Good To Know: November 2022 ๐งโ๐ป
A monthly round-up of things happening in hiring, D&I, and humanity.
Good To Know: November 2022 ๐งโ๐ป
A monthly round-up of things happening in hiring, D&I, and humanity.
Hey Everyone,ย
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.
Thankful,
Ben
๐คThis week we have๐ค
โ๏ธWhat I wrote this monthโ๏ธ
Minnesota is the labor market bell weather (or The labor market is doing OK๐ท- Part 1,000,000)
๐ฅWorking at Elonโs Twitter is a bad bet๐ฅ
๐What high-performing teams do differently๐
๐คSolid Tweets๐ค
๐ฅQuick hits๐ฅ
โ๏ธWhat I wrote this monthโ๏ธ
๐ชBeware Cokeheads Creating Culture๐ช - William Halsted was a brilliant surgeon. He also loved cocaine and medical residents are paying the price.
๐ญWhat's So Great About Empathy?๐ญ - Itโs all companies want to talk about, why?
It's So Easy - Evaluating Empathy๐ - Judging whether or not someone is empathetic isnโt as hard as you think.
The World Cup's Empathy Chain โฝ๏ธ - FIFA doesnโt understand that the whole is made up of the sum of its parts.
Minnesota is the labor market bell weather - (Labor Market is [still] doing OK๐ท- Part 1,000,000)
The unemployment rate in Minnesota is 2.1%, the lowest in the nation. From the Economist ($):
Nationally, there are nearly two job vacancies for every unemployed person, just shy of a record high hit a few months earlier. In Minnesota, the ratio is an eye-popping 3.5 vacancies per unemployed person
The piece goes on to list the reasons. None of which are surprising:
Older workers left the labor force due to the hassle and risks of COVID-19.
The cancellation of school and childcare caused many parents (read: women) to drop out of the labor market.
Increased savings rates made workers picky.
Negative population growth due to an exodus of residents and decreased immigration.
How is Minnesota solving the problem?
Introducing publicly paid leave.
Funding more affordable housing for younger workers.
Increasing immigration and automation where possible and politically feasible.
Hoping for a recession.
As one interviewee said, โItโs a math problem.โ
And itโs not going away anytime soon.
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๐ฅWorking at Elonโs Twitter is a bad bet๐ฅ
This tweet thread rationally summarizes why staying at Twitter is a bad bet.
I guess only โextremely hardcoreโ workers make bad career bets?
๐What high-performing teams do differently๐
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Hereโs the HBR piece if youโre so inclined.
๐คSolid Tweets๐ค
Quick hits๐ฅ
And Finally๐โฆ
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