I recently wrote an article for the Aspyre magazine concerning how young people are struggling to find work. It really got me thinking about how much someone from a poorer background would struggle to get the job of their dreams.
Put it this way. To get into the field of work these days you really need to volunteer or become an intern. So how would someone from a poorer background finance the period of training. Dole money?
That would be unacceptable to most tax payers. Why should they pay for someone else to do free work? That's where it gets tricky. Do the tax payer pay for someone to learn or pay for someone to look for paid work. Ultimately they want paid work but are training to obtain it.
However, jobseekers isn't quite that simple. They have to be looking for work to be given the benefit. So essentially they must continue applying for work or be ready to be given voluntary work by jobseekers. This means they might have to give up their internship at the job of their dreams to sit on a till at Tesco.
This is the problem that the poorer people in society are facing. They can't live off their parents to finance the dream, they have to be at the call of the taxpayer. Hence, only the rich will ever reach the top. Something for us all to think about in our society.
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