Re: always look for a new job?

[Jim Lynch <jwlynch -at- SHORE -dot- NET>]

I think another way of looking at it is that each of us is really
responsible for takng care of ourselves, rather than the old way of "the
company" doing it.  In some ways, it's very liberating.  The old illusion of
"security" is gone and what's left is reality.

Jim

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> Here in the US, the job situation has changed over the past 15 to 20
> years.  The days of working for big companies from "cradle to grave" are
> over.  Since the oil crisises of the 70s and 80s, and the constant
> downsizing trend; the trend has been for all peoples employed in this
> country to keep a "pulse on the market."
>
> I always advise to keep your resume up-to-date, and to be ready for the
> right opportunity inside or outside the company.  In the US, there is no
> such thing any more as job security -- those days are over (unless you
> work for the UAW or the United Steelworkers Union).  I don't know how it
> is in the rest of the world, but the US job market has become a
> "mercenery" one.
>
> Brian Flaherty
> ICS, Paramus, NJ (USA)
>
> &^&^&^~~~
>
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