Hope in the Job Market

"With employers showing no appetite to hire..." 

I read this quote the other day in an article, and while I am absolutely aware of the dismal employment market, I believe there's hope.  Big hope, and interim hope.  Big hopes would be that this "shock to our system" forces us to re-evaluate how business is done in the US and what are accepted business ethics, that we really look towards the opportunities in new industries that will provide long-term growth and benefit to our country -- and world, that we encourage and support entrepreneurialism and creative thinking and problem-solving.  These are my big hopes.

My interim hope is that we as a country can support eachother and try to stay optimistic and find opportunities under whatever rock they may be hiding.  Because they ARE there in many cases.  I say this with some level of knowledge, because I started a company a couple of years ago that focuses on helping job-seekers find legitimate telecommuting, freelance, and work from home opportunities.  At the time, our core audience was focused on the work from home mom/dad looking for more flexibility.  But given the economy, our job-seeker audience has drastically widened, to folks looking for a 2nd job because of pay cuts or part-time while they continue to look for full-time jobs, "retirees" who have seen their savings disappear, or people simply considering telecommuting and freelance jobs for the first time because they never had a reason to before.

Anyway, every day our staff scours and researches for good, legitimate job opportunities that involve some level of telecommuting. And the great, inspiring fact is that we're finding LOTS. Our database of jobs has grown by 30% since September...!

So as dismal as the job market looks, there is still hope.
Sara Sutton Fell, CEO
FlexJobs.com

 This perspective comes from my experience as CEO and co-Founder of FlexJobs -- http://www.flexjobs.com.  It's kind of just a general outpour of my thoughts, but I'm thinking of turning it into an article of sorts.  We'll see  :-)