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“lacking the skills, abilities, or qualities that are necessary for becoming or remaining employed”
“someone who is unemployable does not have the qualifications or skills needed to do any kind of job”
“lacking the skills, abilities, or qualities that are necessary to get or keep a job : not employable”
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Above are three English language dictionary definitions of the word unemployable.
In principle I have a last century bachelor’s qualification in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics. If I am to believe the pieces of paper in my folder. My technical experience is twenty years out of date. My language skills in France pretty much preclude.
Because of the modern approaches to employment where there are check lists, grids, criteria and most often a requirement for referees, even though I may have residual skills, I am unemployable. The chances of me getting an interview for just about any job are very close to zero. Using the definitions above I probably do not have the skills to remain employed or keep a job. Sooner or later I will offend some ego or other.
It is kind of amusing to me that the chances of me getting venture start-up funding to the tune of hundreds of thousands of Euros are small yet significantly higher than me getting a “proper job”.
Believe me I have done hundreds of experiments…
There is no way any company or institution with a human resources department could approve of hiring someone like me. I have zero track record aside from private tutoring for the past two decades. I stopped that end of 2017. OK, I wrote a hobby patent application. I doubt that cuts the mustard.
Someone would have to be in a really dire shit hole with zero options…
As part of the down sizing thought line I estimate that I could build up a small “A” level science tutoring clientele in the UK. Though the on-line fee-taking agencies are more strict on background checks these days, some want guarantors and referees. I would not appear on a UK criminal background check these days which might look odd. Where have I been? In a Thai prison with Gary Glitter?
I could make a web site and offer my services without a middle-person-thing {pick your woke expression of choice}. I might be difficult to insure. It could be a slow starter.
Watching “Killing Eve” the British Security services are portrayed as comedy ramshackle, maybe they are in need…
On one level and in some people’s eyes, perhaps it ought not to be like this. But it is. No matter my tangential associations in the past they are timed out and essentially irrelevant. Besides I have lived hermit like for way too long now. I could not hack being around people.
This reality might not be easy to accept. It is easy for me because it is actually real.
I wonder what bizarre dreams might arrive during the night….
Dreamyoga 