Poverty And Unemployability

POVERTY& INEQUALITY by Adetoniola Adebayo.

How has the gap between the rich and the poor changed?

Every year, the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. It is either the rich create another money-making idea or the poor do not have enough money to pay for the most needed amenities in life and have to go about by shady means to get it.

What is poverty? According to Wikipedia, poverty is general scarcity, dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Poverty is not exactly the absence of wealth but of resources based on a very little net worth or knowledge background or job experience. What is wealth? Also according to Wikipedia, wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or valuable

In my neighbourhood, for example, there are many people who have graduated from tertiary institutions do not have any jobs. They are first-class graduates or second-class graduates, but because of the lack of sufficient jobs or because of recession, they are unemployed. I also believe that poverty can be self-inflicted as most people can be lazy enough not to go and find jobs for themselves as they believe they can live off others and survive as well.

I also believe that poverty is caused by insufficient job pay. This is very common in companies who have many workers and do not know how to pay all of them. This is due to the company being in debt or the employers are corrupt and want to keep most of the money meant for the workers for themselves.

POSSIBLE

That can haunt individuals even after they've served their punishment. Erasing of juvenile records needs to work properly so being in the system doesn't hold them back. Juvenile records or prison records in general, have caused many people to lose jobs. This is because the employer believes the employee still has criminal tendencies and might destroy the image of the company or workplace as well as the management and the staff. Sometimes, the employee gets the job but is usually discriminated and not allowed to do certain duties e.g. counting money if it is a small firm, filing important paper work or even using a letter opener.

 Employment generation: Carefully and extensively planned employment programs funded by the government can spur growth in jobs. Industries requiring substantial labour forces can also be given significantly larger aid from the government. Focus should be placed on developing companies that offer sustainable and long-term jobs to the community. Companies should also budget sufficiently for employee training and related community programs, so that employees and prospective employees can keep their skills relevant and