Impact of Homelessness on Career Transitions

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Table of Contents
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................3
CHAPTER # 1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................5
Background......................................................................................................................................5
Research problem............................................................................................................................6
Research questions:.........................................................................................................................7
Aims And objectives........................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

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ABSTRACT
This research analyses the impact that being homeless has on career transitions in order to
shed light on the connection between being homeless and having a difficult time finding and
maintaining work. According to the findings of this study, low employment rates among the
homeless may be solely attributable to the fact that they have a greater propensity to abandon
their occupations. When it comes to volume and intensity, earlier beliefs about the detrimental
relationship between homelessness and employment were dramatically off base. The findings of
this study challenge the hypothesis that those without homes have a higher incidence of
unemployment because they are unable to find work. This hypothesis is generally accepted
within the academic community. There is a strong correlation between being homeless and the
possibility of losing one's job, and this correlation appears to be primarily driven by unobserved
person-specific characteristics that increase the likelihood of both being homeless and losing
one's job.
The strength of the correlation varies from person to person. After taking into
consideration the impacts of these unobserved factors that might obfuscate results, it was shown
that homelessness in and of itself does not have a substantial impact on work entrance or leave.
Adults who are mentally ill and who live on the streets face a variety of obstacles while
attempting to find and keep a job. However, although Housing First programmes do provide this
group rapid and easy access to housing as well as support services, there has been a lack of
consistency on the usefulness of these projects in improving job results. By reducing obstacles to
work for people living on the streets who are mentally ill, supported employment interventions
may help Housing First programmes become more effective. Even after gaining stable housing,
individuals continued to struggle to find work due to issues such as
(1) concerns about exposing sensitive information,
(2) inconsistent motivation,
(3) ongoing drug use, and
(4) anxieties of experiencing homelessness-related trauma.
Despite this, participants who took part in the research claimed that their interpersonal
skills and their ability to bounce back from adversity had both increased as a direct consequence
of being homeless. Experts in the field of employment may be of assistance to those on the verge