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." In a nearly identical job posting for the same position on the Benchmark Electronics website, the red print is missing. But a human resources representative for the company confirmed to HuffPost that the The People Place ad accurately reflects the company's recruitment policies. "It's our preference that they currently be employed," he said. "We typically go after people that are happy where they are and then tell them about the opportunities here. We do get a lot of applications blindly from people who are currently unemployed -- with the economy being what it is, we've had a lot of people contact us that don't have the skill sets we want, so we try to minimize the amount of time we spent on that and try to rifle-shoot the folks we're interested in." There are about 5.5 people looking for work for every job available, according to the latest data from the Labor Department. Sony Ericsson, a global phone manufacturer that recently announced that it would be bringing 180 new jobs to the Buckhead, Ga. area, also recently posted an ad for a marketing position on The People Place. The add specified: "NO UNEMPLOYED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED AT ALL." When asked about the ad, a spokeswoman said, "This was a mistake, and once it was noticed it was removed." Ads asking the unemployed not to apply are easy to find. A Craigslist ad for assistant restaurant managers in Edgewater, N.J. specifies, "Must be currently employed." Another job posting for a tax manager at an unnamed "top 25 CPA firm" in New York City contains the same line in all caps. ---------------------------------------------------- Isn't this illegal? Wonder how many companies have this mindset.
Forgot to add the link http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/disturbing-job-ads-the-un_n_600665.html
Benchmark Electronics, Sony Ericsson Two companies I won't be giving any of my $$$$ to in the future.
That policy probably made a lot of sense when official unemployment was 4% and real unemployment was 8%. It's ridiculoulsy stupid when official unemployment is 10% and real unemployment is 18%.
Why would they expend the resources necessary to lure people away from jobs they're happy with when they can get a qualified candidate ready to start immediately for a fraction of the salary?
Maybe the mindset is that companies want candidates who have proven themselves to be competent enough to weather this economic downturn.
Interesting point. So if I was hired at a consulting company right out of undergrad back in August 2007, and am still with this company today, do you think I have a good chance now of transferring somewhere else for more money?
That would depend on your current salary. I notice the ads didnt specify current employment in a comparable position. That would leave the door open for someone who was laid off and subsequently took a job well beneath them. For instance, lets say there's a senior accountant position open with two candidates. Candidate A used to be a senior accountant at another company, was laid off, and has been working the past few months as a staff accountant while looking for something better. Candidate B used to be a senior accountant at another company, was laid off, and has not worked since his termination. Which candidate would you hire?
No big houses or new car every five years for me. Looks like night school and New Horizons till I'm 65.
Damn. I didn't read the thread title, just saw ToyCen. I was expecting pics of Atlantis being found or the conspiracy of the missing socks.
Analogies to it... This is like in dating with the "stink of death" element with singles. When a man already has a significant other even when he is married, he'll attract more women because he appears the QUALIFIED commodity who's proven the desired standard. When he's single, there's automatically SOMETHING wrong with him and a reason he doesnt have anybody. Probably a weirdo or child molester or something... This is like a baseball team saying we'll only ONLY fill a position through a TRADE with an active player. We will NOT sign an open free agent (jobless), inactive player (person with valid reason from workng, such as injury, stay at home dad, military leave, etc) or bring in someone from the farm system (college graduate).
This is so true. I remember when I had a job I would get all these email and calls from recruiters. When I lost my job (probably cause I told my boss I was going to school) I was pretty sure I wanted to go to school, but now its like hard to even get interviews. I know when I was in school I could get 3 a week.
Or the whole Tom Thibodeau head coach deal. Hes been in the league coaching for 20+ years, but hasn't received one head coaching offer(till now). There must be something wrong with him.
I can semi understand if somebody has been unemployed for a signicant amount of time. When I hear of somebody that has been unemployed for over a year it might be time to rethink your career path.....
