HP cuts 14,500 jobs

This happened yesterday.

I think there's no better evidence that savvy professionals should get busy networking.

It's not that companies don't care about you. Corporations are machines, they CANNOT care for you. Only your relatives, friends, acquaintances, etc. care about you.

In the end, this kind of headline news doesn't have to depress us. It may be the wake-up call that will drive thousands of people to decide to take charge of their economic destiny.