Comments on: New 4: JOBS & INCOMES http://mybigdebate.com/?p=143 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Renzo Le'Kay http://mybigdebate.com/?p=143&cpage=1#comment-366 Renzo Le'Kay Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:50:12 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=143#comment-366 I'm a qualified agricultural researcher.I graduated in 1996 with a ND in agric. research(botany).The last 4/5 working years enabled me to learn & do foodsafety auditing from a theoretical & practical point of view.I don't have the piece of paper to vouch for this so companies i apply to doubt my expertise.I envisioned being employed by a company involved in foodsafety auditing/agriculture so i can use my practical knowledge to get "the piece of paper"but they not willing to chance it.My continuous struggles to date to find an appropriate post with a reasonable salary & where i can exploit my potential to it's full,has left all my efforts in vain.Where to from here??? Borne & reared a S.A citizen, i'm starting to doubt where democracy applies in this country & whether agriculture is a priority in this country.The millions starving,homeless,uneducated,without basic needs of life etc makes me ponder.MP's live luxerous lives at the expense of the poor & i'm ashamed to acknowledge them as our leaders. I'm an honest,open,hardworking middle-class citizen of S.A but aimlessly look for work just to pay for the roof over my head & educate myself(out of my pocket) in a more common line of work,so i can hopefully be secured in a job someday.How many skilled & experienced staff work in government-nevermind the fraudulant degrees,i want to know if they can apply their skills practically.My skills & practical experience serves NO purpose at all for a "so-called" coloured citizen.I'm so angered & disappointed by the way employment issues/general recruitment is dealt with in this country.I always say a candidate should be placed on merit & not just because of a skin colour-is this not what democracy should be? I hope to speak "my heart out"on national t.v someday.If my welfare is taken to heart as a citizen of this country, please afford me the rights of humankind just like everybody else deserves. I would most appreciate it if i could get some feedback concerning employment in my line of work. Renzo I’m a qualified agricultural researcher.I graduated in 1996 with a ND in agric. research(botany).The last 4/5 working years enabled me to learn & do foodsafety auditing from a theoretical & practical point of view.I don’t have the piece of paper to vouch for this so companies i apply to doubt my expertise.I envisioned being employed by a company involved in foodsafety auditing/agriculture so i can use my practical knowledge to get “the piece of paper”but they not willing to chance it.My continuous struggles to date to find an appropriate post with a reasonable salary & where i can exploit my potential to it’s full,has left all my efforts in vain.Where to from here???

Borne & reared a S.A citizen, i’m starting to doubt where democracy applies in this country & whether agriculture is a priority in this country.The millions starving,homeless,uneducated,without basic needs of life etc makes me ponder.MP’s live luxerous lives at the expense of the poor & i’m ashamed to acknowledge them as our leaders.

I’m an honest,open,hardworking middle-class citizen of S.A but aimlessly look for work just to pay for the roof over my head & educate myself(out of my pocket) in a more common line of work,so i can hopefully be secured in a job someday.How many skilled & experienced staff work in government-nevermind the fraudulant degrees,i want to know if they can apply their skills practically.My skills & practical experience serves NO purpose at all for a “so-called” coloured citizen.I’m so angered & disappointed by the way employment issues/general recruitment is dealt with in this country.I always say a candidate should be placed on merit & not just because of a skin colour-is this not what democracy should be?

I hope to speak “my heart out”on national t.v someday.If my welfare is taken to heart as a citizen of this country, please afford me the rights of humankind just like everybody else deserves.

I would most appreciate it if i could get some feedback concerning employment in my line of work.

Renzo

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