Like a sore thumb: standing out in the labor market is key to filling and finding a credit position.

It's been said that the difference between a recession and a depression is that, in a recession, someone you know is out of a job, whereas in a depression, you, yourself are out of a job. While it remains to be seen whether or not the U.S. market is even experiencing negative growth and its unclear how long the economy will feel the fallout from the housing market correction, the global credit crunch and consistent inflationary pressure, it goes without saying that, when times are tough, companies look to cut their costs, frequently by reducing the payroll. Layoffs in the U.S. auto, airline and banking industries attest to this fact; desperate times call for desperate ...