Recession-proofing Your Career
Guidance for Reciting
Knowledge is infinite，so live and learn. Anyone who really devotes himself to study and enjoy learning will always feel thirsty for knowledge. As a philosopher ever said，“The more you learn，the more you will find yourself ignorant.”
Recession-proofing your career is different from securing of your current job，because these days no job is secure. Even through the boom years，organizations continued to restructure and downsize to become even more effective and competitive. A future downturn in the business cycle will only accelerate the pace of change―and make careful career management even more crucial.
These days，no matter what our official employment status，we are all temporary workers. Whether we have conventional full-time jobs or are contingent，contract，or freelance workers，we are all living and working in TempWorld，in which everything shifts rapidly.
In this fast-shifting world，there can be no guarantees attached to any particular job. But there is much that you can do to protect yourself from change and economic upheaval，by equipping yourself with the skills to manage your career more effectively. You need to become a career activist.
防止职业受经济衰退的冲击
诵读导言
学无止境。凡是真正热爱学习，从学习中品尝到甜美滋味的人，都永远不会满足，正如有位哲学家所说的那样：“越是学习，越是发现自己的无知。”
防止你的职业受经济衰退的冲击与确保你当前的职业并不同，因为现在没有牢靠的职业。即使在经济繁荣的年月，企业也要继续机构改革和精简，以便始终保持效率和竞争力。经济循环中的衰退前景只能加速变革的步伐――而使谨慎的职业经营更加重要。
如今，不管我们的正式职业状况如何，我们都是临时工。无论是做传统的专职工作或零散工、合同工，还是做自由职业者，我们大家都生活和工作在一个“临时世界”之内；其中，任何事物都在剧烈变动。
在这个迅速变化的世界，没有哪种特殊职业能够让你高枕无忧不会失业。但是你可以有许多办法来用技能武装自己，以更有效地掌握自己的职业，使你免受变化和经济动荡的冲击。你必须成为职业积极行动者。
Notes
1.recession [ri5seFEn] n. 后退，凹入的地方，不景气
2.crucial [5kru：Fl，5kruFEl] a. 关键的，决定性的
3.upheaval [Qp5hi：vEl] n. 举起，隆起，大变动