Doug Campbell

Elise Hacking Carr is senior production editor for Print & Promo Marketing magazine, and managing editor for PRINTING United Journal.

Spring has arrived, but there is no blossoming economy in sight. Unemployment rates climbed to 8.1 percent as of February, and companies that didn’t resort to layoffs are cutting costs through other methods. The current climate has, in turn, forced everyone to become more image-conscious. A sharp-looking suit, a perfectly coiffed ‘do and manicured nails are essential and so is what an employee or job applicant carries to that meeting. Nothing says polished like a colorful folder or sleek binder.

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