The New Abnormal: Structural Unemployment

You can read this insightful analysis of the "jobless recovery" -- and why "job creation" is a mythological tale (um, the government, in its wildest dreams, couldn't create legislation that supplied 230,000 new jobs per month for the next six years to get to a stabilized 5% unemployment rate). Or, just take a look at my simple-ass Venn diagram.

My SHRM Rant

The great folks over at Voice of HR actually published my SHRM diatribe. Check it out (if only to see how I worked Lady Gaga into it). More importantly, read the other thoughtful, less ranty posts in this November series, and weigh in with an opinion of your own.