Top 5 Reason Why You’ve Not Been Employed

In any country where the economy is down or has a volatile market can always be affected by unemployment because there are not enough jobs in certain fields for people who want them. But sometimes the business trade, demand, economy, and similar factors don’t always explain why some people can’t find work.

Many of the reasons have to do with their training, employer bias, work readiness, job skills, and job-search techniques. Let’s discuss on top 5 reasons why you’ve not been employed.

 

top 5 reason why you've not been employed

Work Readiness

Any institution, company or any organization that offers any job opportunity make sure that their employee has work readiness which is the key to ending or curbing unemployment. A lot of people lack work-readiness skills that are why some job seekers remain unemployed. Because without such skills the job seeker won’t be able to perform certain job tasks. Work readiness refers to whether the job seeker is literate enough to complete an employment application or understands what’s appropriate grooming and language for an interview. If employed, work-readiness skills mean accepting supervisor directives, reporting to work on time, and being a team player. Hence, for someone to lack basic work-readiness skills he or she will either remain unemployed.

 

Job Skills

Lack of skill in the particular field you are seeking for the job can always result in unemployment, because of technology. For example, many switchboards and receptionists operators are replaced by an automatic call answering machine that use the callers’ prompts to direct their calls. so, the person whose entire career as a receptionist or phone operator now faces unemployment for a very long period of time.

 

Criminal History

Nearly every company, institution, organization or employer see both arrests and convictions as part of an applicant’s criminal history, even when there is no strong indication of criminal behavior or evidence that the job seeker committed a crime. In 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued enforcement guidance for employers on how to prevent criminal history records from leading to discriminatory employment practices. One such practice is checking at criminal history on a case-by-case basis and whether a conviction really terminates the candidate from performing the job functions. According to EEOC, Denying employment base on arrest records can be discriminatory because of the disproportionate number of minorities vs. nonminorities who are arrested.

 

Salesmanship

An oral interview between the interviewer and interviewee is a good way to determine whether the job and the company are a good fit for each other. Hence, the hiring manager must be able to convince the candidate why the company is a good place to work. And the Job seekers or the employee who lack good interview skills and confidence will definitely not get the job. Because lack of salesmanship and confidence often don’t lead to job offers. Many are afraid to do what some career coaches, such as New York-based Jo Singel, advise: ask for the job. Job seekers don’t ask for the job because they’re timid or afraid they might appear desperate instead of projecting an image that says, “Yes, I’m interested in working for you.”

 

Play to Win

Another reason why a lot of people remain unemploy is that they do not play to win, they are not committed to a diligent job search and have a low focus and bad approach to looking for work. They submit one or two application, get an interview and believe for that one particular interview to be “the one” that gets the job. They focus solely on that one interview, and when they don’t get the job, they’ give up and become discouraged and their job search stop.