grunge
Well-Known Member
When I left grammar school, many of my mates went to the local secondary modern, some became apprentices, joiners, plumbers etc;
although many went into the local factories unskilled and did repetitive jobs that required little training. These jobs have now vanished
to be replaced by supermarkets, warehousing, retailing, and similar industries. It is these jobs that many immigrants have filled, and made unskilled work harder
to find, (Bimbo Bob's post about lazy Brits does have resonance too). I've no idea what your industry is, but if it calls for linguistic skills, then I've no
problem with your company employing migrants, there is obviously a shortage of home grown workers with such skills; that is the point, we have no need to
import workers with no skills whatsoever.
The industry im thinking of is Video games, there are a lot of highly skilled jobs in there but a lot of the lower level jobs ( Testing, Customer service, office managment, admin etc etc ) get taken up by multi linguists who can help with questions from around the globe or translations issues.
This could apply to retail too, A lot of shops in London hire staff who can speak multiple languages just so they can help with it being such a multi cultural city.