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Do you need to be skilled to earn a living wage?

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  • sangie595
    sangie595 Posts: 6,092 Forumite
    Gavin83 wrote: »
    I don't consider care work as a skilled job.
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    You obviously haven't ever done it then! Just because caring for other people is a low value occupation in our society does not make it unskilled.
  • ThemeOne
    ThemeOne Posts: 1,473 Forumite
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    The short answer is yes you do have to be skilled at something, even if it's only sucking up to the bosses or bigging yourself up. I've seen those two skills alone take people far.

    I've also observed that you can be as skilled as you like and attend numerous courses, but if people don't like you, you may still not get very far.
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