There is another assumption in play here by HR managers. They figure if you are unemployed then you were cut loose as the dead wood at some other company. Why should they take a chance on you when they could hire someone who wasn't cut loose?
It sounds unfair and most likely is ,but its the new reality out there right now.
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Re: Now Hiring: Unemployed Need Not Apply
by Cog » Sun 14 Aug 2011, 13:14:15
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Re: Now Hiring: Unemployed Need Not Apply
by AgentR11 » Sun 14 Aug 2011, 13:18:40
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('prajeshbhat', 'I') don't get the rationale behind this filtration criteria anyway. Shouldn't experience be the first priority?
Not really. This filtering criteria makes a *lot* of sense from a business standpoint; if you are someone that is hiring, if you restrict yourself to those who are currently employed, you can almost certainly be assured that the person you hire will bring much more income to the company than they cost in terms of wages and benefits. It is also safe to assume for the most part, that those without a job, have become so because they were costing their companies more money than they were making, and thus were a drain on resources, not a source.
This also plays into the EMRATIO chart I post from time to time; people think unemployment is high right now, but unemployment only measures the number of people that WANT a job vs what is available. The real chart, EMRATIO, describes a situation where a measurable percentage of the population went from understanding they had no business working for wages, to assuming that they should be given a job if they wanted one. The current economy and bubblesplat is returning the employment ratio to where it should be; and all that is left is for these folks to understand that they should not be working for wages. House prices and expectations that worthy wage earners have about additional household income will need to come into line with the return of reasonableness, but I suspect it will all work itself out in this decade.
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Re: Now Hiring: Unemployed Need Not Apply
by diemos » Sun 14 Aug 2011, 13:21:05
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'T')hey figure if you are unemployed then you were cut loose as the dead wood at some other company.
The rules of employment are the same as the rules of dating.
You're never appreciated unless the other person is afraid they might lose you.
You're never as attractive as when someone else wants you.
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Re: Now Hiring: Unemployed Need Not Apply
by dissident » Tue 16 Aug 2011, 07:55:45
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('prajeshbhat', '
')I don't get the rationale behind this filtration criteria anyway. Shouldn't experience be the first priority?
')I don't get the rationale behind this filtration criteria anyway. Shouldn't experience be the first priority?
Since the jobs are being offshored to places such as China they don't need the same level of US employment as in the past. This is just BS to shift attention away from that fact. Basically a blame the victim policy. The dead wood is the US worker and the days are numbered for the ones who still are employed.
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Re: Now Hiring: Unemployed Need Not Apply
by Sixstrings » Tue 16 Aug 2011, 12:32:49
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 'N')ot really. This filtering criteria makes a *lot* of sense from a business standpoint; if you are someone that is hiring, if you restrict yourself to those who are currently employed, you can almost certainly be assured that the person you hire will bring much more income to the company than they cost in terms of wages and benefits.
Agent,
A whole lot of inhumane and anti-social practices make fantastic sense "from a business standpoint."
Illegal immigrant labor who you can abuse and pay less than minimum and keep in a shack on your tomato farm MAKES GREAT SENSE from "a business standpoint."
Low wage, no benefit part time employees make perfect sense "from a business standpoint."
Fascism makes great sense "from a business standpoint."
War is good, the more the better, "from a business standpoint."
Not hiring women is rational and logical "from a business standpoint" -- they're likely to need maternity leave, are calling out sick over the kids, etc. So just don't hire them, makes sense "from a business standpoint."
Polluting our environment with no care for human health or the future of the planet "makes sense from a business standpoint."
Adding plastic as a filler to rice makes sense from a profit-motivated business standpoint, they do this in China.
Agent, a lot of things would be more profitable and make more sense "from a business standpoint" but that doesn't make it right, doesn't mean it makes sense "from a society standpoint."
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