Archive for September 2018
We’ve All Been Automated
I love this excerpt from “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory.” David Graber posits a theory that the automation apocalypse has already happened. It’s bloody, and has affected a majority of the population in America. However, we’ve superficially stopped the hemorrhaging by adding more bullshit jobs to the labor market. “Since at least the Great Depression, we’ve…
Read MoreFind Your Lane and Drive Your Career with Purpose
On April 4, 2015, I was sitting on a plane in Dallas getting ready to fly to Denver for a relocation conference. As I was sitting on the tarmac, I reflected on my ten-year-old blog called A Relocation Minute. I wanted to write a book to share leadership lessons I have learned over the past…
Read MoreHR Books Review: A Hot Take on ‘Bullshit Jobs’ by Robin Schooling
There are shit jobs and then there are bullshit jobs. What’s the difference? Anthropologist and professor at the London School of Economics David Graeber breaks it down in his book “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory.” Shit jobs have bad working conditions and be incredibly labor intensive or have horrible pay, but if these jobs vanished tomorrow,…
Read MoreHR Book Club Excerpt: ‘The Talent Fix’
Tim Sackett is one of the most famous HR bloggers leaders in the game, and, also, the godfather of talent acquisition. In his new book, Timmy helps recruiters and human resources leaders “fix” recruiting and hire the best talent in a sub-4% unemployment market. Our second book of the month is all about helping you…
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