2008 Job Forecast is Good News for Seasoned Workers

The recently released 2008 Job Forecast, done by Harris Interactive® for Career Builder.com indicates that approximately one-third of employers surveyed intend to hire more full-time employees next year and that they are forecasting approximately 3% pay increases for existing staff. This is good news.
The other 2/3 are either planning on holding steady or reducing their existing staffing. This, too, is good news.
How can both of these things be good news?
The answer is that most companies are showing great uncertainty. They are uncertain about the course of our economy, our political climate, the war, and the availability of talent to bring them the results they desire.
In other words, employers in all surveyed fields are looking for competent, reliable employees who have ideas and talents that they can contribute immediately to help bring about results. This is great news for seasoned workers, those who may have been downsized in one industry are anxiously awaited to make a contribution in another.
The greatest challenge for workers is in being able to translate their portable talents and strengths from one field to another. This is much easier to do than most people think.
Why?
Most think in terms of transportable skills. And, to be completely candid, skills are not always transferrable from one field to another. Talents, however, can be transported, if you know how.
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