Ran across an interesting article "Churn, Baby, Churn" in Forbes recently which talks about the normal churn of jobs gained and lost in the economy.  It was amazing to see how much hiring activity continues to go on in the economy even with the unemployment rates as high as they are. 

The connection the author makes between churn and disrupting technologies is telling and really drives home the fact that job seekers need to be open to opportunities to use their skills in new ways.  By taking an inventory of "transferable skills" and matching those skills against industries and companies currently hiring the job seeker will be much more effective in becoming reemployed sooner. 

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Tammy Mullin