Step 1: Keep your knowledge as sharp as the sharpest knife. Knowledge is the ultimate currency. Step 2: Research people's attitude during that time (every rece

Step 1: Keep your knowledge as sharp as the sharpest knife. Knowledge is the ultimate currency. Step 2: Research people's attitude during that time (every recession creates a change in behaviour and personality) and find a personality trait that will match it so you can gain their trust or affection (not in the partner sense), especially higher ups that can give you employment or any other sort of resource (recession is not a time to be thinking of money as the only resource). Step 3: Meet people, force yourself to do it and apply those traits. Don't become an asshole in the process. Step 4: Repeat with other resources that may be handy during that specific recession. Diversify.