Good To Know: December 2022 🧑‍💻

A monthly round-up of things happening in hiring, D&I, and humanity.

Good To Know: December 2022 🧑‍💻

A monthly round-up of things happening in hiring, D&I, and humanity.

Hey Everyone, 

Welcome to Good to Know! If you are new here, I publish Good to Know on the last Tuesday of every month.

Unlike most posts, Good to Know is a round-up of things going on in hiring, D&I, and humanity with some of my comments. Its purpose is to showcase some of the great work others do and learn from them.

Happy New Year,

Ben

---

🤓This week we have🤓

• ✍️What I wrote this month✍️

• 🤦 “No one wants to work anymore” Part 1M 🤦

• 🐥Working at Elon’s Twitter is a bad bet - Part 2🐥

• 👩‍🎓Women need more qualifications than men to get a job👩‍🎓

• 🐤Solid Tweets🐤

• 💥Quick hits💥

---

✍️What I wrote this month✍️

• 🎁The LTO "Gift" Guide🎁 - Three books you should read.

• The Importance of Curiosity🧐 - Revisited - Revisiting one of my favorite employee traits.

• The Experience Myth - Revisited - How I think about experience has changed. Here’s why.

---

🤦 “No one wants to work anymore” Part 1M 🤦

Typical “I don’t work, but everyone else should” attitude.

@lucaszelnick#fyp #fypシ #standup #standupcomedy #comedian #crowdwork #kimkardashian #work #restaurant

Tiktok failed to load.

Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser

---

Sorry to interrupt but do you need to get better at hiring? Subscribe for free below!

---

🐥Working at Elon’s Twitter is a bad bet - Part 2🐥

Two things can be true: Elon’s management isn’t a good long-term bet, and tech companies were so overstaffed that layoffs were needed.

Either way, whatever Elon is doing at Twitter isn’t wise.

@stuarth2oElon Musk Culture vs Silicon Valley Culture: Who Wins? #authorsofbooktok #siliconvalleyculture #elonmusktwitternews #elonmusktesla #teslastockselloff #techwork #respectforemployees #venturecapitalists #greenscreensticker

Tiktok failed to load.

Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser

---

Women need more qualifications than men to get a job👩‍🎓

@designalilyJust look at women in tech, especially upper management (& compare LinkedIns) #womanintech #overqualified #corporateadvice #careeradvice #hbr

Tiktok failed to load.

Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser

---

🐤Solid Tweets🐤

BLS-Labor Statistics @BLS_gov

0.8 unemployed person per job opening in New York in September 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/… #BLSdata #JOLTS

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ

Amid recession fears, November’s unemployment figures showed the U.S. added 263,000 jobs, more than in October, with the jobless rate staying at a historically low 3.7% #WSJWhatsNow bit.ly/3VFXBKY

Nick Bunker @nick_bunker

Tech sector layoffs are grabbing headlines, but in total layoffs are still very low. The layoffs and discharges rate has now been below the pre-pandemic low for 20 straight months.

Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

Back-to-back meetings drain our brains. We need downtime in between to recover. New research: even 10-minute breaks between meetings are enough to reduce stress, improve focus, and boost engagement. Instead of defaulting to 30/60min meetings, we should schedule 20/50min blocks.

I’ve really felt that last one.

Quick hits💥

• Middle-aged men are missing from the workforce.

• Gartner says hybrid work works.

• Demand for tech recruiters is dropping like a rock.

And Finally📈…

Would you mind sharing Lying to Ourselves with a friend or colleague if you find the posts valuable?