"This article completely ignores the other paradigm, that if you don't have a job, it's up to you to make yourself valuable to employers."
This paradigm totally ignores basic economics. If there is a greater supply of people looking for work, wages will go down for all employees across the board.
Now of course, wages vary from person to person based on skills, connections, and industry. So it's possible to improve your position relative to other potential employees. But across the population, overall wages will stay flat or go down.
This paradigm totally ignores basic economics. If there is a greater supply of people looking for work, wages will go down for all employees across the board.
Now of course, wages vary from person to person based on skills, connections, and industry. So it's possible to improve your position relative to other potential employees. But across the population, overall wages will stay flat or go down.