Reply #5: Ciriteria for hiring doesn't help either [View All]

[freethought]

One thing I don't hear mentioned in MSM is some the twisted logic corporations use to justify NOT hiring someone.
First, the person most likely to be hired is someone who already has a job and is willing to leave their present one. Corps say they are looking for someone for the long term, but if someone is willing to leave their current occupation during a period of high unemployment chances are they will be the first to bolt when the economy turns around.

You could even be turned down even if you have been out of work a short time. If you have been unemployed for 60 days or more, forget it. Your resume will be sent to the proverbial circular file. I read this in a NYT article recently. A hiring manager was quoted that no one out of work for more than 60 days would be considered. But in practically in the same sentence the manager said that a great number of "really great" people had been let go. Not that they were lazy or poor performers, but because of purely economic reasons.

Age is another consideration. If you're over 50, or even in late forties, you may wonder if you will EVER work again.

If one was in a high-tech field like IT, the situation becomes even worse due to the rapid pace of change in that particular field. There one had better hope that if you get laid off, you find new work in a matter of days vs. a few weeks.

The reasoning as to why employers are not hiring this person or that is nearly totally twisted. One almost wonders if employers are trying to keep this so-called recovery weak and anemic.