Disturbing Job Ads: 'The Unemployed Will Not be Considered'

Still waiting for a response to the 300 resumés you sent out last month? Bad news: Some companies are ignoring all unemployed applicants.

In a current job posting on The People Place, a job recruiting website for the telecommunications, aerospace/defense and engineering industries, an anonymous electronics company in Angleton, Texas, advertises for a "Quality Engineer." Qualifications for the job are the usual: computer skills, oral and written communication skills, light to moderate lifting. But red print at the bottom of the ad says, "Client will not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/disturbing-job-ads-the-un_n_600665.html


So, companies are legally discriminating against people who do not presently have a job. And then people wonder why there are so many going unemployed for years at a time. It is no wonder with these types of hiring practices.

But, with the way the government counts unemployment, every time an already employed person relocates from one job to another, it counts as job growth while the unemployed are still left without the basic means to provide for themselves.

This is outrageous!

It should also be illegal!

Yeah man, sounds pretty rediculous... I guess it's who you talk to. I applied to 2 jobs and got one within a week. The only reason I got the job though was because I knew a guy who worked there..

That's fucked. All the more reason to self-employ.

First Time Growin said:

Still waiting for a response to the 300 resumés you sent out last month? Bad news: Some companies are ignoring all unemployed applicants.

In a current job posting on The People Place, a job recruiting website for the telecommunications, aerospace/defense and engineering industries, an anonymous electronics company in Angleton, Texas, advertises for a "Quality Engineer." Qualifications for the job are the usual: computer skills, oral and written communication skills, light to moderate lifting. But red print at the bottom of the ad says, "Client will not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/disturbing-job-ads-the-un_n_600665.html


So, companies are legally discriminating against people who do not presently have a job. And then people wonder why there are so many going unemployed for years at a time. It is no wonder with these types of hiring practices.

But, with the way the government counts unemployment, every time an already employed person relocates from one job to another, it counts as job growth while the unemployed are still left without the basic means to provide for themselves.

This is outrageous!

It should also be illegal!

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'Tis but one more reason the world is in the shitter. Black balling the unemployed regardless of reason has long been an unwritten policy with many HR managers. It's automatically assumed that you are a "problem employee" if you are unemployed. Many people I know lost their jobs as a result of the latest recession and most still haven't secured full time employment, if any employment at all. I think the main reason why employers are doing this is because they can have their pick of the litter. Many places are getting qualified or overqualified applicants for a bargain. The other reason is as obvious as the nose on my face..........there aren't many jobs to be had. Things probably will never be the same as a result of this latest collapse. It sucks but people will always find ways to get by, especially the motivated ones.

This just piss me off, now i know why when people get fired they start to shoot up the place
These people who get these ideas should be shot on sight

doesnt surprise me..... maybe this is why I'm having hell getting hired anywhere

Add to that that a lot of companies do credit checks on applicants. WTF!?! I am not applying for a loan, I am applying for a job to earn money to pay my bills. I don't want credit, a charge account, nothing other than a paying job.
Having bad credit does not mean someone won't work their ass off for you.
Only national security related type jobs should look into a persons finances to see if there is a risk of being bribed or blackmailed.

Companies are sick of people taking advantage of unemployment benefits. I personally know many people who have been unemployd for over a year and have not even tried to get a job. They only do it because they can get away with it. These businesses pay part of the unemployment benefits for these losers.

Sucks for those that have never been unemployed in their lives, but thanks to the economy are now out of work.

Balzac89 said:

Companies are sick of people taking advantage of unemployment benefits. I personally know many people who have been unemployd for over a year and have not even tried to get a job. They only do it because they can get away with it. These businesses pay part of the unemployment benefits for these losers.

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You work for company A. Company A goes bankrupt and shuts down, or moves to Mexico and shuts down in the US. Either way your now unemployed even though you were a perfect employee. But, being unemployed now labels you as a looser. You didn't want to be unemployed, but it happened...and not you can't get a job because you don't have a job. And what about the younger graduates who have never been employed yet because they were in college/school?

Dirty Harry said:

Add to that that a lot of companies do credit checks on applicants. WTF!?! I am not applying for a loan, I am applying for a job to earn money to pay my bills. I don't want credit, a charge account, nothing other than a paying job.
Having bad credit does not mean someone won't work their ass off for you.
Only national security related type jobs should look into a persons finances to see if there is a risk of being bribed or blackmailed.

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Yeah, this is another one of those things that really irks me too. Anybody making more than $10/hr. is probably going to get a background and a credit check. I understand the reason for a background check but the credit check is b.s. I was told by an h.r. manager that they do it because it shows responsibility or some shit. Almost all auto insurance companies run periodic credit checks on their policy holders. Same reason. They think you are a safer driver/more responsible if you have good credit.

Balzac89 said:

Companies are sick of people taking advantage of unemployment benefits. I personally know many people who have been unemployd for over a year and have not even tried to get a job. They only do it because they can get away with it. These businesses pay part of the unemployment benefits for these losers.

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I'm not really sure what this has to do with comanpies not wanting to hire unemployed people. If you can't get a job because you are unemployed then how the hell are you supposed to get off of unemployment? This seems like kind of a narrow view.

By getting any job at all?

damn.. this really is crazy.. i was just laid off from my job last year and was on unemployment for almost a year.. i have never collected ue in my life, but once this place laid me off, i figured, why not make these shitheads pay for getting rid of me.. i was a great employee, and yet, the got rid of me, screw them... i have heard of the credit check thing before, and i think that is crazy as hell too.. i may have bad credit cuz i don't have a job and can't pay my bills, which is why i'm here looking for a job to begin with.. jesh
.. but this crap about not hiring laid off people is just insane.. what is the world coming to..

Keep getting that Mailbox Money, while you wait patently on the sidelines for them to allow you back into their system, so they can use you some more, all you good little worker sheep. You'll never be free for a single day in your life.

For people like me, things like this are just another reason to work for yourself, and be completely free.

Balzac89 said:

By getting any job at all?

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Gee, why didn't I think of that? That would certainly solve the problem wouldn't it? There are a few problems with your logic though. First, those who are on unemployment aren't going to take a job making less than they are making on unemployment. In most states you aren't required to take a job that pays less than what you were making before you were laid off. Some jobs won't hire you if you are overqualified. Even mundane, minimum wage jobs often won't hire people who don't have experience in the field. You are grossly oversimplifying a problem which is very complicated for many. I'll use my situation as an example. I was laid off at the beginning of the recession. Not only was I the most highly trained and educated person in my department, I was topped out in pay. I hadn't been there all that long so I didn't have seniority and was laid off. Before that I was a firefighter and was injured on the job. I am partially disabled an unable to do many of the things I did prior to my injury. I receive a pension but it's not nearly enough to live on. I'm self employed because I had a valuable skill to fall back on. Not everybody is as fortunate as me. What about people who can't do certain jobs? How does it look to an employer when you've been an ad exec who was laid off, unemployed for an extended period and then takes a job at a fast food restaurant? These are the types of things that hurt job seekers. Your statement kinda tells me you don't have a lot of real world experience. Life isn't as simple as just getting "any job at all" my friend.

I saw that on the Huffington Post. It really sucks. I've been unemployed for over a year, sent out over 200 resumes and only got 3 emails confirming they had received them, but no openings. This country is on the skids. There's going to be millions of long term unemployed people. It's going to take years for the country to recover partially. The Democrats are freaking about the elections in November. I read that Pelosi isn't going to approve a tier 5 unemployment benefit extension. Wall Street brought the system down and no one has been held responsible. I can understand the frustration and anger people feel. I have a feeling that in November, people are going to take it out on their current politicians. My fear is people will elect extremists who hate government and want to destroy it.
To me this shows that corporations and government have melded. Good luck to all! *

You're just making excuses. I hear the same BS from the people ik who have been on unemployment for over a year. MY point is that just because you get paid more doing nothing, doesn't mean you should. People are nothing but a leeches if this is the only reason they don't settle for a lowering paying job.

Also gettin any job at all would fix the problem of being on unemployment. Just because you have an education doesn't put you above doing whatever you can to make money, including manual labor. And I'm not pointing you out personally, so don't take this at all personal.