There's this weird bit of dissonance in job applications...

...where I'm writing about the pandemic and diversity work done during 2020-2021,

...framing this time as a series of triumphs and barriers overcome by me, the best job candidate for your position,

...until I lean back and actually let myself think

...and the actual memories are traumatic little flashbacks.

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#JobMarket #Academia #Pandemic #Diversity #DEI #JobApplication #AcademicChatter

My friends/colleagues & I cowrote a commentary for #JournalOfPlanningEducationandResearch that we're thrilled to get out: "Notes from the Trenches: Reflections from Recent #PhD Graduates on Navigating the #Academy"

I am so grateful for the friends/colleagues who collaborated on this and the chance to practice together the kind of academy we want and believe is possible.

#Publication #Academia #JobMarket #UrbanPlanning #AcademicJobs

https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9FMUFDZXEMGCFE8CMVP7/full

Oh, will they? When time to hire is going up and folks are talking of 9+ interviews for jobs, forgive me if I don’t share this optimism. And I suspect most unemployed people who are struggling do not share it either.

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/the-goat-job-market-really-ec7311572c6a

#economy #jobmarket #labormarket #corporateamerica #unemployment

India’s Prostitution Villages: Sex Work as a Last Resort

https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-prostitution-villages-sex-work-as-a-last-resort/a-66630126?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Globalus #Canada #wildfires #reconstruction #fireprotection #india #prostitution #castesystem #poverty #china #youthunemployment #jobmarket #crisis

Wondering whats happening the #datascience and #machinelearning #jobmarket? How about, my teamn is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? We have openings for #datascientists and #machinelearningengineers based anywhere in then western hemisphere. https://boards.greenhouse.io/offerfit/jobs/4301725005

A temporary recruiting job with 666 applicants in 2 days! Does that sound like a robust labor market? It doesn't to me. A number like that during the actual Great Resignation would have been unfathomable. HR and Talent Acquisition often bear the initial brunt of a slowing labor market because if a company is not hiring and onboarding new people, why have a large personnel-related department?

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/the-word-for-2023-too-247d1f649f5d

#jobmarket #economy #recession #labormarket #unemployment #gaslighting

3) Job market pressure really sabotaged my networking attempts at first.

It took me until around Saturday night to start letting that pressure go. And it's a lot easier to talk to someone when you're genuinely excited about their work, rather than feeling like you "have to" build connections.

It took me a while but I got there. And now I can follow up with folks over email. Not so scary after all.

#ASA2023 #ASA23 #Sociology #JobMarket

Navigating a complex job market: 🌐 Tech shifts, 💼 Unrealistic expectations, 🤝 Networking hurdles, 💔 Discrimination, and the call for Universal Basic Income. Adapting is key. #JobMarket #UBI

http://mindfulnarratives.ca/2023/08/18/understanding-todays-job-hunt-challenges-why-its-more-complicated-now/

People have the tendency to think the job market is irrelevant to them until they need to dive in. By then, when you're facing a layoff or a firing, it's too late to prepare ahead of time because you're in the thick of a crisis situation.

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/90-jobs-no-return-calls-15de05abb9f0

#jobmarket #labormarket #economy #hiring

Refugees in Germany are often overqualified and underpaid

https://www.dw.com/en/refugees-in-germany-are-often-overqualified-and-underpaid/a-66502380?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#refugees #Syria #jobmarket #integration

Wowee. So the bottom line is that you’re supposed to believe the labor market is tight because we still, somehow, some way, have a 3.5% unemployment rate. Again, we must ask: is this even true? The proof just doesn’t seem to be in the pudding for me.

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/is-it-though-ab7a49d7a3ee

#work #unemployment #unemploymentrate #jobmarket #labormarket

I’m sorry but a month-and-a-half is not a quick turnaround time, IMO. It’s difficult to wait that long if you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck and it doesn’t exactly send the candidate a message that your company is efficient.

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/slow-time-to-hire-which-any-job-seeker-could-tell-you-109f78d4242a

#slowhiring #jobmarket #labormarket

Illegal #childlabor is on the rise in a tight #jobmarket
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/30/economy/child-labor-louisiana-texas/index.html

my new #cartoon :

"Likability: The New Hiring Currency in the Age of ChatGPT"

[ tags: #ChatGPT #JobMarket ; more cartoons: https://CSB.LOL ]

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Again, I’ll ask the same thing: if the economy and the labor market were really so resilient, why are these things happening?

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/rifs-cuts-and-closures-62039e7da6e5

#economy #jobmarket #labormarket #layoffs #companyclosures

"The safe bet is this: there will continue to be fewer TT [#philosophy] #jobs and more fixed-term jobs in the near future, but long term there will continue to be more TT than fixed-term jobs. At least, that’s the hope."

#higherEd #edu #hiring #jobMarket

From a post published to @DailyNous today:

https://zirk.us/@DailyNous/110752024600173435

Don’t say it’s not your responsibility because it’s everyone’s responsibility to continue enriching the hyper elites!

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/organic-eavesdropping-lol-74532b22f82d

#RTO #WFH #remotework #jobmarket #corporateamerica #thebenefitsofeavesdroppingLOL

Question to #sociology folks. Is there a centralised job matching system in the field, akin to the #economics #jobmarket

Are You a Senior Returning to the Job Market? Get Ready for Round Two in the Fight Against Ageism!
It’s time to recognize the elephant in the room
https://rogerreid.substack.com/p/seniors-in-the-job-market
#rogerreid #ageism #aging #work #jobmarket #careers

IMO, if the labor market is “moderating” in hospitality, which I would label an industry with high turnover, you better believe it’s worse in other sectors. Folks getting hired in fast food does not = the whole economy is doin’ great.

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/the-fed-will-be-happy-be4218a3b2d3

#jobmarket #labormarket #hospitality #economy #recession #unemployment #inflation #thefed #ratehikes