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To: marketing1 who wrote (39781)	9/20/2002 2:04:07 PM
From: Dana Johnson	Respond to of 52237

That's very interesting. I'd appreciate it if you could post your "indicator" periodically!

To: marketing1 who wrote (39781)	9/21/2002 3:05:00 PM
From: Susan G	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52237

Really interesting, marketing1... Please keep us updated on any changes...we all would appreciate it. My field (the one other than trading <g>) also sees the same type of early hints of recovery, the freelance design biz. As companies gear up again, freelancers are in demand to replace the in-house designers cut in the downturn. And the next hint comes when either freelancers are hired part or full time or new full-timers are brought in as business picks up again. Same cycle occurred last recession. Freelancers were in high demand in the beginning of the last recovery, as companies could not gear up fast enough with full time workers and were unsure that the "boom" would last, and were more comfortable hiring freelance or contract workers. And then came the dot.com bubble and the field and demand for designers exploded... I'm watching it closely now, too, and talking often to others in the business. The people who do the hiring at the big companies that I've done work for - well known, Fortune 500 type companies - are still saying it's dead out there and mentioned that they cannot even handle all the calls they are getting looking for work. Many in the biz have left NYC and are trying to work in the suburbs again, which is making it even tougher. The Advertising and Sales Promotion biz - which is huge in the suburban NYC area, has taken quite the hit the past few years, as that's one of the first thing cut from budgets...