Etnisk Diskriminering och Humankapitalets Betydelse på Arbetsmarknaden : En Kvalitativ Studie av Handledares Upplevelser inom KROM av Diskriminering samt Andra Hinder för Etablering på Arbetsmarknaden

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this degree project is to gain more knowledge about how the supervisorsin the KROM program describe any experiences of ethnic and other forms ofdiscrimination towards the participants and what other factors affect the participant'sopportunities to establish themselves in the labor market. A qualitative study wasconducted using six semi-structured interviews with the supervisors in KROM (Kundvalrusta och matcha). When analyzing the results, it appears that a majority of the supervisorswho have been respondents feel that there has been ethnic discrimination against theparticipants in connection with job seeking. This could involve anything from a moresubtle exclusion, for example by unspokenly hiring people with a Swedish ethnicbackground even though the criteria met were the same between the Swedish and non-Swedish applicants, to a more direct statement. An example of this is when recruiters saythat they in truth do not want certain ethnic groups in their workplace. The conclusion istherefore that yes, they experience ethnic discrimination against the participants, and thatit is both direct and indirect discrimination. Based on the analysis and results of this study,the conclusion that it is to some extent a matter of exclusive competencies, such as therequirement for Swedish education, despite the fact that the job seeker has foreigneducation and experience, but also major competencies in the social field. But severalsupervisors describe the importance of personal drive as the crucial factor in the questionof employability or not. At the same time, human capital factors such as language,education and social network can affect a jobseeker's opportunities in the Swedish labormarket.