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Mar 27
Friday

How to Weather the Economic Storm

Filed under Tips/Advice
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The storm will pass, but you need to take some cautionary meassures

-    You can’t control the way things are going: If your company decides to go in a new direction to save money, and you’re not along for the ride, you’re going to have to make a decision. Will you stay or will you leave?
-    If people don’t know you, then they will not help you: You need to network your socks off. There’s no other way to get known, and once people know you, they’ll start considering you for jobs.
-   If you’re thinking about starting a business, a recession is a great time to do so. You might have to work extra hard, but if you make it, then when this whole things goes away, you’ll be set.

-    You could go back to school and weather the storm. Maybe when you graduate, things will have gone back to normal

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