3 Good Things a Recession Does For Careers

Are you sick of hearing bad news about the economy and job market? Well then, this post is for you.

I'm not trying to discount the fact that a lot of people are suffering professionally these days. Yet, the reality is that a recession actually has some short-term and long-term upsides when it comes to how we manage our careers. That's right, there is some good coming out of 2.5M jobs lost, wide-spread hiring freezes, and a soon to reach double-digit unemployment rate.

Here are three good things a recession does for our careers:

1) Makes being 'let-go' not as hard to accept, nor as difficult to explain.

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