Contemporary Problems
Contemporary Problems with
Unemployment and Low Income
May 18, 2014
HSM/210
Both agencies I researched focus on helping the unemployed or low income populations. The problems affecting the unemployed are simple; they mainly have to do with the downfall of the economy over the last few years, causing a lack of job availability. With places going out of business and inflation, companies either don’t need or cant afford to pay more employees and are running their businesses on as slim a staff as possible. While this seems to be the biggest problem of unemployment, it is definitely not the only one. Others include lack of education or experience, child care and even unemployment compensation itself. Many people don’t have the income, time or opportunity to gives themselves the proper education or training for a job that may be considered a career, therefore they get stuck in a low paying job. Often times employers are looking for someone who has a four year college degree and may not even consider the person who doesn’t, even though they may be perfectly capable of learning how to do the job. It seems that a decade ago employers were willing to hire a new, inexperienced, employee and give them the training that they need to fulfill the job requirements. Now, employers are using a new strategy called “talent staffing.” In this technique employers opt for the candidate who is already educated and experienced in the field in which they are hiring. Others cant afford to put their children in day care while they go to work, as it is so expensive and often defeats the purpose of them working. In our world today, when one becomes unemployed they are often compensated by the government for a period of time, which most recently has been rather lengthy and somewhat generously. By offering this type of compensation to the unemployed, it is making searching for work less of a priority and it being more comfortable to continue to stay home and not look for
Unemployment and Low Income
May 18, 2014
HSM/210
Both agencies I researched focus on helping the unemployed or low income populations. The problems affecting the unemployed are simple; they mainly have to do with the downfall of the economy over the last few years, causing a lack of job availability. With places going out of business and inflation, companies either don’t need or cant afford to pay more employees and are running their businesses on as slim a staff as possible. While this seems to be the biggest problem of unemployment, it is definitely not the only one. Others include lack of education or experience, child care and even unemployment compensation itself. Many people don’t have the income, time or opportunity to gives themselves the proper education or training for a job that may be considered a career, therefore they get stuck in a low paying job. Often times employers are looking for someone who has a four year college degree and may not even consider the person who doesn’t, even though they may be perfectly capable of learning how to do the job. It seems that a decade ago employers were willing to hire a new, inexperienced, employee and give them the training that they need to fulfill the job requirements. Now, employers are using a new strategy called “talent staffing.” In this technique employers opt for the candidate who is already educated and experienced in the field in which they are hiring. Others cant afford to put their children in day care while they go to work, as it is so expensive and often defeats the purpose of them working. In our world today, when one becomes unemployed they are often compensated by the government for a period of time, which most recently has been rather lengthy and somewhat generously. By offering this type of compensation to the unemployed, it is making searching for work less of a priority and it being more comfortable to continue to stay home and not look for