Elonka wrote:

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits may have hit a 26-year high, but there are still lots of jobs open, because no matter how grim the economic forecast, at least some workers will change jobs voluntarily or retire. "Companies may not be making expansionary or discretionary hires," says Marc Cenedella, founder of TheLadders.com a subscription service that lists only jobs that pay $100,000 and up. "But even in a downturn, there's still 20% to 25% natural turnover per year." In the six-figure category, he estimates that will mean 3.2 million hires a year instead of 4 million in a normal market.

Interesting statistics to put the current layoffs in perspective.

A lot of people in the computer industry remember the hard times of the dot com/telecom crash. Right now the jobs situation is far, far worse than it was then, in general, but it seems to have had less impact on people directly around me. I've started to hear stories about folks that have been laid off, but I also know people who are hiring. The difference is that this time our industry isn't the epicenter of the crisis, so it should be easier for us this time.

RE: The Six-Figure-Job Hunt - TIME