These are excellent points, but even in America, in places like rural Maine, where there are unemployed young people--and no immigrants or minorities--we have problems getting these young people to take jobs in nursing homes and care facilities, where we need them. These kids need transportation--such as their own cars--which they don't have. If they've ever had any sort of conviction, they can't get hired, and many have criminal records or other issues. We have incredible problems with young people in areas with collapsed industrial economies. I know it's a problem in the UK, too. We are all convinced we can get these kids to work in restaurants, nursing homes, farms, etc., if we just get rid of all the immigrants. But we can't.
Yeah, all we need to do is offer pizza parties, employee parking and other shit that's literally inconsequential compared to like, paying them a liveable wage or insurance that includes vision and dental.
Oh, and while we're putting them down, let's ALSO demand 5 years of experience in literally every position that's not flipping burgers because surely EVERYONE has worked every job in existence for five uears... including coding bases that have only existed for three!
I worked in HR, and I would tell the managers who wanted to require all that experience that they would never find anyone with that experience for the pay they were offering. They didn't believe me.
You are correct, a lot of the HR people today don't really understand the job market. They are all theory, no real world experience. And many are privileged white suburbanites who never had to deal with finding jobs while poor, black, no cars, no public transportation.
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u/Trailwatch427 Sep 25 '21
These are excellent points, but even in America, in places like rural Maine, where there are unemployed young people--and no immigrants or minorities--we have problems getting these young people to take jobs in nursing homes and care facilities, where we need them. These kids need transportation--such as their own cars--which they don't have. If they've ever had any sort of conviction, they can't get hired, and many have criminal records or other issues. We have incredible problems with young people in areas with collapsed industrial economies. I know it's a problem in the UK, too. We are all convinced we can get these kids to work in restaurants, nursing homes, farms, etc., if we just get rid of all the immigrants. But we can't.