Just copying & pasting from my comment on the earlier post:
>The fundamental issue here is that the supports are not effective for those who are on JobSeeker for extended periods of time – the two core groups being older folks, and neurodivergent individuals.
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>In both cases, the reason why they are not employed isn’t because they lack the skills for employment (they don’t), but that either social biases (ageism or the double empathy problem) and (especially for neurodivergent folks) simply asking for info that neurotypical people can easily lie about (or misrepresent) but neurodivergent people can’t (because it involves active masking, or because they are vague and they don’t understand them the same way) – things like “are you are good team player” or “do you have good people skills”.
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>If you actually want to get these people employed, you need to anonymise employment. Get rid of interviews, get rid of CVs and resumes, have the government run a service where your education, additional relevant skills and work experience are publicly available but not your age, looks, disability etc. Businesses would then employ solely on skills rather than being biased towards people who interact the best with them during interviews or can make their resumes “click”, or even just look like what they want.
What the OP’s article author describes is a lot worse than what I’ve experienced and she doesn’t seem to fit in with either group I mentioned, but yeah fundamentally the mutual obligations system needs to go, it helps no one.
Just for context about what I’ve experienced: I’m likely gonna terminate my JobSeeker payment at the end of next week because I can’t deal with the provider at all (and I’ve got a very good one), my medical exemption is running out and I’m likely gonna be on AusStudy next year because I’m unemployable thanks to AI. I’m one of the lucky ones who have parents and/or family who can or are willing to support them until they’ve got an established income.
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Just copying & pasting from my comment on the earlier post:
>The fundamental issue here is that the supports are not effective for those who are on JobSeeker for extended periods of time – the two core groups being older folks, and neurodivergent individuals.
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>In both cases, the reason why they are not employed isn’t because they lack the skills for employment (they don’t), but that either social biases (ageism or the double empathy problem) and (especially for neurodivergent folks) simply asking for info that neurotypical people can easily lie about (or misrepresent) but neurodivergent people can’t (because it involves active masking, or because they are vague and they don’t understand them the same way) – things like “are you are good team player” or “do you have good people skills”.
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>If you actually want to get these people employed, you need to anonymise employment. Get rid of interviews, get rid of CVs and resumes, have the government run a service where your education, additional relevant skills and work experience are publicly available but not your age, looks, disability etc. Businesses would then employ solely on skills rather than being biased towards people who interact the best with them during interviews or can make their resumes “click”, or even just look like what they want.
What the OP’s article author describes is a lot worse than what I’ve experienced and she doesn’t seem to fit in with either group I mentioned, but yeah fundamentally the mutual obligations system needs to go, it helps no one.
Just for context about what I’ve experienced: I’m likely gonna terminate my JobSeeker payment at the end of next week because I can’t deal with the provider at all (and I’ve got a very good one), my medical exemption is running out and I’m likely gonna be on AusStudy next year because I’m unemployable thanks to AI. I’m one of the lucky ones who have parents and/or family who can or are willing to support them until they’ve got an established income.