Aneirin
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From: Tamaris
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I believe I have entered what I understand to be a form of catch 22 with my employment ideas, as it seems I need a bit of paper to prove I am capable of a job in my chosen field of expertise. i am on a BA course which is boring me shitless because it's level is way under my capacity and the only thing I am learning, is the fact that I am learning nothing, been there, done that decades ago, but because i have served my time in industry with real experience in real situations I missed out on the paper trail. i know what I can do, i know what I am capable of and I have done it before, but in order to do it again, I must prove my worth by having a piece of paper to waft at an employer or else that employer will not even consider my application. All through my work history, my employment has gone mostly on word of mouth and trials, a case of we will give you a trial, but now it seems because of insurance, if one does not have the piece of paper from a recognised institution, forget it.
This leads me to think the world of employment is getting sewn up with education, in that it appears learning institutions it seems are working to some extents hand in hand with industry, which makes sense, but over emphasis on pieces of paper that cost thousands and years of study is doing a disservice to those that are older and time served, i.e. those with practical experience in real time situations, not theoretical paper exercises.
in my quest for suitable employment, I am coming across highly educated and experienced people in my age group and older who are taking and doing menial jobs because they lack the necessary paperwork, sure one can go and get the paperwork, spend years in education and vast sums of money, but coming back to education for someone in their later years is bloody difficult, I know, I am trying to do it. I am also coming across others who hate their profession but cannot leave it to do something more rewarding because they also lack paperwork, leading to a situation where an employee is unhappy in their work, and we all know what unhappy employees are capable of, usually the bare minimum to satisfy the employer. Happy employees tend to extend themselves, because they are interested and take pride in their job, thus being a benefit to themselves, their employer and any other end requirement.
The catch 22 situation I am experiencing is the fact that I already work at MA level of beyond, i need a challenge to work, and i am just not getting it, even by working at a high level with my BA, because assessors are telling me not to set such a high standard, as it is not required at this level, so I am in effect not being recognised for my extra effort. Of course my tutors are saying they recognise the fact that I am bored, they can see it, and they know the level I work at and are already saying i am MA or beyond, but i cannot have MA, or even be considered for a more challenging course because I do not have the preliminary paperwork, the BA, which to be honest, is only a degree, and everyone, all the kids, teens and early twenties it seems has one now. My BA course is so far, four years part time, and to complete, i need a couple more years, for what, a degree. An MA will take a similar amount of time part time and cost probably more than I can afford, just to get a piece of paper to prove my worth, i simply cannot spend years in education.
My only other option is go self employed, but even with that now, it appears customers want to know one's educational background as a surety they are getting good work, it seems they cannot believe what they see in front of them, for everyone it seems expects one's skills to have come via a learning establishment nowadays.
So, what's happening, is work being tied up by education, what is causing it, and is this a disservice to experienced, time served workers, because to me, it seems the young with the easier obtained advanced education are naturally being chosen over those with life experience. The result, paper theory is no substitute for practical experience, or rather it shouldn't be, but it seems the world of employment is going that way.
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