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Originally Posted by cjm_2008
my advice: find a niche and become the best within that niche. if it's in IT, and you can work for the government, even better.
there's only a handful of people in the UK who can do what I do, and I'm probably at the top of that tree, so I *should* be ok for a while - especially as my job involves cutting operational costs.
I am avoiding being total smugness, however, because any contract is only as good as it's notice period, despite the fact I've just been extended to june 09.
i do feel comfortable enough to piss away $$$ on karting though  |
What he said!! Find something your good at, mate it to something people want, and its as well protected as you can get!
This last year has maybe been slightly different in that more fundamentally sound businesses are being killed by cashflow due to the lack of credit.
Any industry can suffer, for example not all the mobile phone industry is doing well. I worked in the industry for 5 years until a few months ago and many of the guys I worked with have been made redundant since. I work in a support function (finance) though so I am of the view that it should be people in my type of role being made redundant before salespeople/engineers etc. I now work in a manufacturing business and I think it would be madness for them to lay off people who make the product or sell the prouct before looking for ways of cutting central costs such as finance/HR etc. Keep the engine room strong in any business, and try to cut support costs!