It’s an interesting time to talk to someone in the business of helping people get new jobs — we’re still fully in the middle of the pandemic-driven Great Resignation, and a record 4.5 million people quit their jobs in November 2021, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. But that’s exactly what Career Karma and CEO Ruben Harris are doing.

Links:

Career Karma

A record 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November

Breaking Into Startups

AT&T’s $1 billion gambit: Retraining nearly half its workforce for jobs of the future

Making uncommon knowledge common

The Great Resignation is accelerating

How an Excel TickToker manifested her way to making six figures a day

Launch House

Transcript:

https://www.theverge.com/e/22674665

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone, Jackie McDermott, and Liam James. It was edited by Callie Wright.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan. 

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