companies discriminating against the unemployed

Did the article say why? Also, comparing this to Hitler is a bit extreme. Job seekers will apply to about 100 jobs before being offered a position. Count this as 99 of them. Bear in mind that employers are getting hundreds if not thousands of applicants per position. This is most likely just one thing among many that they look at. A little hint to job seekers, dont settle for just dropping off your application. Ask to speak to a manager then, keep calling to check on your app. This keeps your name on their minds and your application at the top of the pile.

I don't get it. Isn't unemployment one of the main reasons why people apply for a job? So why should you not consider unemployed people? Why would people who have a job apply to another job unless they are unhappy with their current job or just need to fit their job with whatever's happening in their life? Some people switch jobs, but lots don't, so if you are just going to consider employing employed people, then your choices would be very limited.

This was a Subject talked about just recently again around here, and in reality it is a little crazy. Because how can they discriminate like this when a lot of the people without jobs right now have been laid off somewhere, and most of them to no fault of their own except for downsizing or closing of a Business. In reality I know it is always easiest to get a job somewhere when you have something else and just trying to better yourself somewhere, but in this day and age and Economy that we live in, you would think they would take time to consider the other factors out there as well.

Hi, flpoolbum. I read this last week on Yahoo. How can they ever expect a person to have a job if they never give them a chance to work??? Of course they will always be unemployed because they can't find a job. I think that employees are going too overboard with this! They are depriving the unemployed a chance to live and the ability to be able to support themselves.

ya that's right companies discriminating against the unemployed. i recently read an article on yahoo from HeraldNet which states that many companies won't even consider an applicant if they are unemployed. this is outrageous. it should be illegal. many unemployed people are jobless because of the bad economic times.

What? So are they hiring those who are employed? That is pirating! These companies are crazy. How can they steal employees of other companies? I think there should be a law penalizing companies that discriminate the jobless. They are only making the economic crisis worst.

I've been a stay at home mom for awhile and I think that's part of the reason I cannot find a job. I haven't worked outside of the home for several years and I guess people think that I won't work. That's just not true. I just wanted time to be able to be at home with my kids while they were little. Now that they are older, I would like to be able to find a job...I am about 9 hours away from a degree but no one will even take that into consideration. It's frustrating. I mean just because I don't have verifiable experience in an office setting doesn't mean I couldn't do the job. (My degree is business related).

I agree that comparing this to Adolph Hitler is extreme. I've heard this same thing as well and it is the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard. It's unfortunate that the human resource departments of these companies don't read the same newspapers that the rest of us do. Most people that are unemployed are unemployed because of the horrific economic conditions and may I remind them that the reason for these economic problems is that financial institutions (which are for profit companies just like they are) propped up and tanked the real estate market by lending to people who did not qualify for loans to begin with. What makes me so angry about this situation is that people made money in the form of commissions by putting people into these bad loans and are making money in the form of commissions again by modifying loans for the same people that they got into these bad loans. A complete ethical and moral breakdown.

I think these things tend to a person for illegal ways of getting jobs and obviously this is not good at all either for company or for worker and at last for country. So here there is a need to make some rules for those companies to employ some unemployed person and fresher too so that there must be some kind of consistent growth.

While some companies may use this for a basis in which to narrow the field of applicants, I would have to say this is not the norm. I know when screening applicants for my department I will ask thier current employment status only so that I know how quickly they will be available for work if they are offered a position. The fact of the matter is that with the current economic situation there is no way possible to interview everyone that calls in about a job and we have to narrow the field by some criteria. Unfortuneately most people calling about the positions I have are unemployeed, so not all will be able to make it to the second round interviews.

So people are starting to see what I'm seeing. Think about the companies that decide to not give unemployment to their unemployed workers and who lie to keep from paying them benefits. That is happening to me and has happened to many others. There are a lot of Hitlers out there. Beware, this is no joke!