By Eli Amdur President Joseph Biden has refocused on inflation as the top domestic priority of his administration. It’s not that simple. Associate Professor of Management Matthew Bidwell of Wharton, in a recent commentary based on his own research – in which, incidentally, he gave a roaring approval of the job market’s performance –…
By Eli Amdur President Joseph Biden has refocused on inflation as the top domestic priority of his administration. It’s not that simple. Associate Professor of Management Matthew Bidwell of Wharton, in a recent commentary based on his own research – in which, incidentally, he gave a roaring approval of the job market’s performance – made…
By Eli Amdur If you were surprised that April continued the job market’s relentless growth – 16 straight months, in fact – you shouldn’t have been. It’s not just that we’re on a streak and a pace that has no precedence in history, it’s that if you know how to read and interpret the…
By Eli Amdur To witness history – and to recognize it as such while it’s happening – is rare. To do that twice is mind boggling. Yet that’s what we’ve done since 2008. That year, we witnessed the onset of – and began enduring the prolonged, painful progression of – “The Great Recession,” when the…
Question: “How do I deal with the salary history or salary expectations question in job applications and interviews?” Answer: Apply for a job in New York City (at least for now). As we all know – all too well and for all too long – the bane of job seekers’ existence has…
Much has been discussed about the strength of our job market. Statistics have been spewed, analyses offered, predictions launched – including here. Well, the stats and analyses, but I’ve learned not to make predictions. They seem bold when you make them but foolish once you have. On the other hand, expectations make for meaningful…
We love our catchphrases, don’t we? Indeed, along with our obsession with memes, slogans, jingles, mottos, monikers, and links, we’re a catchphrase culture. And one of the big ones of the last couple of years, hands down, is “The Great Resignation.” Problem is, turning things into snappy little quips tends to romanticize them, although…
Apparently, my follow-up three weeks ago to the previous week’s contest needs more follow-up. To animate my point that a broad mind is needed to understand a wide world, I listed 14 interesting factoids, asked you to match them up in relevant pairs or triplets, depending on how you inductively connected which dots – an…
Millions of young workers who started their careers since the onset of the pandemic have still neither been to their employers’ brick and mortar addresses nor met any of their coworkers in person. Millions more haven’t been to the office enough times to know what “going to work” feels like as a regular element…
A month ago, my article on the unprecedented strength of our job market suggested all the ongoing factors that could have derailed our high-powered job creation engine: a new Covid variant, supply chain issues, inflation, truckers’ strike, shaky couple of months for the stock market. Factors that could have caused trouble – but…