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What’s the reason you’re having trouble finding a job? There’s one big one I can think of.
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This is 50% correct. Sounds a bit out of touch.
+Nicholas Saldana What do you think is incorrect? What is “out of touch” with telling people to do work to get a job and not sit back and be lazy in their search?
Because automatically assuming someone is lazy because they haven’t found work yet in itself is lazy. You are right about maybe needing to brush up the resume and the online content, and obviously not giving up and feeling sorry for yourself will help too. You’re wrong about assuming that someone who struggles to find work is lazy, and this attitude towards the long term unemployed is what actually makes them give up in the first place. I mean, for god’s sake you claim to be a professional job-searching coach, if you have all these skills for finding jobs that other people don’t have, why would you portray someone as lazy because they’re trying to cut down a tree with a spoon and you’ve got a saw that they need? You also don’t consider the fact that, yeah there are jobs out there; just not much that offers any kinds of benefits, full-time or regular working hours, or anything that can let you save enough for retirement. Not everyone can take those jobs. Honestly, I would make a video response to this so I can address every point I’d like to make, but I can’t find time in my schedule to do so any time soon.
Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. Perhaps I could have explained this better. To me, the skills needed to find a job are different, but compliment, than the skills needed to do a job. There is ample information available for people and a lot of time people can take to prepare to job hunt . . . but they don’t. That’s where lay thinking comes in (to me). Now, if someone is incompetent by whatever measure someone wants to define it, that is different. They need to back up and learn the skills for their profession. To me, most are extremely knowledgeable but don’t take the time to learn to even the most basic level without going through “trial and lots of error” learning. That’s where people need to do much better. And, of course, you are entitled to a different opinion. Have a great day.
This is 50% correct. Sounds a bit out of touch.
+Nicholas Saldana What do you think is incorrect? What is “out of touch” with telling people to do work to get a job and not sit back and be lazy in their search?
Because automatically assuming someone is lazy because they haven’t found work yet in itself is lazy. You are right about maybe needing to brush up the resume and the online content, and obviously not giving up and feeling sorry for yourself will help too. You’re wrong about assuming that someone who struggles to find work is lazy, and this attitude towards the long term unemployed is what actually makes them give up in the first place. I mean, for god’s sake you claim to be a professional job-searching coach, if you have all these skills for finding jobs that other people don’t have, why would you portray someone as lazy because they’re trying to cut down a tree with a spoon and you’ve got a saw that they need? You also don’t consider the fact that, yeah there are jobs out there; just not much that offers any kinds of benefits, full-time or regular working hours, or anything that can let you save enough for retirement. Not everyone can take those jobs. Honestly, I would make a video response to this so I can address every point I’d like to make, but I can’t find time in my schedule to do so any time soon.
Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. Perhaps I could have explained this better. To me, the skills needed to find a job are different, but compliment, than the skills needed to do a job. There is ample information available for people and a lot of time people can take to prepare to job hunt . . . but they don’t. That’s where lay thinking comes in (to me). Now, if someone is incompetent by whatever measure someone wants to define it, that is different. They need to back up and learn the skills for their profession. To me, most are extremely knowledgeable but don’t take the time to learn to even the most basic level without going through “trial and lots of error” learning. That’s where people need to do much better. And, of course, you are entitled to a different opinion. Have a great day.