The conundrum of what is being sought relative to what is being offered is one that has plagued mankind since Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden's relative peace and calm for the jangled world of making our own way amid briers, thorns and noxious weeds of a world less than paradisaical.
When job hunters are trying to find work at a pay level sufficient to keep a modest roof overhead, feed them more than once a month and pay their bills, they hope the skill set they offer will be appreciated for what it is - a work in progress.
The pinch is the oldest rub of them all 'you have to HAVE experience to GET experience'. Even in the most mundane of employment circumstance, the ability to show you have done more with your life than sit around scratching your indecisive ass is essential lest your application for employment wind up filed away in the circular file.
For those who have real world work experience, the issue is more like 'sure, you have experience - but it is the wrong kind, not enough, or too different' in order to qualify for the employment opportunity.
How did our world get so very skewed as to believe that everyone could accept a position and from day one in said posting never have to be educated on how that company choses to operate, what methods differ from what you've experienced previously and at a pay barely above the poverty line even for a highly qualified person?
Don't know the answers... just know there is a problem.
We keep praying and searching for a job for Rick. It may well turn into a job search for me as well in due time.
The question still remains "what are you looking for?" and so far, we don't seem to be "IT".
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