Good to Know: January 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 that others are doing and learn from them.

Stay Warm,

Ben

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🤓This week we have🤓

• It's about childcare

• Cities with the fastest and slowest job growth

• Thomas Edison and soup

• Solid tweets

• Quick hits

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✍️What I wrote this month✍️

• 🔮Six Predictions for 2022🔮 - The ways work will change in 2022.

• Conscientious Hardos In Decline 💪📉 - Employers LOVE conscientiousness. Should they?

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It's about childcare

Source: Apricitas

Want more workers? Figure out childcare.

Both of my daughters had their return to school after the holiday break postponed. Thankfully both my wife and I work from home and can afford to have some help during the day. Not all working couples are so lucky.

If we couldn't work from home, I honestly don't know what we would do.

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Cities with the fastest and slowest job growth

It's worth noting that the city with the slowest job growth, Honolulu, still grew over 30%...

Source: Indeed and Axios

As Axios points out:

Almost all of the cities in the top ten for job growth have a lower cost of living than the national average... The exceptions are Austin and Phoenix.

And

Most of the top ten are also cities in warm climates, which have attracted more pandemic-era movers

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Thomas Edison made job applicants eat soup🥣

Thomas Edison made job applicants eat soup in front of him. The ones who seasoned the soup before trying it were rejected because they relied on their preconceived assumptions.

Turns out he was onto something.

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🐤Solid Tweets🐤

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Quick hits💥

• "Young employees are losing out ‘on a lot’ by not going to the office, business experts say" - here's the counterpoint.

• First-generation college grads are at a disadvantage in the job market.

• 60% of recruiters are ready to end the CV (this number is way too low IMHO)

• We're done with jerks.

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