Unemployed educated young Somali

[Inactive]

This is a reality I have noticed for quite some time.

Of course many young people with degrees today are underemployed or employed but I've noticed Somalis are much harder hit.

I've noticed Science and Engineering degrees (especially Science) aren't in much demand as it has been said before. These are programs that many Somalis have gotten into.

The only ones who seem to be in jobs that they studied for are the nursing students.

Why are younger Somalis having a harder time getting into the jobs they've studied for whereas other younger immigrants are not having a harder time (compared to Somalis)?

 

[Atiya]

Somalis are lazy and don't look hard enough.

 

[Queen Carawelo]

Shit on Somalis even when they're much more educated than you while you work in an oil field #Season 12344 episode 80.

Starring: Abdijohnson
Guest star: Atiya
Executive producer: Abdijonhnson
Make up and styling: Abdijohnson
Music by: Thexamarcadcadguy

 

[Tramo]

you should put a trigger warning on this thread for some people

 

[Inactive]

I don't work in an oil field. And I'm quite educated. I'm doing my Masters

How come we can't have thoughtful discussion?

 

[Tramo]

Shit on Somalis even when they're much more educated than you while you work in an oil field #Season 12344 episode 80.

Starring: Abdijohnson
Guest star: Atiya
Executive producer: Abdijonhnson
Make up and styling: Abdijohnson
Refreshments: Thexamarcadcadguy

 

[Queen Carawelo]

I don't work in an oil field. And I'm quite educated. I'm doing my Masters

How come we can't have the thoughtful discussion?

How can we have a thoughtful discussion when you only post negative things about Somalis. Notice how you said other immigrants have higher chance at getting employed more than Somalis.

 

[Inactive]

Smh. Never mind.

I'm going to bed.

 

[John Michael]

It was an absolute pain in the ass getting my first job in my field. That being said it was for my non somali peers as well. The first is the hardest.

The difference between getting a job and not I've noticed is whether they like you in an interview or you know someone who works there. I've never gotten a job through 'hardwork'. It such bullshit and a lie.

 

[Queen Carawelo]

It was an absolute pain in the ass getting my first job related in my field. That being said it was for my non somali peers as well. The first is the hardest.

The difference between getting a job and not I've noticed is whether they like you in an interview or you know someone who works there. I've never gotten a job through 'hardwork'. It such bullshit and a lie.

Didn't you get the memo dahling, it's who you know not what you know!
And it doesn't matter if they liked you or not in the interview it always comes down to if you know someone who works in the higher positions of the company.

 

[SOMACOON]

Shit on Somalis even when they're much more educated than you while you work in an oil field #Season 12344 episode 80.

Starring: Abdijohnson
Guest star: Atiya
Executive producer: Abdijonhnson
Make up and styling: Abdijohnson
Music by: Thexamarcadcadguy

 

[Solid]

I don't work in an oil field. And I'm quite educated. I'm doing my Masters

How come we can't have the thoughtful discussion?

I knew I've seen you on campus before

 

[Jubba_Man]

It's not just Somalis who are getting the shaft in science and engineering. Nearly everyone is save for a small handful of privileged well connected folks. This a huge issue that for some reason is not being addressed by the professional engineering and scientific associations as well as the news media. In fact, they keep reporting that there are acute shortages in science and engineering professionals like these two articles:

James Dyson: Canada has a serious shortage of engineers
Rising to the challenge of Canada's skill shortage .

The problem is, there is no real skills shortage. For if there were, you would expect to see wage spikes in the payscales for these professionals, but clearly that isn't the case. Here's counter evidence by the OSPE showing that despite a growing number of engineering graduates, underemployment is still huge issue:

Notice how the problem started to arise in the late 90s, and accelerated through the 2000s to coincide with the collapse of High tech manufacturing and other types of manufacturing in the country. It should come as no surprise that science and engineering jobs are directly correlated to manufacturing and innovation. It has no place in a service-based economy (i.e banana republic), which is what Canada has largely become and the US and other countries in the west are transitioning to. Anecdotally, most of my classmates that I kept in contact with from my undergrad are finding it difficult to get anything. Employers know it's an employer's market thanks to all of the above propaganda which has saturated the labour market on the supply side, so they can now get the best graduates for the lowest possible price. Even many of those top graduates can't find work and either do something else or go back to graduate school. This is also why nursing graduates have no issue finding work, since nursing and the medical industry as a whole is part and parcel of the service sector. Also, TFWs (temporary foreign workers) have played a major role in exacerbating this entire issue.

My advice to these young people in these programs is to look abroad, such as in the US or in the middle east. US innovation still hasn't completely died, and is likely not going anywhere since they won't ever be outsourcing anything that is at all related to defense (and much of industry R&D and engineering is). Germany might also be a good place as it looks like it will remain relevant when it comes to manufacturing and R&D. Everywhere else in the Western world will be pretty much be a no-go for the most part.

 

[SOMACOON]

Whatchu call me???

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[Atiya]

Shit on Somalis even when they're much more educated than you while you work in an oil field #Season 12344 episode 80.

Starring: Abdijohnson
Guest star: Atiya
Executive producer: Abdijonhnson
Make up and styling: Abdijohnson
Music by: Thexamarcadcadguy

It's true though.

 

[KXNG]

f*ck a job#DIY