Posts Tagged ‘recession’
No Jobs but Opportunity
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Not quite but it really feels like it to many, many people. The global recession and the national recession in the US officially came to an end in June of 2009 but no-one would really seem to know it. While the stock market has recovered somewhat the average investor is largely staying away from the markets because they same stacked against the individual investor. Hence, the influence of phenomena such as the Flash Crash in which large, institutional investors can cause dramatics shifts in the markets with 1 or 2 large trades. Additionally, other research now reveals that some 85% of college graduates are actually moving back home—so called boomerang kids. Everyone knows about the 9.6 to 9.7% official unemployment rate which means that the real unemployment rate is substantially higher. And finally, housing, which typically leads economies out of recessions, is nowhere near reaching bottom as the ongoing foreclosure crisis keeps dragging the economy down. An estimate 10 to 12% of all homes are in some state of distress and recent data indicates that foreclosure auctions just hit a record high of 930,437 which is a 4% increase over the previous quarter. So what’s the point of all of this gloom and doom? The point is that now is a great time to start a business. Sure, obtaining a business loan is difficult and the Three FFF Bank (friends, family & fools) might be closed but it’s a great time to take a risk and put some savings into a small business and successful small businesses begin with a business plan. If you have a little more funding available you can have a custom written business plan completed for several hundred dollars which is always advised. However, if you are truly strapped for cash there are numerous pre-written business plans or business plan templates that can be had for $20 or $30 which cover the most common businesses such as coffee shops, drycleaners, ice cream parlors, restaurants and bars to taverns, among others. Remember out of great strife comes great opportunity so don’t let the economy get you down.
Tags: boomerang kids, business plan templates, economy, foreclosure auctions, Jobs, June, national recession, recession, unemployment, written business plan
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Recession = Graduate School
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
A variety of pundits are saying the global recession (or the great recession as many are calling it) is officially over. However, while the massive job layoffs and corporate downsizing might be coming to an end or slowing, few firms are actually adding jobs and real incomes continue to be down. Many firms and governmental authorities might want you to believe the recession is officially over but we all know the truth. Some consumer spending is up but it is up because people are not paying their mortgages. Additionally, fewer people are working full-time and more and more are returning to graduate school or law school in an effort to improve their future job prospects. Most developed societies across the globe are experiencing some fundamental shifts with the character of their economies changing forever as well. This now requires a greater number of service related employees or intellectual and knowledge workers with technology prowess and those societies that fail to adjust or adapt will slowly decline. So, if you haven’t already, you might want to consider brushing off those GMAT books or LSAT books and start preparing for these graduate school exams or face the prospect of employment irrelevance.
Tags: business school, consumer spending, corporate downsizing, global recession, gmat, governmental authorities, graduate, graduate school, graduate school admissions, great recession, job, law school, law school admissions, lsat, lsat books, real incomes, recession, school, variety
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