Take, for instance, last week’s Small Business Attitudes & Outlook survey conducted by Constant Contact and today’s Business Roundtable survey. Last week’s survey, as reported in the Washington Business Journal, reported that despite the recession, 70 percent of small businesses anticipate moderate to significant growth in 2009. http://tinyurl.com/n26l6w Contrast that with today’s Business Roundtable survey, which suggests that 49% of business heads at some of the country’s largest enterprises are expecting to cut jobs with 46% expecting declines in sales, http://www.cnbc.com/id/31505953, and you simply don't know where this economy is headed.
While we remain guarded in our assessment of the economy and the business climate, we are pleased to be among the small businesses that are growing despite the times. Last month at C.Fox Communications, we welcomed two exceptional additions to our staff, to assist us in serving our growing roster of clients.
Tina McCormack joins us as Senior PR Associate. She brings a strong background in brand policy, strategic planning, and public relations and previously worked as Director of Communications at Starlight Mid-Atlantic. Julie Feldman comes to us as PR Associate from the University of Maryland. She has been an intern with C.Fox Communications for the past three years.
While one PR agency’s hiring of two staff members in no way signals broad economic recovery, we’re happy to celebrate the small victories and provide some tiny evidence of life out there in a down economy.