They can actually pick and choose the employees they want. It is one of the overlooked benefits of a slowing economy. One reason is that qualified applicants are showing up to fill those jobs. Mr. Woods of Garber Travel is certainly seeing that. Many high-tech workers, disillusioned by the failure of dotcom startups and plummeting IPOs, are seeking security.
Travel companies can offer that - along with work increasingly tied to websites and the wired world.
Ill. Layoffs have grabbed headlines recently, but some see the slight rise in unemployment as a good sign. Now we get people from high tech who are more willing to consider us. This time, however, the trend has been amplified by the acute shortage of high-tech workers during the past few years. Some Silicon Valley workers have found work just hours after they were laid off. But that shortage may be disappearing.