Hey everyone, It's been a great week for content - 30+ links in this issue. If someone forwarded this email, you can subscribe here: alexgotoi.com. If you don't want to receive my newsletter, you can Unsubscribe from this list.

Here are some of the best links I read in the last week:

#FAVORITES

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025) -- awesome resource for recruiters & sourcers

Conscious unbossing (robertwalters.co.uk) -- comments

Happy New Year! New HR remote jobs are now live [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

I'm a manager, and I had to go to HR on behalf of one of my employees last week.-- /r/managers/

Am I a bad HR for telling candidates that we pay more than expected rate [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Ask HN: Where to Work After 40?

Fired someone today. Feeling guilty. [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Dropbox Engineering Career Framework (dropbox.github.io) -- comments

Why are corporations cutting managers? (arnoldkling.substack.com) -- comments

#HACKERNEWS

China is the manufacturing superpower (cepr.org) -- comments

Why Canada Should Join the EU (economist.com) -- comments

Be a property owner and not a renter on the internet (den.dev) -- comments

Ask HN: What's Your Morning Routine?

Glue Work Considered Harmful (seangoedecke.com) -- comments

Ask HN: How is your job search going?

Ask HN: How to give formal feedback to my manager?

Ask HN: Why don't companies make applicants pay a fee to apply to a job?

Building a Knowledge System That Enhances Rather Than Replaces Thought (nsavage.substack.com) -- comments

Ask HN: How can I learn to better command people's attention when speaking?

Ask HN: Are there any real examples of AI agents doing work

#REDDIT

What job tends to be the cruncher in HR [USA]? -- /r/humanresources/

just follow the traditional HR career path, regrets from a former VP [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Who here works in HRIS and likes it? [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Share your favorite moments/ times where you feel you made a difference in HR! [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

What Did Your Company Gift You for the Holidays? [N/A] -- /r/humanresources/

Is the job market extremely bleak for HRBP roles? [CA] -- /r/humanresources/

Extremely High Turnover [USA] -- /r/humanresources/

Feeling stuck in my HR role in a bad HR market [CA] -- /r/humanresources/

Recommend some good HR analytics courses? [UK] -- /r/humanresources/

Feeling Burnt Out in Recruiting After 8 Years—Looking for Career Transition Advice -- /r/recruiting/

Any Recruiters you recommend following on LinkedIn? -- /r/recruiting/

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