Is working in community growth a recession-proof career option?

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Unfortunately no. When companies need to make cutbacks, the marketing department and anything else along those lines (like us) are usually the first to go.

Not really. The ROI is slow and when money gets tight, businesses care about making immediate sales not sales in the future. There will always be jobs out there, but they'll be way more competitive when there's less marketing money to go around.

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