John W. wrote:
> Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
> news:<3F079E22.102670D6@yahoo.co.jp>...
>> If
>> the market were so stacked against me, as it indeed is now after ten
>> years in Japan, I would go back to school for a new education, and
>> look for a new job, even if it means starting a totally brand new
>> career such as nursing as a man at 40 with a wife and two children
>> to support. I see what laid off men, or men who quit unsatisfying
>> jobs in mid career do.
>
> One thing I love to hear is what employed people will do when they are
> unemployed. Let me educate you. For starters, you continue to think
> that you will soon be employed. After six months or so, it becomes
> obvious that things are not going according to Hoyle, so you look for
> education.

Oh man, another person who swallowed the "education is the key to
employment" hook. Let me get this straight: After six months of
unemployment, a person decides to worsen their financial condition by
purchasing education?

> But, of course, there are admission deadlines,
> restrictions, etc., so it's not all that easy to just go back to
> school. There is, of course, technical education; but the cost is
> prohibitive (and student loans, too, have certain deadlines and
> restrictions), and you still have to find some work while you study so
> that you can pay the bills. But since you haven't been able to get
> work for nearly a year by this point, you can't find that part time
> job (after all, they didn't hire you when you weren't a student,
> either) because you're overqualified (and you have a fairly impressive
> resume). Try to lie on it, and you will get caught and in all
> likelihood fired.

Try jobs that don't require resumes, like retail outlets, convenience
stores, and so forth.

>> Major
>> reasons for the obvious differences in "men's" work and "women's"
>> work in
>> Japan. It is wrong to
>> discriminate against an applicant just because she is a woman before
>> giving
>> her a chance, but men
>> and women are quite different in Japan.
>>
> I know. And that's the problem. Moreover, that mindset is the problem.
> From the start women are often not given the same chances men are,

And this cut both ways.

> and, though it's changing, are generally given less attention than the
> men (how many girl's high school sports, for example, get national
> attention twice a year, including major network TV coverage).

That is people do not want to watch them as much. Major TV networks show
things that will attract viewers. That is why there is always a big to-do
about getting big name events such as the Olympic Games and the Superbowl.
This is why ABC affiliates decided to air the movie "Gladiator" instead of
the Democratic candidates debate at University of South Carolina. TV
networks air the programs that draw the most viewers, not the ones that
advance some vague agenda.

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"The US economy accounts for about one-third of global GDP-greater than
the next four countries combined (Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom
and France)."
- "Advancing the National Interest: Australia's Foreign and Trade
Policy White Paper", Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade