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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: school-to-work and arbitrary authority of bureaucrats
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>Friends,
>
>This came from a fellow I know on another list. Things just get scarier and
>scarier all the time.
>
>Shep
>
>>From: XXXXXX
>>Subject: school-to-work and the arbitrary authority of bureaucrats
>>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 19:34:45 -0400 (EDT)
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>>To: sepschool@lists.best.com
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>>I have seen the future of school-to-work, and it ain't pretty. (Having left
>>public school teaching, I'm currently looking for work.) In my job hunting,
>>I discovered that a couple of companies here in Arizona no longer take
>>applications at their place of business, but direct you to the State of
>>Arizona's Department of Economics. Everyone applies for work through them.
>>
>>I went to their offices to apply. I had to register with the state before I
>>could do so. Then, after scheduling interviews with the two companies, I
>>tapped into the computer system (not clandestinely) to see who else
wanted to
>>hire a mind. The system demands that job-seekers write down the number of
>>each job for which they want more information, like names and addresses and
>>contact persons. There is a nationwide database, and there were ninety-five
>>companies nationwide that were looking for technical writers, something I
>>believe I could transition into in order to pay the bills while I do my own
>>writing. I believe I fit about 30 of the job descriptions fairly well, and
>>brought their numbers to the desk so I could get started on mailing resumes.
>>
>>HA!
>>
>>A policy of the state is to give no more than three referrals to any one
>>person on any one day, and the two local interviews I had scheduled left me
>>with one more possible request for Monday, July 21st! I was informed that I
>>could bring in the next three tomorrow morning, bright and early, and they'd
>>be happy to give me the information I was seeking at that time!
>>
>>I was incredulous! I asked them to explain the reasoning behind the policy.
>> The person "helping" me couldn't explain, so he got his supervisor. The
>>supervisor informed me that there needed to be some sort of orderly control,
>>otherwise everyone would want to know all of the jobs for which they were
>>qualified immediately. This three referral/day policy also ensured that
>>everyone has an even chance at the job! He actually asked, "Would it be
fair
>>for you to have a crack at all thiry jobs today, when someone equally
>>qualified for one of the positions might not know about it until tomorrow?"
>> I responded, "Yes!" He was taken aback. Then, perhaps because I was a
>>little perturbed, we found ourselves no longer discussing the policy, but
>>shouting at each other.
>>
>>He aquiesced, and allowed me two more referrals beyond the maximum, to show
>>he was a man of good faith. (???) But, he lorded over me by reading the
>>qualifications for each job, asking me to declare whether I was competent in
>>all of the requirements -- one requirement at a time. i.e. "This here says
>>you need to have a four year degree in a technical field. Do you? It also
>>says you need to have a broad understanding of science and technology. Do
>>you? You also need to have strong communications skills. And you need to
>>know the following software applications...." The man could sound out much
>>of what he was reading from the computer, but he didn't know what half of it
>>meant. However, he did manage to change his own job, that of a clerk,
into a
>>middleman between the potential employer and a potential employee,
attempting
>>to screen out potentially bad applicants on the basis of criteria that were
>>largely at his own discretion.
>>
>>This is frightening. Can you imagine a world dictated by bureaucrats who
>>take it upon themselves to deny you access to information on job openings
>>based upon their assessments of you -- much of which, in the future, will be
>>an accumulation of entries into your file by teachers and other government
>>care-givers? "It says here you didn't stop wetting your bed until you were
>>four.....I don't think think this company is looking for your type. There
>>are some openings, however, in Yuma, Arizona for lettuce-pickers."
>>
>>XXXXXXX
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