Keep Moving, Keep Creating, Keep Reinventing….

The recession has set a lot of us a few steps backward, but should we give up and give in? No. Let's use our skills and our wit and keep moving, keep creating, keep giving, keep getting paid. After all, this is the land of opportunity, where the impossible happens.

I am one of those that received the dreaded pink slip this year, going through classifieds, signing up with agencies, online job searches, referrals, you name it, I did it.

It took just a little while for one of those so powerful ha...ha moments to hit me. After all, I still have the skills and surely there's someone still needing my skills out there, so I decided to put those very skills to work and market them.

I now market my services to companies on a contract basis. The good thing about what I do is, the same companies that are downsizing are looking for people like us that offer our services on a contract basis.

There are no long term contracts; work is done on an as needed basis and for some I do not have to travel to their offices.

Now, they have the benefit of a professional on an as needed basis, and they do not have to compromise on quality. Talk about a win...win.