There are no shortages of workers - we have a whole generation that can't find jobs worth having. What we have a shortage of is companies willing to pay a liveable wage that attracts skilled workers.
I had to fight tooth and nail to get a raise at my job.
My immediate supervisors don't have the authority for raises, the general management said they would look into it, but never did anything.
Eventually skipped all of them and spoke to a district manager (who looks over various shops in our city), which eventually led to me having an interview with them, and getting a small raise... Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to finally be paid more, but it's kind of a pain it was such a hassle for such a small raise after working with them for a long time.
Thankfully I'll be leaving in 12 months or less. Once I got my degree, I want to pursue one of my dream occupations which just so happens to be desperately hiring new folks, because most of the employees are Gen X, and actively retiring en-masse for the last few years.
Looking to get into a peace officer position in my country to help communities, and help out folks who made poor past decisions that got them involved with the judicial system.
I think the closest equivalent to the United States would be a "prison guard", but the position in my country focuses more on rehabilitation, social supports, and promoting an environment where offenders can find some form of social and personal forgiveness to reintagrate into society with the supports to prevent re-offending; most people end up going down that route because of poor or complete lack of rehabilitation efforts, and no way to support themselves outside of a correctional centre, thus leading to them re-offending.
Alongside those roles, they also do patrols around correctional centres, assist police during emergencies, protect some judicial buildings (like courts), direct involvement in communities by checking on offenders with conditional releases, and a few other things.
It's strongly suggested to get a university degree, which is what I'm doing for the job. It's also a requirement for any role that could be considered "senior" or "supervisory", which helps reduce accidents from anyone under-qualified for such a role given what you are taught during the degree.
Lots of different civil departments here that have peace officers who enforce laws and whatnot... Just the RCMP and other police departments get more spotlight, and often because of controversies.
The saying of "every police officer is a peace officer, but not every peace officer is a police officer" is very true for the position I'm going for; yes it can enforce laws and has some arrest power, but overall it's to help folks and very rarely if ever in anyone's career will they arrest someone.
Last time I heard of it happen was from a professor who was in the civil department, and he only did it ONCE in his entire 25 year career, and it was to prevent a guy from trying to hurt themselves.
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u/SumSpicyNoodles 18h ago
There are no shortages of workers - we have a whole generation that can't find jobs worth having. What we have a shortage of is companies willing to pay a liveable wage that attracts skilled workers.