To the “no one wants to work anymore” crowd-

It’s not that people don’t want to work anymore. From my perspective, it’s that employers simply don’t want to train people.

Or pay fairly.

Let’s address the subject of training first.

I subscribe to multiple job postings, and the bulk majority, no matter the industry, require a few years of experience.

On a personal note, before I found my stride in the world of self-employment, I applied for several restaurant industry/server jobs over the last few years, only to be passed over.

My resume reflects absolutely zero restaurant experience, so I am assuming that my lack of experience and subsequent need to be trained played a huge part in that.

Another thing that probably played a large part was my sizable gap in employment.

Employers don’t like to see that either.

On yet another personal note, that gap is due to the fact that I spent the better part of a decade acting as a caregiver in one familial situation after another. (Someone had to, right?)

Folks might try to berate me for not having gone to school early on, which would certainly help me to secure employment that I could “fall back on” later in life.

Well, I did go to school, and I worked in that industry from the ages of 20 to 32. (I am 46 now.)

That was the cosmetology industry, and if you don’t stay up on things with…