Photo by Ferran Fusalba Roselló on Unsplash Think about the number of times on my blogs and on my podcast that I’ve said: don’t pay so much attention to what the fat cats say – especially to those of us they consider to be the unwashed masses – but watch what they do. Here we go. Prime case […]
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Has The Great Backlash led to bad behavior on both sides, i.e., employers and job seekers behaving in crass ways towards each other? I say yes. Key topics: ✔️ Don’t cut your own throat. The one who has to live with it is you. ✔️ Transactional ≠ no one will remember a rude jerk. This is true for
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Image by Pexels from Pixabay Have you noticed the shiny, happy people commuting ads while you’re just trying to watch a football game? ‘Cause I have. And I don’t find it coincidental. More and more companies in the United States are mandating team members to come back to in-office work which means many drivers are returning to a regular
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To a cop, the explanation is never that complicated. It’s always simple. There’s no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. If you got a dead body and you think his brother did it, you’re gonna find out you’re right. –The Usual Suspects If you get into a workplace and suspect
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a) if so, what does that mean? b) what could someone actually do at this point? Key topics: ✔️ “Go woke, go broke” And then Bill Gates buys $95 mil of cheap stock. One of these days y’all gonna figure out that the system is rigged for the cronies and the elites, not for you
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Image by Pexels from Pixabay “The pandemic gave many people their first true taste of remote work. Job seekers have liked the taste and continue to apply for those types of roles to this day. Yet, those who do apply to remote jobs are likely finding that ads offering that arrangement are scarce. The odds of hearing
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These bankers, fat cats, politicians, and cronies do not GAF about John & Jane Q. Public. And yes, that includes whatever politician you think is gonna set the world on fire and “really turn it around.” They all say the same nonsense to get elected and do nada to shake up the system. Anyone who
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We live in a predatory system. It’s designed for the hyper elites and the cronies, not for us. This puts the onus on us even more to caveat emptor and use good critical thinking. Get out of the FOMO and the YOLO as well as the victim mentality. Key topics: ✔️ “Marry the house, date
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Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay “Walmart is trimming its starting wage for some new employees in a sign the red-hot U.S. labor market is cooling off” –https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-trimming-starting-wage-employees-121131137.html Yeah. Does this sound like the GOAT of all job markets to you? Retail giant Walmart is cutting its starting wages for some new hires as competition among employers
Your compass is supposed to be whatever the media tells you it is. If it’s the stock market, that’s your compass whether you’re an investor or not. If it’s the job market, then it’s time to pump up the numbers and tell you it’s the GOAT of job markets. *SMH* You can read this article
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