It’s interesting to hear how business folks these days skirt around the words “recession.” During my many dozens of seminars and workshops in New York this summer I heard all sorts of euphamisms desciribing “current market conditions.” Here’s a sampling:

Slow market
Soft economy
Non-growth oriented job market
Tough year
Not like last year

Now I’m not economist, but I would call what’s going on right now a recession. People have less money to spend, less jobs to hire for, and all-n-all it’s harder to get by. I’m not sure what this means for me, the job-seeker, but I can’t think it’s good.