Underemployment

certifications, and other credentials that were recognized by the refugees’ nation of origin may not be recognized by the host nation. Unfortunately this process can be a time-consuming and expensive one. In the United States, the result has been underemployment for roughly half of the skilled Syrian refugee population. With skilled workers not working in jobs that exploit there potential, possible positive economic impacts can be…

In 1995, the Canadian Government passed the Employment Equity Act (the Act) under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. This piece of legislation recognized the existence of barriers preventing four designated groups from entering the Canadian workplace, and put forth a plan to address them. The Act “requires special measures and the accommodation of differences” for women, visible minorities, Aboriginals, and people with disabilities (Act, s.2). This was an important issue for Canadians at the time, as…

Has the War on Drugs Been Successful? Lawanda Hamon Keiser University Has the War on Drugs Been Successful? Despite of the large amount of money spent on the war to fight drugs, Americans have not been successful. The focus of the war on drugs was to fight the crimes against drugs instead of trying to prevent the problem. As many know, crime prevention may take time, it is not something that happens automatically. The Americans have heard from their president that he will eliminate the…

III – CONCERNS OF IMMIGRATING Since many immigrants migrate as a result of potential economic opportunity in response to the consequences of globalization, as shown in Section II, it is important to analyze whether or not immigration poses a true alternative to the problems they were attempting to escape, or whether it generates new problems of its own, with no two countries being affected in the same way. This is an important connection to understand, as globalization has changed every country…

Free trade is the unrestricted import and export of goods between countries without the fear of government intervention such as tariffs, duties or quotas. The notion of a free trade system encompassing several sovereign states originated in a draft form in 16th century Spain. An American jurist named Arthur Nussbaum noted that Spanish theologian Francisco de Vitoria was “the first to set forth the notions (though not the terms) of freedom of commerce and freedom of the seas.” However it was two…

The Failing American Education System Americans tend to think they have the biggest and best stuff; and everything they do is right. While the United States has gotten a lot of things right, the education system is not one of them. Pride needs to be forgotten because the education of young Americans is much too important and the public education system has been failing when compared to other developed countries. We are falling behind because of a lack of interest in education (whether from…

that has not been very good for recent graduates. Back in 2014, the overall unemployment rate was four point nine percent in America, but for 2013 and 2014 graduates, the unemployment rate was much higher, at eight and a half percent and the underemployment rate, saying that they don't have sufficient work, was even higher at sixteen point eight percent (Shierholz). Although the jobs may be more stable, it is more difficult for college graduates to get a job. For that reason, many are turning to…

though slow industry growth, small commerce shares, and low employment opportunities mean that this class is growing at a relatively small pace. Honduras has a large lower class in its country, because of seasonal growing times that lead to underemployment during…

A very familiar theme continues to hover over Mexico specifically when it refers to the economic woes the political system continues to mismanage. Politicians that simply run for office to help themselves, while screwing the Mexican over time and time again. It is a behavior that has been in place since the Spanish conquistadors took over, by introducing new policies that benefited the white European while physically, morally, economically, and culturally destroying all social progress for the…

The presence of Latin American roots in America have existed since the beginning of time; however, their presence in the national scene was basically ignored. Recent debate surrounds America’s diversification or the “Browning of America”-- which is essentially the continuous reshaping of America through its Hispanic influence. Yet thousands of people fail to understand America has always been Hispanic. Hispanic culture can be traced back more than 500 years ago. The impact Hispanic heritage has…