You'll find jobs are still available despite the Wall Street crash. For example, John McKenna -- a manager at SecondMarket -- is quoted in the New York Post saying his trading firm in lower Manhattan wants to quadruple its 50 trader staff as it moves into larger quarters.
Other veteran traders told the Post that big money can still be made; from the low six figures into the millions of dollars.
While massive layoffs at Lehman Bros and Bear Stearns grabbed headlines, opportunities you haven't read about have been created at Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and other brokerage firms who are looking to grab the best of the talent downsized during Wall Street's latest crisis.
You'll find jobs out there in most other fields, too, despite doom and gloom reports from the business press. All you need to do is find one of them. Job finding tools, such as networking, have been designed to work in all economies -- good and bad. As a matter of fact, job finding techniques were designed in Europe during the early 1900's to help people find jobs during depressions. So use them. They work.
And November and December have been good job hunting months traditionally. That's because people are more receptive to networking during the Holiday Season. And many openings scheduled for the beginning of the year are filled by contacts developed during this time of year. This is also the season companies set budgets for '09.
When you can network like crazy from now until Christmas, you might just find yourself employed by the start of the New Year.