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If you want to help, liking this Linkedin post will make my day. Here are some of the best links I read in the last week:

#FAVORITES

Tokyo long weekend plan won’t end population woes -- /r/Futurology/

unemployment rate for recent grads is rising (USA) -- /r/recruitinghell/

Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season (reuters.com) -- comments

How an Indian startup hacked the world (2023) (reuters.com) -- comments

Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2022) (danluu.com) -- comments

In Maine, remote jobs give prisoners a lifeline (bostonglobe.com) -- comments

This isn’t the worst job market ever. It’s the worst job market **yet** -- /r/recruitinghell/

I'm still in school and have to know. Can I go into the profession with the intention of helping others, or do I have to accept that I'll be a corporate bitch? -- /r/IOPsychology/

#HACKERNEWS

Where Will All of Big Tech's Nuclear Waste Go? (gizmodo.com) -- comments

The strange link between obesity and corruption (bigthink.com) -- comments

Ask HN: How Do You Find the Right Fit for Career Growth?

Three-quarters of the land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth' (grist.org) -- comments

Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test (weizmann.ac.il) -- comments

Updates to H-1B (uscis.gov) -- comments

Companies issuing RTO mandates "lose their best talent": Study (arstechnica.com) -- comments

Starting a Business at 60: My Father's Story (jatintiwari.com) -- comments

#REDDIT

Why Do “Know-It-All” Employees Still Ask So Many Questions?! [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Failing as an HRBP [OH] -- /r/humanresources/

Difficult conversations [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

PTO Gifting [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Terrible HR Manager [IN] -- /r/humanresources/

Curious thought, money now or money later [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Finding career progression extremely difficult. [NY] [United States] -- /r/humanresources/

Am I the only one who finds that people with the most active LinkedIn profiles are the worst to work with in real life? -- /r/recruiting/

What AI tools are agency recruiters using? -- /r/recruiting/

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