[Tokhtamish]

Sure. Learn new skills. Like the spanking new Visual Basic programmers who are being turned out by technical schools looking for jobs that don't exist.

You see, given pervasive unemployment there will be lots of experienced people out of work in any given field. And experience is to be preferred over any certification. That is what college graduates now are discovering

[jjm2111]

Then why learn VB in the first place? I agree that we shouldn't be farming out jobs overseas when Americans are unemployed at home, but in the long run, survival is up to the individual.

Why are some people always employed? They have skills that are in demand. They recognize changes in the job field as they are happening and adapt. They don't just rest on their laurels and bitch about their cost-of-living increases.

Just like business owners, employees should look to do things that make a company profitable. Not everyone can sell, but the office manager who makes sure the place is ALWAYS humming will never want for work. Same thing with the line supervisor that is on top of every problem.