“6/7 -6/9? Where’s the 8th?” Ok, you caught me.
But like I said, I missed my train the other day, so I stayed at my parents to be able to submit
homework. But this time it’s serious. No more kiddin’ around. Back to the
offering. A paragraph a day.
This topic was sparked by the mishap I wrote about the other
day. The bump in the road, the three hour commute. Like most people, when I
become upset about something or find myself dealing with injustice, I over
think about it. I think about it until I’m blue in the face, until the topic is
beaten dry, until the dead horse is intercepting the club and telling me to cut it out. And because of these overthought conflicts, my emotions
relay what I believe to be truth, where it might have been wrung out. This
topic that was invoked by the long commute and delayed successful travel, is
the topic of education. Education at least in terms of employment. The idea
that this papered diploma bestowed upon me, is just that, paper. Without this,
I would have a highschool/GED diploma job. A job that you learn over time, but that
could not amount to anything more than excessive gear turning. A job that is
more physical then theoretical, more monotonous than thoughtful and more
laborious than a job that someone who committed years of education should have
to undergo. So, you’re thinking, because I have a diploma (Bachelor’s if you
were wondering, and now working towards my second), this should be a bench mark
to success, a real handicap to a position of managerial prowess. This I can
guarantee you, is not the case. So I overthought this topic because of my
flawed commute. This daily sacrificial journey to make a slight bump on pay
from a job of no diploma. It had me question, well…. What the fuck. Why would I
do this? What was the point of education, if sacrifice is to be made in and out
of work, during and after school? Why get a certificate into this rat race,
when both output and aggravation is slightly more? With this question, I played
the stages of grief. I denied the truth, I begged for truth and I came to terms
with what I argued to be a justified counter. There must be an uncertainty by
employers. It must be a gamble, and one that they are not ready to fold to. When
looking for a job, you can see requirements of a 6 years, 2 certificates and a
buttload of experience. Something one would expect to receive from said
company. When does the time come for 6 years of experience, if that is the
milestone for this company to consider a candidate? It doesn’t stop there
though. To even become a candidate, one must do backflips and summersaults for
an appointed trainer, a talent agent, a recruiter. These get rich quick minded,
unsuccessful business minor graduates, huddle together in a room, quick dial
with copyandpasted scripts, and plan for your weakened defense. Only offering
contract to hire jobs that promise everyone a cut of the deal. Employers
appoint these jockeys to fulfill their hiring process, taking out the
personality of the process and crippling the ability for one to take care of
this process by themselves and for themselves. If the process is taken from us,
and the years given to college turn out to just be compared to someone who was
offered the training and experience over years, how does one beat this machine?
Well, this might have to be answered in another post, because I am not entirely sure. This
doityourself ability to find an employer has been given to the rich white
families who inherit their opportunity from daddy. Everyone else, well everyone
else will have to compete. But luckily for us, recruiters are there to help
with that. They are there to “sell” us as candidates. They take their time and
carefully copy and then paste their thoughtful offers to us, and then back to the
employers. They look out for pay
out. Leaving no limbo or personal access into a company. So I say, someone needs to develop a Craigslist for employers and employees that takes the Targets and Kohl's out of the equation. A service that allows an employer to find an employee with benefits on both sides, and no one to scoop the middle of the rainbow sherbet (that's my lemon sherbert...). Until there's no middle man, like the mafia used to do with insurance, the employment process will continue to be this one sided profitable lifeless mistake of a process, leaving everyone screwed except the recruitment companies.
Go develope!
-Alex
