"Out of Work? Your Resume Is No Good Here"

[DBoon]

Through a series of simple experiments, researchers from UCLA and the State University of New York-Stony Brook found that out-of-work Americans face discrimination that is unrelated to their skills sets or to the conditions of departure from their previous jobs.

"We were surprised to find that, all things being equal, unemployed applicants were viewed as less competent, warm and hireable than employed individuals," said lead researcher Geoffrey Ho, a doctoral student in human resources and organizational behavior at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. "We were also surprised to see how little the terms of departure mattered. Job candidates who said they voluntarily left a position faced the same stigma as job candidates who said they had been laid off or terminated."

The findings will be presented at an April 10 conference on unemployment at UCLA.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110401121446.htm

[Hotler]

1. k&r n/t

[treestar]

2. Have these people heard of the recession?

Maybe some get so buried in their jobs they don't even have time for the news? :crazy: :wtf: :argh:

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Seems to me like it's idiocy at its worst.

Assuming an applicant left his/her prior employment on good terms and with a good recommendation, I'd expect as a newly hired, that applicant would be ready to overachieve on Day One. Especially after being out of work for a period of time.