Social Class Stratification

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Social Class Stratification There are a variety of jobs around the country in various industries and depending on which industry you ultimately end up at that will set the tone for your future. There are many disadvantages and advantages for being in a certain social class as an applicant, and how an employer regards them. Many factors to these different social classes include ascribed stratification systems, “characteristics beyond the control of the individual (Ballantine and Roberts, 193), and achieved stratification systems “earn positions through their ability, efforts, and choices” (Ballantine and Roberts, 193). These lead to social stratification, “Stratification is a hierarchy of positions with regard to economic production which influences the social rewards to those in the positions”(Social Stratification). …show more content…

Since many poor people lack ascribed stratification systems, such as education, it makes it more challenging to get a job in a postindustrial society. For example, Sally Smith (the poor applicant) has a lack of education, no high school diploma, thus her job experience is very basic. Many people who do not get a good education, drop out early, and are perceived as slackers to the employer. An employer would not want to hire somebody who could not even finish high school. On the flip side though, many poor people help society by doing the dirty work (that has to be done), and having different social classes helps the hierarchy to allow for more control. Also, the applicant will most likely get the jobs that people do not desire, making a surplus of laborers ready to

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