Although, 2002 has been a difficult year for recruiters, it has also given many of us the opportunity to revamp our skills and reevaluate our priorities. Each month, Recruiters World in Review endeavors to bring you information to help you succeed in the changing business environment. For our last feature of the year, we’d like to bring closure to the year’s topics with a reminder: despite layoffs, downsizings, and loss of income, better times are surely on the way!

Some of the best advice I ever received came midway in my career. During the early 90’s recession, a colleague said to me, “Christine, look at the recession as a value proposition.” In other words, look at the recession as an opportunity to improve. Recessions are characterized by a slowdown in demand for recruiting services concurrent with increased competition for contracts and fewer resources to execute those contracts. Recruiters must undergo a “retraining” of sorts to survive in a recessionary environment. We must learn to effectively produce better quality output with less input.

Read Christine Hirsch's full article on the end of recession:
http://www.RecruitersWorld.com/articles/rw/christine/yearend.asp