tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059284945276242920.post5675797814238988306..comments2024-02-14T02:22:41.345-05:00Comments on Michael Feir's Blog: Post Election Thoughts And Other HappenningsMichael Feirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575730227032076617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059284945276242920.post-34156875746867406812011-05-14T17:22:01.249-04:002011-05-14T17:22:01.249-04:00Hmm. I'm not sure that I agree that anybody sh...Hmm. I'm not sure that I agree that anybody should ever expect to be 'snapped up.' Employment now is definitely different than it was a generation ago - I agree. <br /><br />One of the problems we have when we try to hire in our office is that nobody wants to start at the bottom and slowly work their way up. There's a sense of rampant self-entitlement that so many people with degrees and diplomas have - that entry level doesn't and shouldn't apply to them.<br /><br />I worked all through high school, through university, even taking a year off school to work full-time. I worked 'em all, and I didn't enjoy them all (retail was not my favourite, by far) but I did them. Falling through the cracks now is something that I see happening when people are inflexible and not trying to adapt, or not upgrading skills when the time comes. The degree alone isn't enough anymore. I don't think it has been for quite some time. <br /><br />You might enjoy David Harvey's 'The Condition of Postmodernity.' He writes pretty extensively about the shift in labour and employment in the postmodern context (though we're now post-postmodern, I think).Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810904674620501236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059284945276242920.post-42904483512854007182011-05-04T18:42:38.899-04:002011-05-04T18:42:38.899-04:00I'm with you. The desire to avenge their now-m...I'm with you. The desire to avenge their now-martyred leader is going to have militant and violent factions plotting. I didn't know a 19-year old was voted in! Great read for me on a blue (not Tory blue, funk blue) day.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082932193625060264noreply@blogger.com