Without a clear understanding of the direction the job market will take, consumers need to be prepared. First, get your own financial house in order. Be careful with your spending and especially with borrowing. Don't put yourself in a position to be just one paycheck away from terribly difficult times. Although you could get lucky.
Opportunities still exist and the nation is resilient.
It is still an unclear picture, but it's obvious that employees aren't on the Titanic. All over the world resident doctors are put through a type of hazing that requires them to be on duty for up to 48 hours with no sleep. One resident doctor hopes to change this senseless initiation after she fell asleep behind the wheel of her car on the way home after a 36-hour shift. She realized the potential danger to patients seen by sleep deprived physicians. The Institute of Medicine reports that 100,000 patients die each year due to medical mistakes with most of these cases due to sleep deprivation.