Skills are not quality jobs.
Let me repeat:
Skills are not quality jobs.
We need good pay and better working conditions!
@eurofound reiterates this today in an important study. Let me go over a couple of the important conclusions, a thread 🧵
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/a_jongerius/status/1640727561842962433
All 'bout the money.
Pay matters, financial rewards for a job well done show appreciation, especially for high intensive physical jobs.
The study shows that to address shortages in healthcare and long-term care good, decent pay is essential to attract workers.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/a_jongerius/status/1640727564158218242
It is not only about the money, it is also about working conditions.
Having autonomy over working hours, access to training, career prospects and to do work that they actually find meaningful is important for all workers. Especially in undervalued jobs.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/a_jongerius/status/1640727566209130496
Gender segregation is still a problem in the 21st century unfortunately.
Research shows that jobs that in female dominated sectors, the status of a job goes down, as well as the pay.
And then we even skip the debate of unpaid work, which contributes to this too.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/a_jongerius/status/1640727568402862080
As @eurofound rightfully concluded:
"the European Year of Skills is welcome, and improving skills can certainly go some way to help to address labour shortages, it is not a silver bullet."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/a_jongerius/status/1640727570525069312
We need:
Good pay
Better working conditions
End gender segregation
The fact that the sectors that are paid the lowest are also the most strained is no coincidence to me.
Read the full study:
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/blog/eu-lack-of-labour-wont-be-solved-by-skills-alone-improving-job-quality-is-key
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/a_jongerius/status/1640727573809319936