John Challenger
John Challenger
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, with headquarters located in Chicago, Illinois, is the oldest executive outplacement firm in the US. It has offices throughout North America...
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The very heavy downsizing reported in November is more confirmation that the effects of the Sept. 11 attack on the economy have been substantial. In the eight years we have tracked job cuts data, the downsizing for the last three months has been at levels never before seen.
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These are the rock stars of the finance world. There have been some extraordinary deals, and mergers and acquisitions activity.
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There really was no way to predict where the successful strands would come in the e-world. If you take a company like Yahoo, they got there early, with a lot of money, and were able to go out and hire the very best people.
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This is the strongest, most consistent area for job growth.
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This may not mean that telecom is the weakest of the technology industries, but it is clearly the most volatile. While some areas in this industry are consolidating, others are expanding.
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There's also more room when an individual poses some kind of litigation threat to the company over any of the protected kinds of situations like discrimination against age, gender or race, ... That kind of potential exposure to litigation can sometimes be extra leverage for a person to bump up their package.
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Even when the economy is fully recovered and companies are back in expansion mode, we may not see a revival in hiring of the rank-and-file worker. Cost containment oriented companies, in an effort to become more agile in this increasingly competitive global marketplace, will rely more an more on a just-in-time workforce of contract and contingent workers.
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The world is not the same as it used to be. Companies pay for skills in an era where brains are more important than brawn, and the forces of automation, globalization, deregulation and competition have changed what this kind of work is worth in the world.
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They are often geared at workers whose skills are obsolescent, out-of-date or minimal, especially if their skills seem to be in a condition that they may have a hard time finding a job.
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It's a sign of company maturation as it begins to focus on its core areas.
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For employees in the middle of a merger-acquisition right now, it is likely that at least one in 10 will lose their jobs because of the combination.
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Following the stock price plummet, many companies are running on fumes when it comes to cash.
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It's through those relationships that people make the best moves. Build your social capital.
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It's novel enough that some problems haven't manifested themselves yet. Inevitably, it creates problems. It does create tensions in the workplace.