Tripping Around the PR World

Ominous Signs: I had not heard the term “hiring freeze” in quite a while, but two friends in the PR business told me this week that they were up for new jobs only to be told that a hiring freeze at their prospective employers had been instituted. You don’t need to work for The Federal Reserve to know that the economy is on extremely shaky ground. When times like these are upon us, I always make sure my ducks are in a row at my job and I keep my resume in order. I’m not predicting some massive wave of layoffs, but there are some ominous signs, and hatchet men often believe that PR people are expendable when it comes time to cut costs. (Read more…)