jobs in Linux / IT

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 12:35:07AM -0500, Clive DaSilva wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> 
> >Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 09:50:08PM -0800, Christopher Charles wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Employment SUCKS big time in Canada!
> >>>
> >>>Age discrimination rules! Workplaces are full of young
> >>>people!
> >>>
> >>>If you are not young and not white you definitely will
> >>>not fit in!
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>At some companies yes.  At many others it couldn't be further from the
> >>truth.  Canada is very diverse, and so is the job market.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >In fact, age discrimination is so prevelant that the EI people have a
> >special program to help deal with it.
> >--
> >  
> >
> Any idea how effective this might be for getting the over 45 crowd back 
> into the labour force ??
> 
> Just curious
> 
My opinion is very little. They are actually target younger unskilled people not older people with many these programs. Age discrimation occurs more against people in their late teens and early twentys when they have 'no experience'. Most programs are glorified slave labour (volunteer work for no pay to gain experience) in jobs that require little to no skills.

The programs were generally created because the baby boomers kids hit the job market about the time the "Great Recession" hit in 2000. There are some programs for training but if you know what a keyboard looks like you are overqualified for such programs and EI will not pay for you taking them and most likely you won't get anything out of them anyway.

Bill

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