Am I like missing something here or why is it so hard to find any help with being employed? What am I supposed to do, just sign up for a random education program and hope I get lucky after 2-4 years? Or am I supposed to get desperate enough to commit crime and then get jailed, where I do some low skill manual labor for 1/2 the minimum wage?
If you’re unemployed then volunteering at a union can pretty quickly land you a gig and even become a career after a few years.
It’s the kind of gig where showing up and being reliable, as a volunteer, can turn into something. It might take a couple of years but if you’re un/under-employed then why not do it?
You could probably just turn up and ask them what needs to be done. You probably won’t get paid for a while, easily a couple of years, but also they probably have stuff like a book shop that needs volunteer hours which can become helping out in the office and in five years time you’re inspecting work sites.
Worst case scenario, you do some good for free.
Are you talking about a union hiring hall (to get a union job), being hired as an organizer/staffer (employed by the union itself or to work on its behalf) or just help finding any kind of job?
I think what I’m looking for is something along the lines of “supported vocational assessment”, because honestly I don’t know what I’m capable of.
I think that role is more likely to be done by someone other than a union. Could be government, non profit, charity, maybe a school, something else. Variable by geography.
Could try posting in the mutual aid comm asking for help to see if someone can direct you to something specific in your region.
If you want to try to look on your own, could try web searching vocational assessment, job search help, employment services or however it might be called where you live. Call whatever comes up and ask them even if its not perfect match because they might know where to send you. I would avoid any for-profit entities as likely scams.
If you haven’t done much or any work I’d suggest trying to get any job you can and seeing how it goes. That’s how most people do it. There’s not really any test you can take that tells you. Realistically most peoples job prospects are dictated by their class and social position.
there are a lot of unions, ngos, parties that hire. it just really depends on what your situation is. theres not much money in it so they dont hire often though
In the USA, lots of radical unions and labor movements will recruit salters. Portland, OR even has a prominent salter job fair put on by several unions and reformers
