It has been a month since CTIA (the biggest wireless convention in the US) and I am finally caught up from the week I took away from my recruiting desk. Not to say I was not recruiting while I was there and also of course doing business development, but traveling to Las Vegas did nothing to fill the current open jobs I was engaged in.

The main thing I noticed at this CTIA was the renewed optimism. It has been a dismal 2 years in wireless and to come to a show where everywhere you turn people are speaking positively about the future was wonderful. As a recruiter we have a bird’s eye view of the wireless industry a bit different then anyone else. When the recession started, it started with us first, for recruiting is considered a luxury when people are not hiring and one of the first things to go at a company, probably right after free coffee services.

But on the flipside, Recruiting is one of the first things to come back in a recession also. Why is that? Because companies lay-off their internal hiring team and suddenly need people fast. They have been putting off the expense of getting new people for so long that they are now under the gun, and now time to hire the hired gun!

So things are rocking, lots of good orders to fill and our marketing efforts are bringing in new ones all the time. Heck it took me a month to have time to write this blog I have been so busy. So at least in wireless I can say the recession is over and things are moving in the right direction.

So let’s take this ray of light and open the windows to fill the place with sunshine. Optimism is in the air and it is good. Real good!