Replaceable Planners?

“What I'm hearing from all the association human resources people I've been speaking with can be summed up in two words: downsizing and outsourcing,” reports Shira Harrington, a senior personnel consultant with the Washington, D.C.-based recruiting firm Positions Inc. Harrington says she's being flooded with résumés from laid-off association meeting planners, while job listings are barely trickling in.