Economic Shift

The economy appears to be making a shift for the better. In the past few years, unemployment numbers have increased at shocking rates but recent occurrences say otherwise. Back to school shopping and the ‘rallying stock market’ are both indicators ‘that the economy is set to motor into 2004’ as stated in the Business Week article. With a heavy demand by consumers steadily increasing, businesses will be forced to supply a larger amount of workers. Managers will be forced to hang “Help Wanted” signs. But this change isn’t expected to occur overnight.
Companies are ‘still wringing [out] every bit of productivity they can get out of their existing workers.’ Some companies are hesitant and don’t want to hire new employees as of yet. While other companies are eager t...