I’m not buying that Black and Latinx workers are forced to suffer in miserable jobs to pay bills.
I helped an African American person create a resume. They landed an interview and got a job in the field they went to school for.
This happens all the time when I help people create resumes: it’s a running joke that they’ll get a job offer after they come to me.
Burnout does not have to be the inevitable outcome in the workplace. In a future blog carnival I’ll detail methods to eliminate burnout (hint: it’s up to management to do the right things first of all).
In my book Working Assets I differentiate between doing what you love on the job and loving what you do. This has a significant implication for alleviating burnout.
To wit: If you’re a home cook you don’t have to become a chef in a high-pressure restaurant kitchen. You can bake pies and bring them to your job to share with coworkers. You can whip up pastries and sell them on the side for extra income.
How to like your job a whole lot better?
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