Entry level and blue-collar jobs - the traditional means of absorbing new and less experienced workers - have dwindled considerably. This is due to industry's limited expansion and increased use of technology rather than people improving productivity. No substantial change in this trend appears imminent, since industry continues to seek profit through automation, computer technology and the like.
Thus, as the need for the vast unskilled workforce of earlier periods diminishes, those at the bottom of the ladder become irrelevant labour and therefore permanent members of the underclass. The statement above demonstrates the greatest challenge in Zimbabwe, where economic imbalances still exist.
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