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Linked – AI and Mass Spying
ByMike McBride December 6, 2023December 7, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Imagine, if you will, your smart TV or home assistant listening in on conversations you’ve been having about layoffs in your industry, and that data is shared with a financial institution that then decides that you’re not a good credit risk. The AI took that conversation and combined it with a ton of financial information from other people who work in your industry and made that call. Is it accurate? Probably not, but when you start grabbing data from all over the place and building these huge algorithmic models, things can get a little messy. You become less of an individual and more of a conglomeration of all the people who do things like you, and when you add in a little spying, that can lead to all sorts of disastrous consequences.

Do we want governments and corporations to have that much power? No, but as Bruce rightly points out, we haven’t done much of anything to stop them from taking it so far.

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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 26, 2023
ByMike McBride November 26, 2023November 25, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- Phone Scams to Watch For in 2024
- Navigating The Workplace: How To Manage Depression At Your Job– much of this advice assumes your workplace is interested in helping. If they aren’t, don’t be afraid to find a different one.
- Financial crises damage people’s mental health – our global review shows who is worst affected– Layoffs, poverty, medical debt, etc. are risks that aren’t solved with exercise.
- Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024– Maybe using a browser created by the internet’s biggest ad seller isn’t the ideal way to go?
- Job Hopping: Navigating Toxic Workplaces– Job hopping isn’t as much of a negative as staying in some workplaces is.
- Huge study says flex drives productivity
- Debunking the Myth of Hard Work– “Luck plays a far more significant role in life outcomes than successful people like to admit.”
- The Good, The Bad And The Reality: The Impact Of AI On Cybersecurity
- 6 Worrying Workplace Numbers — And What You Can Do About Them
- Workers want L&D job perks, bosses say they’re a waste of time
- EU faces privacy complaint over CSAM microtargeting ads it ran on X– You would think the EU could follow its own data privacy rules.
- Want to Improve Career Development? Start With Your Managers
Read More Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 26, 2023
Career

Work Can Be Many Things But It Is Also Transactional
ByMike McBride November 21, 2023November 20, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

When I hear people talking about how much more effective employees are when they make friends at work, it makes my hair stand on end a bit. Because the benefits of having good friendships don’t exist solely to make us better workers. We’re more than our work. Our work is a transaction that we take part in every day. We do work, our employer pays us. We shouldn’t let any kind of friendship or supposed loyalty blind us to that fact either. When our employers don’t consider the money they pay to be worth the work that we are doing, for whatever reason they have to think that, they have shown an uncanny willingness to let us go. There is no loyalty from that end of things and so no loyalty is deserved from the other end of the transaction either.

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Career

We Can’t Win With Employers – Now Too Many People are Staying?
ByMike McBride November 7, 2023November 6, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The thing is, there are still so many people who look at a resume with a few different jobs in the early years and see someone who is unstable, all the while employers are designing these jobs to turn over, and then laying people off when they don’t turn over as much as they expected them to. So maybe stop worrying so much about whether changing jobs is going to look bad and focus on finding a place where you can do the work that you want to do.

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Weekly Links

Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 5, 2023
ByMike McBride November 5, 2023November 4, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- Professional Networking Guide for Beginners: Tips & Tactics
- The Impact Of Layoffs: Tech Workers’ Mental Health And Tips To Navigate
- Who Is Responsible For Your Career Development?
- 10 Quick Self-Care Tips for New Lawyers
- The legal world in 10 years (if we’re really lucky)
- Young Workers Don’t Want to Become Managers — and This Study Uncovers the Reason Why.
- eDiscovery Horror Stories 2023
- How to Use LinkedIn Effectively During Your Job Search (From the pros)
- Cybersecurity is Important for Small Business Too.
- Are you feeling lonely? You’re not alone—strategies for addressing loneliness epidemic at work.– And no, everyone returning to office isn’t necessarily the answer here. Plenty of people are lonely in the office too.
- Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A Basic Primer to Keep Your Data & Information Safe
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Career | Mental Health

Linked – Looking for a Job While the World is Falling Apart
ByMike McBride October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

The advice in the article below might seem familiar. I’ve seen plenty of advice on the topic of how to keep moving in life during difficult times over the last few years. Things like turning off the news, keeping to a normal routine, etc. What I like about this article is that it acknowledges the elephant in the room that typical advice doesn’t when you’re not working.

“Many people are in a job search and have to keep the quest moving regardless of world events.”

Therein lies the rub. The difference between being informed and being overwhelmed often comes down to being able to turn the news off, set boundaries around our social media use, and so on. But it can be especially difficult to do that when your day isn’t filled with things you have to do.

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