E-Commerce, Baby!
Have I told you all that I’m really hoping to land a gig at an e-commerce company when I return Stateside? Social media would be cool too, but seems like the state of the economy has killed that buzz.
Anyway, that’s why working with my client is such a great opportunity. I’m getting some real good training and crossing my fingers that they’ll have a position for me when I’m done here (though what that would be, I’m not sure yet).
How this former non-profit, travel-addicted gal got hooked on the idea of working in e-commerce isn’t so hard to fathom. It involves being enamored by all things tech and figuring out that the people who work in the tech industry / start-up environment are not so different from those in non-profit (e.g. we’re not a-holes and we like what we do!).
Of course, this isn’t a great time now for e-commerce. November was a bad month for the industry, December not so good either. It’s really a bad time for everyone, and I keep reading and hearing that: It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Sure, that’s all true, but smart businesspeople say that you’ve got to keep thinking about long-term growth even, perhaps especially, during hard times.
And that’s exactly what my client is doing. They want to increase their outsourcing team by more than double, but that’s a topic for another post.
For e-commerce, especially, there’s only room to grow. While the economy is contracting and consumers are holding off on purchases now, 2010 and beyond still look promising to companies who continue to invest in online sales channels.
Here’s an excerpt from a recent comScore report:
E-commerce trends outperformed overall consumer spending in several product categories, which is to say that e-commerce continued to capture an increasing share of consumers’ wallet.
So, I’m still holding out hope, even during this bleak job market.
P.S. And if you have some contacts in the industry, let me know now!
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