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[buzzsprout episode='13204886' player='true'] As I've said many, many times: IMO, if you wait to be "officially" told, you're waiting too late. The cracks in the foundation that have been obvious to some of us are only just now being reported on in MSM sources. Links https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/07/10/yes/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hidden-recession-red-flag-hidden-100000573.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gen-zer-sparked-quiet-quitting-160844170.html https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/10776383 Links where I...

Subtitled: But you won't be Sub-subtitled: Hospitality is not the broader job market Image by StockSnap from Pixabay In the spring of 2021, I traveled to Pennsylvania to attend a graduation. Driving around the area, I was struck by all the signs in diner and fast-food storefronts seeking workers. As I...

Image created by me using Canva Yesterday, LinkedIn (finally) asked the question: "Are employers regaining control?" "The Great Resignation" has yielded to workers staying in their jobs at rates near pre-pandemic levels, The New York Times reports. That shift is changing job market perceptions and brewing a...

Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Do you have a job that you secretly believe is pointless? If so, you have what anthropologist David Graeber calls a “bullshit job.” A professor at the London School of Economics and a leader of the early Occupy Wall Street movement, Graeber has written a new book...

[buzzsprout episode='13154991' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 7/3-7/7. ✔️Somehow, some way, the job market is still doin' great and wages are goin' up. 😆 ✔️Early retirees are not all wealthy and retiring to live on a yacht? Really? Who'da thunk it. (Anyone with common sense.) ✔️Global power grabs and...

It's not unreasonable to look at it this way: the stock market doesn't like the job market being so (supposedly) darn hot; the sticky inflation doesn't like the job market being so (supposedly) darn hot; so in the best interest of everyone (and by that...

[buzzsprout episode='13149633' player='true'] How can we keep a positive attitude and an expectation of good news in the midst of an economic downturn? Where's the balance between Pollyanna Sunshine versus Chicken Little? Links: https://theintercept.com/2022/07/29/bank-of-america-worker-conditions-worse/ https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/07/02/death-by-interviews/ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/4639328 https://www.amazon.com/Your-Erroneous-Zones-Step-Step/dp/0060919760 https://www.amazon.com/Feel-Fear-Do-Anyway/dp/0345487427 Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/ Need more? Email me: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/contact-causey/   Transcription by Otter.ai.  Please forgive any typos! Welcome...

Image by Ronald Carreño from Pixabay Hmm. It's almost like someone should have warned you a long time ago that hybrid was a stepping stone to full RTO. Oh wait! I did! ➡️ The article itself says people who want to RTO hit an all-time low last month, then turns...

Image by Malachi Witt from Pixabay   According to LinkedIn: "Work’s getting less remote," https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/works-getting-less-remote-5682076/ Better late than never on getting this reality out, I guess. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The return-to-office debate is heating up, with big names like Google and Citi announcing they will take note of who isn’t complying with their return-to-office...

Image made by me on Canva. "A pre-screen with human resources. A call with the hiring manager. Followed by six half-hour interviews that stretched across three days. That’s not all — a written case study exercise, before yet another interview with the hiring manager. And finally: one last...