Comments on: SF Gate To List Layoffs in CA http://hrlori.com/sf-gate-to-list-layoffs-in-ca/ Helping to Unravel the Complex World of Human Resources Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dale Larson http://hrlori.com/sf-gate-to-list-layoffs-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-28838 Dale Larson Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:22:59 +0000 http://hrlori.com/?p=517#comment-28838 One company I interviewed with recently for an executive role, the CEO let me know a week later that it went wonderfully and they thought I had a lot to offer me, but they were conserving resources until seeing how things shook out with the "economic nuclear winter," so we should be in touch again in a month to see where we both are then. I've gotten this same impression from several clients I consult for as well as potential employeers who'd contacted me before the fallout started. Yes, it does feel quite familiar. The big difference between this and the dot-bomb? This time seems to be more sudden and to affect from the beginning even companies that are doing well. One company I interviewed with recently for an executive role, the CEO let me know a week later that it went wonderfully and they thought I had a lot to offer me, but they were conserving resources until seeing how things shook out with the “economic nuclear winter,” so we should be in touch again in a month to see where we both are then.

I’ve gotten this same impression from several clients I consult for as well as potential employeers who’d contacted me before the fallout started.

Yes, it does feel quite familiar.

The big difference between this and the dot-bomb? This time seems to be more sudden and to affect from the beginning even companies that are doing well.

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