If you are part of the rising percentage of people in the UK stuck in unemployment limbo, well then don't worry, it could be worse, you could be living in Merthyr Tydfil. If you want a job, I suggest you DON'T live in Merthyr Tydfil. The National Office for Statistics found that for every unfilled job in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, there were 32.7 claimants.
Compare that to the South East of England where for every unfilled job there are 6 applicants desperately trying to find the job of their dreams...or just that job that will get you lots and lots of money...or will just have to do for now...or the job in between jobs...or...am I boring you yet?
What ever happened to finding the job that made you leap out of bed every morning. The job that gave life meaning. The job that gave the employee a sense of purpose and fulfillment and inspired him or her to move mountains; to change not only their lives but also the lives of others.
I'm sure by now your taking the usual British stance of sarcastic wretching and condescending head shaking ("he's living in a dreamworld, poor boy"). To be honest I don't blame you. Ideology is dead in the modern world. In this mad, preaching writer's opinion, ideology is a myth created by historians to romanticise ancient civilisations as they cruised to greatness. Ancient civilisations that were fathered by great philosophers on a notion of cultural, economical, political and technological improvement.
Modern day culture is dominated by the mainstream school of thought: "just go with the flow". Even acts of "anarchy" are still dominated by a conformist mindset. The riots for instance; if you were to look back on riots in ancient history you would see a romanticised collection of images and stories that portray the collapse of an empire or maybe the fall of tyranny.
It is hard to tell glorious tales of courage and selflessness without conceding that our generation's riots only caused a bigger rift between the classes and seemed to have failed to initiate any sense of change.
We can only hope, as a generation, that in the future a writer with the same shakespearean prowess of Socrates, Virgil, or William himself, will save us with some sweet words of victory and bravery, so that we may be pinned among the Hall of Fame as one of the greatest Civilisations to have ever lived.
I will, however, fall in line with the legions of British wretchers and condescending 'headshakers' that have formed our generation of cynics and, dare I say, 'non-believers'. We lack 'risk-takers'. Brave knights to inspire us. Instead we cling onto the belief that we are sophisticated for being realists.
But who can blame The Jobseeker. The Jobseeker is on an endless quest to find the job of their dreams in a world that condenses opportunity. The variety of career paths is saturated into a small list of service jobs that demands a shadow of the Jobseeker's capabilities.
In short the Society we live in does not offer enough to the 'Seeker'. Many extremely well qualified applicants are missing out on careers that would fulfill their potential and provide them with job satisfaction. Job satisfaction gives the employee a sense of empowerment and will be the main reason for increased worker production. More needs to be done to help Seekers find their ultimate career path. If we continue to fail these Jobseekers we will breed contempt within the citadel walls. Contempt and cynicism will encourage laziness within citizens which will inevitably lead to the fate of all empires: Destruction.
