Men vs. Women in the Recession
By jmoorhead on January 12th, 2009
I just read an article in USA Today that talks about more men are losing their job during this recession than women. Which I find to be interesting, since I have recently been laid off from a publicly traded company with offices worldwide.
As I was told, the US is feeling the brunt of this economy meltdown. Our firm reduced the US staff by 40%, and of those 9 people let go, 7 were men. The article goes on to say why this is the case, but simply put I think this all makes a huge difference if you are a one-income family or a two-income family.
With all of the layoffs happening around the world, and in particular in the United States we need to take advantage of our travels and connections. I wouldn’t have the relationships that I do with family, friends, and customers / colleagues if I wasn’t willing to spend nights away from the family, in a lousy hotel, sitting on a dirty airplane, and eating food that kills you bite by bite.
Travel and Gather will be our access to these relationships. It will cultivate that which an Email or Phone Call just can’t do.
