Thursday, 9 July 2020
"How do conservatives and liberals view unemployed individuals differently"
Really relate to this answer on Quora.com to "How do conservatives and liberals view unemployed individuals differently". It is clearly US written but terminology is similar to the UK. "Conservative" is the name of the main, and currently governing right wing party, the US "liberal" is left although the UK "Liberal Democrat" party is slightly left of centre and not as left as the main opposition "Labour" party.
The similarity of attitudes is the main element though, with the right wing view that "They're lazy or whatnot", given our system's focus on "targets" and "sanctions", even though what is often needed is the recognition of the many factors which contribute to why some people are disadvantaged in the open employment market. For Aspergers it comes back to this blog's title, everyone wanting "Communication Skills".
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There’s workplace accommodations for disabilities, but making extroversion (“excellent communication skills”) no longer a prerequisite for employability (in virtually any occupation) would be pulling the thread that unravels the whole fabric of capitalist society. That’s my pet hypothesis, anyway.
ReplyDeleteI don’t have anything against extroverts. I’m just sick of extroversion being the ticket of admission, even to the occupations people think of as nerdy. It’s like Lake Wobegon. All the children are above average, and all the employed adults have excellent communication skills. Sounds like a broken society to me.
I think the HR-sphere gets it about portfolios of skills, but currently in a way where a portfolio that doesn’t include communication skills is basically unmarketable regardless of what things it does have. Any skill adds value to a skills portfolio, but communication is the one “make or break” skill.