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On this blog, we talked about some jobs and discussed issues that affect our world of work nowadays.

We don't know what will happen in the future. However, we can predict an increasing in unemployment not only because of the world crises, but also because it seems a natural process in our society: technological improvements continuously decrease the work force needed in almost every jobs, while world population continues growing.

Hence, in the future unemployment will naturally increase, which means we should try to regard it differently.

One thing is certain: we are all hired for a job: improving the new world of work with our own work.

We hope you have learned something useful.

Thank you!

Discrimination in the World of Work

After the I World War, the ILO, which stands for the International Labour Organization, was created. One of the most important rights this organization tries to achieve is equity among workers.

However, this right is not always respected. Actually, there are still several types of discrimination in the world of work, specially, in the process of hiring.

For example, gender-based discrimination is still very common nowadays. I am not referring only to developing nations; in developed countries men still earn more than women, sometimes even in the most common women’s jobs. Besides, in the process of offering a job, employers hire men more easily than women, especially in areas dominated by men.

Another type of inequity in hiring is age discrimination, which happens in our country. As we see many factories closing, many middle-aged men and women became unemployed. For them is very hard to compete with younger workers in finding a job. In fact, some employers include age limits in job advertisements.

Race and nationality also may contribute to different treatment in the world of work, mainly because of stereotypes. This can affect hiring, for example when an employer exclude members of a certain race because of his particular position or because his clients’ position.

All this types of discrimination are prohibited by law. But the truth is that curriculums are not always analyzed in an objective way and contracts are design depending on racial, gender or age preferences, meaning that one person’s skills, experiences and accomplishments are not the only reasons that affect hiring.

Sources:
http://prorev.com/2009/04/men-earn-more-than-women-even-in-most.html
http://articles.directorym.net/Employment_Discrimination_in_Hiring-a956279.html
http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/lang--en/index.htm