Professional Land Surveyor 2010 Wrapup and 2011 Outlook
December 31, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Professional Land Surveyor Practice
2010 turns into 2011
2010 Wrapup
I started to write this article as an article about the top trends for 2010 in the land surveying and design world. After approximately 2-seconds, this is what I came up with:
- The Economy.
- The Economy.
- The Economy.
- It’s the Economy, Stupid….
It really was the overriding, all encompassing and number one (through ten, or more) issue this past year. And, if it was only an issue for this past year, then that would be bad enough, but this being the third year of recession for many, a turn-around sure would’ve been nice.
In my mind, 2010 was the year that many finally fully came to grips with the severity of, and paradigm shift of, the Great Recession. For those who only took a minor hit in the recession’s beginning, the scourge of anemic sales, tight to non-existing credit, and unemployment took hold. Even those of you with jobs still may have experienced underemployment due to reduced work weeks and the lack of work coming in the door.
