Job Frenzy, What's A Person To Do?
Judy Ramsook
April 05, 2006
Not everyone of us is fortunate enough to be successfully self employed, has a parent who is some wealthy business tycoon who has provided you with an ample amount of money, trust fund included, or employed at all.
If some one is fortunate enough to be employed by a small or large company though, he will have to be careful how he acts, what he says and to whom or even what habits he takes up. In some societies, getting fired at any age for any reason, is quite common. For others, such as the recent situation in France, a law might have to be passed and put to use in order for some one of a certain age to get fired from his or her job.
The reason for this is, in some countries in the world, getting fired from one’s job might not be such an easy task. Once some one in such a society has been fired from his or her job, the company for which he worked will be required to pay this newly terminated employee up to five years’ worth of salary, whether he finds a job with some other company or not. Something that can be viewed as a hardship for the company. As the world becomes more competitive economically and more populated, these things might lead one to ponder, how did some countries in the world become such difficult places to live and work in?
It used to be that a basic high school education could land one a decent job, and it still does, depending on what kind of job some one is seeking. If, on the other hand though, some one wants the higher paying job that comes with the luxury of a huge benefits package, he might have to earn one, two or three college degrees.
BA, MA, Phd, one gets the idea. Then comes the matter of how competitive the job market is for the skills or degree that one does have. For companies have their own criteria too.
They might want some one with at least five years worth of experience, and straight As, thus narrowing the job market in whatever particular field even more. What if some one has the degree minus five years’ worth of experience and the straight A grade average? He keeps looking for some company that will give him an opportunity.
What if this person becomes so desperate to find a job, any job, that he decides to apply for one that requires just a high school education and is told by the interviewer that he is over qualified, since he has a BA degree in whatever. What’s a person to do then?
Obviously he keeps on searching, but in the mean time he might also be pondering what a long road it might be to achieving financial independence and the dream job with the benefits package.
If one thinks finding his perfect job in a developed country is this tough, can one just imagine how difficult it might be for some who are in Third World countries where the population is not as high and the job market competition is even more fierce?
Every year, thousands of young people around the world turn eighteen and graduate from high school. Similarly, every year people also graduate from college. Will there come a time when the world will eventually run out of jobs?
Or will the unrest seen in France spread out to other parts of the world as it becomes easier and easier for employers to fire their employees? The only alternative to job security might be self employment.
If some one is fortunate enough to be employed by a small or large company though, he will have to be careful how he acts, what he says and to whom or even what habits he takes up. In some societies, getting fired at any age for any reason, is quite common. For others, such as the recent situation in France, a law might have to be passed and put to use in order for some one of a certain age to get fired from his or her job.
The reason for this is, in some countries in the world, getting fired from one’s job might not be such an easy task. Once some one in such a society has been fired from his or her job, the company for which he worked will be required to pay this newly terminated employee up to five years’ worth of salary, whether he finds a job with some other company or not. Something that can be viewed as a hardship for the company. As the world becomes more competitive economically and more populated, these things might lead one to ponder, how did some countries in the world become such difficult places to live and work in?
It used to be that a basic high school education could land one a decent job, and it still does, depending on what kind of job some one is seeking. If, on the other hand though, some one wants the higher paying job that comes with the luxury of a huge benefits package, he might have to earn one, two or three college degrees.
BA, MA, Phd, one gets the idea. Then comes the matter of how competitive the job market is for the skills or degree that one does have. For companies have their own criteria too.
They might want some one with at least five years worth of experience, and straight As, thus narrowing the job market in whatever particular field even more. What if some one has the degree minus five years’ worth of experience and the straight A grade average? He keeps looking for some company that will give him an opportunity.
What if this person becomes so desperate to find a job, any job, that he decides to apply for one that requires just a high school education and is told by the interviewer that he is over qualified, since he has a BA degree in whatever. What’s a person to do then?
Obviously he keeps on searching, but in the mean time he might also be pondering what a long road it might be to achieving financial independence and the dream job with the benefits package.
If one thinks finding his perfect job in a developed country is this tough, can one just imagine how difficult it might be for some who are in Third World countries where the population is not as high and the job market competition is even more fierce?
Every year, thousands of young people around the world turn eighteen and graduate from high school. Similarly, every year people also graduate from college. Will there come a time when the world will eventually run out of jobs?
Or will the unrest seen in France spread out to other parts of the world as it becomes easier and easier for employers to fire their employees? The only alternative to job security might be self employment.
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