Week 13 Post 2

The book discusses that “expertise” is needed in order to fulfill a job so older workers are sometime better. Years of practice and training increase expertise. However in order for someone to gain this expertise one needs to be given a chance in order to get a job and start somewhere. This is where I think our job system is flawed. Many times the job will say you are a good candidate but come back when you have more experience in the field. However how can someone get more experience in the field if no one is giving them a chance??? Also I found it interesting how different the working field is even from 50’s years ago. Most women would stay at home and take care of the kids, clean, and cook and the men would be the “breadwinners.” However now the roles have shifted. Women are in the same job fields that men are in and now it is acceptable for men to stay home and be stay at home dads. I think this is also due to the changing of definitions of what a “family” is. Now there’s homes with two dads, stepparents, two moms, grandparents taking care of the kids, single parents. Back then it was more common for the nuclear family and now it is a variety of families which is definitely changing the job fields. I still think it is ridiculous that women are getting paid like .70 compared to every 1$ men make but at least we are taking steps in the right direction to have an equal fair job force.