A Little Faster Little Harder

There is no time for prevarication any more, not even much chance to pay our bills a little late; they are on your case spontaneously.  I put it down to the advent of modern computerisation it was bad when they done away with typewriters.Now we have to type and even think a little faster. 

What I did not foresee is that we have to move a little quicker, I know we had people moving like robots that was part of the modern culture, we could do the robot dance and jerky movements (slowly). Now that robots have been improved and are more natural more human like, there is little difference in the expectations. Time and motion used to be the sampling of one’s work rate, now everybody is expected to move at work like Usain Bolt. The tea lady who stocks up the tea machine; The security guard as he opens the gates in the morning , the receptionist as she answers the phone as quickly as possible when will it all end. You either move faster at work or are dismissed simples.  If you are caught reading you are accused of sleeping with your eyes open.

Does it maximise productivity and Profit? I don’t think so, we seem to be moving away from the post human workforce and entering an era of Man V Machine, Where the tempo or beat of the galley slaver is formulated as a permanent tempo for battle.  As shown on the Panorama investigation of #Amazon It is the opinion of Giles Bedloe a Barrister consulted, said work which is of physical strain should not work in excess of 8 hrs of a given period to protect the rights and interest of its employees.  The motivating factor is to meet productivity targets according to what is monitored by the hand held machine.  Professor Michael Marmot an expert on stress at work concluded that the dimensions of the work environment can be bad for your health causing mental illness and physical illness.          

Basic Skills in Industries Business start up

Basic Skills in Industries Business start 

No matter what part of the world you are if you are truly proficient and sufficiently proud of your culture and have all the ingredients necessary around you, you can specialise in some aspect of your own cultural industry.  But, people need a broad range of skills in order to contribute to a modern economy and take their place in the technological society. The development of people’s proficiency in basic and key skills is now a central part of personal development.

 BASIC SKILLS

Basic skills are defined: literacy in English and numeracy  as well as English as a second language if you are abroad. You need Key skills for Communication, Application of Number, Information Technology, Working with Others, Improving Own Learning and Performance, and Problem Solving. There is always support for individuals to develop key skills is regarded as a central feature of the strategy to increase national prosperity through the development of a highly-skilled and well-educated workforce which is able to play a full part in the knowledge-based economy.

The Moser Report (1999) revealed that approximately 20 per cent of adults in England, about seven million people, ‘have more or less severe problems with basic skills, in particular with what is generally called ‘functional literacy’ and ‘functional numeracy’.

The report stated that:

It is staggering that over the years millions of children have been leaving school hardly able to read and write, and that today millions of adults have the same problems.

The report also noted that only approximately 250,000 of the seven million adults, around 28 per cent, had taken part in relevant programmes of study to improve their basic skills.

A study undertaken by Sticht (2001), with the objective of determining factors which may motivate adults with basic skills needs to improve their skills, found that the main reasons cited for participating in such programmes included the following:

• emotional – to feel better about themselves

• practical – to be better at everyday tasks that involve basic skills

• to improve IT skills

• to obtain a qualification

• the course was near home.

However, as Tremlett (1995) states, individuals with basic skills problems are generally less likely to be current or past learners. For example, at any time, only five percent of the estimated seven million adults in the UK with limited basic skills receive formal assistance (Love and Banks 2001).

So have no fear there is always someone to help you.

“#Zwarte Piet” “#Black Peter” “#Blue Peter” A money maker

Do you believe in #Santa Claus? Then more fool you, he, Santa Claus definitely does not appear to care for #black people, if he did he would sack all these idiotic people who dress up at what they perceive to be how black people dress and behave. This is the biggest lie and delusion, bigger than #St Niklas himself. 

According to folklore Father Christmas arrives in Holland accompanied by his #black servant #’black Pete’.

The people dressed up seem quite wealthy and privileged as they distract the majority of descent #Dutch people to make fun and ridicule black people. They are #wealth creating at the expense of a #black image etched in their mind of others. Why should they not be #black servants for the season to show how false #humility works? After all they have been white and powerful throughout the year they may even have a gold mine or two in #South Africa or some investment as #real black people work down the mines.

St Niklas servant in blackface make-up in beautiful tunics with wonderful well made #black make-up these are great economic opportunities for whom? clown-like figures who leave biscuits and other treats for children. Blackface make-up, red lipstick and frizzy Afro wigs (good product design) are blatant racist caricatures.

 As typical with racist anti-Pete, protesters in Holland have been threatened with lynching. As usual the illogical black haters threaten violence with those who do not comply, thuggery is not good business and I do not recommend it.

The Dutch Prime Minister # Mark Rutte has sided with the “privileged” carrying out their tradition. "Black Pete is black. There's not much I can do to change that," he said.

Re: Training & Employment Opportunity

One of the most empowering and fulfilling aspect of my career was working with the  #Lagu family in "Sudan in the Diaspora" and providing unfettered support for the community members in Hackney. I remember it as though it was yesterday.

Dear Community member, 

 Re:      Training & Employment Opportunity

 We are happy to write to you about the training & employment programme we now have in Diaspora. 

Diaspora is an organization established to assist and support members of the Sudanese community especially those fleeing from persecution and the on-going war in south Sudan.  We were initially funded to offer advice and information on matters affecting refugees and asylum seekers such as immigration, welfare benefits, housing, health and social care, education, training and employment.  Through hard work and dedication of the management committee, staff and volunteers of Diaspora, we have now secured funding for running a training& employment programme, especially tailored to meet the needs of refugees and asylum seekers from the Sudan.  This programme will be NVQ Level I&2 primarily.  However, advanced courses can be arranged for those who fulfill the criteria.  We will offer courses in the following: 

·         ESOL ( English for Speakers of other Languages)

·         Numeracy (Maths)

·         ICT (Information and Communications Technology)

·         Administration

·         Job Search Skills

·         Small businesses development

 If you would like to improve your spoken/written English or you need grounding in math’s; if you need to develop assertiveness, and sell the good qualities you have to employers; if you are fed up of looking for jobs and would like to try self-employment, then this is the program for you.  We are able to run classes separately for men and women, if required. 

Don’t delay your chances of entering into the job market or setting up your own business.  If this sounds like a good idea fill the attached form and send it back to us as soon as possible.  If you are not so certain or have other considerations or obstacles, then give us a call.  Our friendly staff will arrange a home visit to explain the program further.  The classes will start in ......

It is now 13 years since this commenced I sincerely hope all members of the community somehow benefited from this because the experience I gained from such beautiful people was immeasurable.

I am still available to provide any assistance you require.

Clive R. R. Anderson

The Person in the Mirror Decisions Decisions Decisions

The Person in the Mirror;  Decisions Decisions Decisions 

The way you see yourself in relation to your work defines your productive output to society. If you have no concept or a woolly miss-mash of ideas that will define you and cause vulnerability others will then quickly define you and use you to their own advantage (believe me, it will not benefit you).

With a specific career goal you will at least identify what training you will need with a continuing lifelong learning programme and the situation that you may have to place yourself.  

“..........a job role that matched their career values, identifying this made it easier for them to make decisions in a more planned and strategic way in order to achieve this aim.”

Or the situation where: ‘At the moment, I can afford to go to school. At least, I can pay a part time course.[…]”

 On the other hand on deciding on a career early on in your life, but become subsequently disillusioned and were now struggling to identify other career paths. However, most people had little idea what sort of business they wanted to have, in what industry and how to go about opening a business. They may require support in terms of developing viable business ideas. 

There is no shame in seeking expert advice such as from a person seasoned in that line of business and to bear in mind that most business  are going through a revolution with the introduction of new technology; with automation in the factories and computer assisted production there are plenty of niches to fit into.

Time is on your side providing you seek out as many aspects of your business as possible. I think it is better to have aspirations than no aspirations.

 

Reference

http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/18324/1/bis-13-1183-adult-career-decision-making-qualitative-research.pdf

Black Offenders Entrepreneurial Journey in Britain

Whilst the overwhelming majority of the prison population is White/British the offenders from the ethnic minorities are disproportionate to their relative size in the total workforce, and will have an impact on the application of the Enterprise Journey; to offenders.

The Differences between Ethnic Groups , Whilst ethnic minority groups overall have a self-employment rate similar (eight per cent) to white groups (eight per cent), there is a wide variation between ethnic groups. Black, African, Caribbean and Black British people (four per cent) have lower self-employment rates than Pakistani (11 per cent), Indian (eight per cent), Bangladeshi (eight per cent) and Chinese (eight per cent) people (BIS, 2012).

 There are high aspirations to start up in business amongst ethnic minority groups, especially Black African (35 per cent) and Black Caribbean (18 per cent) groups (compares with 10 per cent for White British counterparts), but ‘conversion’ to start-ups remains very low (BIS, 2007).

The self-employment rate of migrant groups is higher than that of the UK-born population. Nine per cent of adults born outside of the UK are self-employed compared to eight per cent for those born in the UK (BIS, 2009).

 New migrant groups have higher aspirations to start up in business (18 per cent for those entering since 2000) than the general adult population of England (11 per cent). This may be partly explained by age structure as more new migrants are younger than in the general population (BIS, 2007).

 Characteristics of Ethnic Minority Led SME’s,  Ethnic minority led businesses have similar growth aspirations to UK SME’s as a whole. In 2007, 68 per cent of ethnic minority led businesses with employees intended to grow their business over the next 2-3 years (compares with 67 per cent of all UK SME employers) (: BIS, 2009).  

Ethnic minority led businesses are more likely to have employees than non-ethnic minority led businesses. 31 per cent of ethnic minority led businesses had employees (compared to 27 per cent of non-ethnic minority led UK SME’s) (BIS, 2008).

Ethnic minority led businesses are more likely to be service sector businesses and more likely to be sole proprietorships than non-ethnic minority led businesses. They are also on average younger than non-ethnic minority led businesses (BIS, 2008).

 London has the highest proportion of ethnic minority led businesses, with 21 per cent of SME’s in the region being Minority Ethnic Group led (MEG-led). The North East, the South West and Northern Ireland all have low proportions of MEG-led businesses (BIS, 2008).

 All of the imitative offending rates are predicated on the fact that < 46% of offenders in 2010 had a previous conviction (Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly Update) and that statistic should be a target for concerted action; with a prison population in 2013 of 86,000. All of the work of AIM seeks to find innovative new solutions to this long – seemingly – intractable problem. One consequence of the tremendous growth in the number of persons under the offender management in the criminal justice system, whether incarcerated, subject to post release licence or community sentence, is the effect of this criminal history on finding and keeping a job. Ex-offenders, especially those recently released from prison, face substantial barriers too many types of legal employment; nonetheless, stable employment is one of the  best predictors of post-sentence success. Thus, policy-makers concerned about high recidivism rates face an obvious need to improve the employment prospects of ex-offenders.

Over the last 25 years, many programmes that were designed to increase employment (and, by so doing, reduce recidivism) among ex-offenders have been implemented and evaluated. Well meaning intervention programmes taking offenders into paid employment have, in the main, not worked and newer thinking has to be applied.

Notes and References

http://www.theaimpartnership.org.uk/shared_resources/The%20Enterprise%20Journey%20Report%20final.pdf

At the commencement of this research the UK Prison population stood like and by ethnicity:

 Prison Population Ethnicity June 2012 Pop Totals % Asian/ Asian British 6,335 7.4% 5.87%

Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British 11,281 13.1% 2.81%

Mixed/ Multiple Ethnic Group 3,159 3.7% 1.8% White 61,867 71.9% 83.35%

Other Ethnic Group 960 1.1% 0.82% Not Known/Not Provided 2,446 2.8% 5.35%  86,048 100% 100%

Table 5: Prison Population June 2012

The European Economic Community Recruitment Agency (factory job in the Midlands)

When mishaps occur and everything seems to be going wrong, any time from then things will turn around suddenly and I will rise again. This seems to happen to me the thing is to persevere and keep on going. I can remember in the job centre looking and answer as the assistant’s questions,  in a depressed and mono toned way, and I telling her that things are bad and I am about to be evicted. She quaintly replied that I would need to give her my change of address, soon yah.

 I had an outer of body experience and could see my pathetic form talking to a person who was not in the slightest bit interested in me and my circumstances. She had the set questions to ask and that was final.

I was a “black” and she knew how despicable “blacks” could be. At least with the British we went to the same schools; watched the same television programmes shared the same culture. Racism was one of trying to integrate in a dysfunctional “multicultural entity” called society.

With the Eastern European newly elevated status as “boss” they were “Not understanding me, how you say.......... you want to work no!!! We have plenty work, you work hard..... Good. Not like lazeeee.”

I looked in her eyes and swallowed the bitter bile as it rose in my throat. [A Thought bubble Like steam wafted above my head] showing years of oppression and the fight for equality in Britain. The reverting back to oppressive prejudicial forces, as the Eastern Europeans, brings their version of racism. I am going back to the future and tasting what my parents and their generation had to put up with, only to return to the oppressive forces; A moving back to square one or a new resistance?

This person is interviewing me for a job in Britain is Eastern European? Anything I say or do will be prejudicially judged and used against me and justified by her mentor from some Slavic regime. All I can do is be staring in disbelief, No!!!] She speaks to another client in her accentuated gibberish as she speaks to him i Recognise terms that she omitted to speak to me like SIA licence and CIS card to   work. She asks me. “Have you been a criminal?” No I respond with a straight face, my SIA licence does not permit this. “Oh you have SIA, good she scrutinise this card with such precision, and I swear she must have been a police woman or secret agent somewhere in Europe.