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Your dream is ready. Are you?
What if you woke up tomorrow with all your expenses covered for an entire year? No rent. No bills. What would you dream up? What would you build?
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Happy Sunday {{ first name | Gang }}!
Late delivery this cause yah boy has had a busy one…but I promised that I will be your inbox every week this year, so here we are!
Everybody keeps on saying the j*b market is cooked, but no one is telling you how to navigate it. So I’ve given my honest, candid take on how to cope.
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The J*B market is cooked…so what?
The j*b market is “tough” “cooked” “finished”
So what?
People are still getting j*bs.
You just have to figure out what they are doing.
And I am not saying this from a place of ignorance.
I am in the exact same predicament.
I run a Marketing Agency advertising j*bs for employers.
Business is tough right now.
• Budgets are being cut
• Not as much j*bs to advertise
• Key departments are being laid off
There’s a bunch of reasons to give up.
But I’m seeing other agency owners making 7 figures.
Securing big clients.
Scaling their teams.
In this same “cooked” j*b market.
My job is to figure out what they are doing.
Then copy them. It’s that simple.
Do not be a victim of circumstance.
Just figure out a way to win.
Be the outlier.
That’s what I am doing anyways (:
With that being said, check out these virtual events being hosted by HSBC to help you navigate the “cooked” j*b market and increase your chances of securing the corporate bag.
Jobs & Events 💼
New J*Bs soon land ✈️
Headlines 🗞️
Job Market 💼
AI could bring ‘mass unemployment’ to London (City AM)
What sparks a job search in January (LinkedIn News)
Why construction roles are booming (LinkedIn News)
The skills you need in the AI age (LinkedIn News)
How AI is impacting hiring (LinkedIn News)
General Shenanigans 🚨
Autistic Barbie makes debut (LinkedIn News)…inclusive
What is GDP and how fast is the UK economy growing? (BBC)
Big chains accused of masquerading as independent restaurants on delivery apps (BBC)…y’all be safe out there now
UK economy grows more than expected but remains ‘fundamentally weak’ (City AM)
Gary’s Economics predictions are unravelling (City AM)
Why does no one want to buy Costa Coffee? (City AM)…cause it’s expensive and taste like @$$ next!
Here's how much key benefits - from universal credit to state pension - are rising in 2026 (Sky News)
Government to give cash payouts to people in financial crisis (BBC)
Abit Techie 👾
Big Tech wants to access your health records (City AM)…they not even tryna hide it no more.
London hosts over half of Britain’s fastest growing tech (City AM)
Interview questions banks will ask when you say you can code in Python (efinancial careers)
International Space Station astronauts back after first ever emergency return (Sky News)
Money Moves 💸
Every interview question you’re likely to be asked by Bank of America (efinancial careers)
Petrol forecourts giant EG Group fires up plan for $9bn US float (Sky News)
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Candid Memes 🙂
Darkkk

I understand it now

Sigh

sigh again

Battle scars (not me tho x)

With an inaccesible farm

351 days left to go (:
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Your boy has been busy:
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First 18 days of the year has been non-stop and we have a busy Q1 ahead!

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