Unit 6 Assignment 3.1
Week 6 Assignment 3.1
English 115
August 16, 2014 Unemployment is a major issue in today’s society. Do you know what causes unemployment? Do you know who it affects? I do, let me tell you. Unemployment effects everyone, whether it be directly or indirectly. Even if you are employed, the unemployment of people in your community can hit home. As a public relations specialist I work with people on a daily basis to try to get them the assistance they need so that they can get better jobs. There are several causes of unemployment such as recessions, disability, attitude towards employers, willingness to work, employee values, and discriminating factors in the place of work such as age, class, ethnicity, and race. All of …show more content…
They may terminate you from your job because of your age, a lot of employers think that because you have gotten older you may not be able to perform your job as good as you did back when you where younger so they hire a younger individual to keep the work environment young and hip. Another discriminating factor is your ethnicity. If an individual is of a certain ethnicity such as Muslim, Jew, and or Christian and the employer doesn’t that that ethnicity or they don’t approve, those are grounds of termination for several individuals. Then we have race as a discriminating factor, so many people discriminate because the color of your skin whether it be Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, or Asian it doesn’t matter. Several people are fired because the employer is raciest and if you’re not what they think you should be or what they want you to be , that has been means of termination for many individuals. Discrimination is not fair but it’s the world we live in. Employers may be older and do great work once a younger individual comes along the older employee will get replaced. Having a different ethnicity than your employer and they find out causes termination and your race will as well. No matter how good an individual is at their job if the employer is raciest that will leave you
English 115
August 16, 2014 Unemployment is a major issue in today’s society. Do you know what causes unemployment? Do you know who it affects? I do, let me tell you. Unemployment effects everyone, whether it be directly or indirectly. Even if you are employed, the unemployment of people in your community can hit home. As a public relations specialist I work with people on a daily basis to try to get them the assistance they need so that they can get better jobs. There are several causes of unemployment such as recessions, disability, attitude towards employers, willingness to work, employee values, and discriminating factors in the place of work such as age, class, ethnicity, and race. All of …show more content…
They may terminate you from your job because of your age, a lot of employers think that because you have gotten older you may not be able to perform your job as good as you did back when you where younger so they hire a younger individual to keep the work environment young and hip. Another discriminating factor is your ethnicity. If an individual is of a certain ethnicity such as Muslim, Jew, and or Christian and the employer doesn’t that that ethnicity or they don’t approve, those are grounds of termination for several individuals. Then we have race as a discriminating factor, so many people discriminate because the color of your skin whether it be Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, or Asian it doesn’t matter. Several people are fired because the employer is raciest and if you’re not what they think you should be or what they want you to be , that has been means of termination for many individuals. Discrimination is not fair but it’s the world we live in. Employers may be older and do great work once a younger individual comes along the older employee will get replaced. Having a different ethnicity than your employer and they find out causes termination and your race will as well. No matter how good an individual is at their job if the employer is raciest that will leave you