An early July batch of links
Since the most recent batch of links went out, paying subscribers received a long mid-year check-in from me, focused on mistakes you have made and you can prevent, and then a post about successfully onboarding oneself at a new company. This coming weekend, they’ll get a personal essay on overcoming my fear of driving.
Below, you’ll find a batch of links that echo the themes of this newsletter, which are career development, community building, and self care.
The Afterlife of Forlorn Office Furniture. I have long believed that when a company decides to let go of its office space it should first offer the equipment to employees to come in and grab to keep before making any other arrangements with it. As someone in the market for a better office chair at the moment, I can say it would make more sense for mine at work to continue to be mine at home, should the office lease be let go.
Kyla Scanlon on why Gen Z is redefining the concept of job satisfaction.
You can use A.I. to land a job, but be careful: ‘It can backfire,’ career expert Suzy Welch says.
Instead of letting AI take the reins, use it as a starting point to ensure you have all the right keywords and both your resume and cover letter have proper structures. Afterward, review and add your own words.
Disney World Hasn’t Felt This Empty in Years.
Here’s the salary Americans say they need to feel financially secure. One of the constants is that no matter how much you earn you never feel as though it’s enough. Perhaps with surveys and studies outlining what that magic number is people above that standard will finally accept that in comparison to others they’ve made it.
Y2K fashion has taken over. And Gen Z is loving it.
WTF is sick guilt (and how is it part of a toxic workplace)? I wouldn’t have believed this was a thing that happened to anyone: “On several occasions she was asked by employers to send pictures to prove that she was in the hospital.”
Crack! Crunch! With online videos, chiropractors find the right spot.
A record share of Americans is living alone. I remember reading during the pandemic that there was a rush on one-bedroom apartments in Manhattan, regardless of price, because so many people were breaking up, and required a place to live without roommates. There are plenty of explanations for why people prefer to live alone, and I’d expect this trend to stick and stay.
Meta’s Threads is Fun and Friendly, But Won’t Land You a Job — Yet.
Summer Interns Are Settling In. How to Make Them Winners. I’m going to keep calling out the same thing each and every summer: How you treat your interns will demonstrate your character better than anything else you do all those months. Learn their names the first day, then give your time to them in a sustainable fashion and respectful manner.
Opinion Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness.
Could the Supreme Court’s Decision to Strike Down Affirmative Action Affect Workplace Diversity? “It shouldn’t, but it will.” That summarizes a lot of this discussion, which is nuanced and noteworthy. Worth the listen.
Diaspora Baby: What makes U.S. Latinos so hard to define?
Is 'The Great Resignation' over? How quickly things have changed over a short time. The guest is correct that people were quitting to take other jobs or to start their own agencies more so than they were deciding they didn’t have to work. That narrative was always overstated and always irritating to hear guys in suits outside of bars smoking cigarettes at 5:10 pm talk about how the youth don’t want to work anymore.