EP20: Unemployment in Qarra

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In which I discuss unemployment, employment, and job-seeking in Qarra, the continent that serves as the setting for my high fantasy series. In particular, I focus on 3 different settings, Bevatria, Sissa, and Vakkar, and how the job search happens in each of these places.

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TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT:

"...These days, concerns over unemployment are pretty front and center, especially among people of my own generation who are entering the workforce, and those of younger generations that are still in high school but can see that getting a job is going to be especially tough. Today, I wanted to discuss how unemployment - and employment - works in different parts of Qarra. In particular, I want to go ahead and talk about how it works in Belvatria, Sissa, and Vakkar - in that order. So let's start with Belvatria.

The Belvatrian employment system works quite simply and efficiently. Usually, and at its most basic, one inherits a trade from one of their parents. In the case of both parents having different trades, they can choose which to pursue. Now, if they don't want to pursue either of those trades, or if one perhaps fails at pursuing those trades, they can opt to seek another trade.

They can do this by going to different shops, organizations, factories, or businesses, and asking around to see if they are willing to take on an apprentice. This is tiring work. For those of you who have gone through the job search before, you know that you can get rejected by dozens before you land a job. And we've got the internet! So you can imagine how difficult it can be for a person having to go on foot to various locations every day to try their luck..."

You can read the full transcript on my blog. It should be out soon - I've been working very hard to release the transcripts for all the episodes leading up to this one.