Optinism » speculations https://www.optinism.org This blog is brought to you by Born Interactive. It is a pro-active initiative to face the year 2009’s negative vibes and uncertainty due to the evolving and escalating global financial crisis. We dedicate this blog to all the positive-minded people who seek opportunities in trying times, who view problems as challenges and who always look ahead and work for a brighter future. At the threshold of 2009, it is neither destructive pessimism nor blind optimism that is needed but a state of “optinism”, which is why we launched this blog in the first place. Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:51:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 HR crisis or HR opportunity? https://www.optinism.org/2008/12/30/hr-crisis-or-hr-opportunity/ https://www.optinism.org/2008/12/30/hr-crisis-or-hr-opportunity/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:43:06 +0000 Fadi Sabbagha http://optinism.org/?p=29 The past few days, I’ve been hearing speculations about the number of expatriates that will be forced to leave their jobs in the Arabian Gulf and return to Lebanon in the coming months.

Expatriates’ possible return has been painted as dramatic because they are expected to flood the local job market and face difficulty seeking work. However, I see things differently. My personal thoughts on this – regardless of the number of returning expatriates and their potentially precarious situation – are…

  • Many expatriates will be returning with life savings they might wish to spend or invest in Lebanon.
  • Expatriates’ presence will once again make available a wider pool of professional talent at reasonable remuneration packages and will diversify and enrich HR resource availability in Lebanon.

While I wish everyone a profitable year and solid retention of their jobs and positions, I also invite them to look at the possible positive outcome and hidden opportunities created by any change they find themselves forced to face.

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