My employment specialist called me today and told me that her marketing team had been looking for leads, and of course, every single one was a dead end for one of two reasons: A. they require more education or experience than I have or B. it's too far out of my way.
I guess that's just how it goes in the world of IT jobs, but this is getting fucking ridiculous. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why employers are doing this, either. The more people who are unemployed, the shittier wages get. And of course, since Florida is a so-called Right-to-Work state, workers either can't fight back or are too afraid to fight back because they'll lose what little they do get.
You see, I've been in and out of my county's Voc Rehab for well over a decade, and it seems no matter how hard I try to overcome my disabilities to become a 'productive' member of society, I end up back at square one for my efforts. And the employment agencies who work with Voc Rehab in my area have got to be the most unprepared I've ever seen.
I guess that can't be blamed on them, though. Florida isn't exactly known for great services for people with disabilities. And Governor Voldemort and his cronies are poised to make things even worse so they can pocket even more of our tax money through bogus tax breaks and other stupid policies designed to make themselves even richer.
What makes this worse though, is that even though Voc Rehab regularly helps people with secondary education, these employment agencies they work with don't know what the hell to do when it comes time to find employment. Maybe that's because the real world has only ever seen us as a limitless source of cheap unskilled labor and nothing beyond that.
With all that being said, I read a pretty nice diary talking about a bakery that actually gives workers a chance to succeed regardless of their background. Sure would be nice if there were something like that where I live, because I'm sure as hell getting sick and tired of being looked at as someone who 'can't'.
See you around,
Homer