creation is occuring.

If you look at the indicator that surveys families, generally you are seeing more than 200000 new positions per month which includes those working for small businesses, self-employed (including incorporated and unincorporated temporary and/or consulting staff) and others who have not gone to work for big companies.

Larry Kudlow calls this "The Greatest Story Never Told." He's right.

Several issues ago in my ezine, Head Hunt Your Next Job, I asked whether you would like to make between $54000 and $110000 dollars more than you do now over the next 5 years.

Well, now is the time to take action because good times have never lasted forever and the meshing of these extraordinary circumstances will probably waver again in one or two years.

BTW, I've started to carry layoff notices in this blog.

Jeff Altman

The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines since 1971. He is a certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.

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