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First of all, thanks for sharing some awesome must-read articles with us, keep 'm coming! If you stumble upon inspiring examples of employer branding, great career sites (your own?) or other must sees, reach out!

This week's highlights is a mix of heavy and light content, ranging from a scarcity of spacesuits for women to written career bios by mums. And from ageism-activism (tong-twister alert!) to paying your whole team the same salary.

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Four recommendations

AGEISM

Silicon Valley should fix its own ageism

— Recode

Everyone above 30 is considered old in Silicon Valley, crazy right? In this episode of Recode Decode, anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite opens your eyes to the many ways ageism is embedded in our culture. Many of us try want to live forever, but why would you want that in a society where elderly people get treated as second class citizens?

SALARY

The one-salary experiment, ten years in

— iwantmyname

At iwantmyname everyone earns the same salary. Yup, from senior to junior. Everyone. This article shares their lessons learned after doing this for over a decade. Main take out? Salary is just one of many drivers for people wanting to join your company. So if you can't compete on salary, compete on freedom, clarity and culture.

DIVERSITY

What the failed all-female spacewalk tells us about office temperature

— The New York Times

Even in 2019 many products are solely designed and tested for men. Recently the news broke that NASA's all female spacewalk had to be cancelled, because there weren't enough spacesuits that fit female astronauts. It’s an important reminder that while we often focus on major systemic issues facing working women — problems like gender-based wage gaps, family leave policies — the “little things” really matter just as much.

EMPLOYER BRANDING

Our mums

— ED

We just love this cute example of employer branding by the folks of creative agency ED. Instead of writing their own bios, they asked their moms to do it. The simplicity of this idea is a perfect example of employer branding at its finest.

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