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There are really no signs that new hiring is going to occur. Many pharma companies are looking to lay off more workers till 2012. The rules seem to be the same as 2008. Out with the old, expensive workers. In with cheaper entry level talent. There will be openings, but the net result is going to be another negative year. Pharma is restructuring and preparing for a long period of outsourced talent. Just hope the savings are reinvested here.
ReplyDeleteI think we're witnessing remaking of the labor market. Lost jobs won't come back, just like IT jobs didn't.
ReplyDeleteI'm voting no, although things will begin to gravitade back toward the average.
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