John Challenger Men Quotations

There are thousands of co-heads, chiefs and directors now. You don't know if they are top people or are buried in middle management somewhere.

Job opportunities are described on the front pages daily as new emphasis is put on several industries, including security, communications, defense, medical equipment and supplies, as well as continuing significant opportunities in health care,

Summer is always a slow job-cut time. Management is away, and vacations are going on,

There's no question that senior entrepreneurs are out there. There's more and more access to self-employment possibilities as people decide to put off retirement as they get into their 60s and 70s and 80s.

It's also important to give folks a way they can air their concerns. Have an open environment where people can say what they really think,

Many are waiting with bated breath to see if the economy continues to add jobs at the rate it did in March. If it does not, it could be serious blow to consumer and business confidence, thus slowing the momentum of the recovery again.

Employees may have more control over their employment future than they think,

We typically see higher job cuts in January as companies set into motion business plans and employment needs for the new year.

We're seeing the dismantling of the retirement age of 65.

Businesses are starting to ramp up spending on new equipment and technology and consumer spending looked relatively strong in January, despite predictions that they were tapped out. This may mean fewer job cuts in the months ahead as companies try to meet the steady demand for their products.

The places where it's really going to hit is government and teachers. Governments are going to be unable to pay for the promises they've made. Pensions for teachers and government workers just dwarf what we see in the private sector.

These ... factors are going to keep hiring from taking off in 2004. Job seekers certainly should not expect to see a repeat of the tremendous job expansion of the mid-to-late 1990s.

You've got to let the punishment fit the crime. In the overall scheme of things, this is probably like a misdemeanor.

What's emerging in this era where men and women are working together as colleagues and peers . . . are relationships that form between men and women that are really strong.

What's new is that these relationships between men and women are less fraught with risk.

Retailers, restaurants, real estate, home improvement stores... will all see business decline.

The honeymoon is over. Now (Internet companies) are moving into the next phase of the relationship, with the investment community on one side and the employees on the other.

We ask all of our job seekers in the out- placement program to only look at the web after 6:30 at night or before maybe 6:00 in the morning, ... It is a soaker up of time and in a job search, you've got to get out and see people. You can't sit behind a desk and tinker with your resume.

Today's CEO is under fire from a number of sectors, ... Not only are shareholders demanding higher and higher returns, directors are far more active and government agencies are increasingly putting them under the microscope.

We are approaching full employment and some employers are already dreaming up perks to attract the best talent.