Help wanted - jobless need not apply

This just pissed me off beyond belief!!!


http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110217/ts_yblog_thelookout/help-wanted-jobless-need-not-apply

I can't believe that companies actually adopt this as a screening technique. People were let go not because of poor job performance but mostly due to a bad economy. I think our governement needs to make this type of discrimination illegal and the EEOC needs to monitor this closely.

What we need at this point is a HUGE INCENTIVE to hire the unemployed that have been without work for 2 years or more. If the hiree is still with the company 1 year after being hired, then another incentive is awarded.

At some point and time, the Federal Government is going to have to help this portion of the displaced American society because no one else will.

Saw that article too Someone on the old forum found jobs ads that had said this This started about a year ago and they are just waking up to it

pugsrit wrote:I can't believe that companies actually adopt this as a screening technique. People were let go not because of poor job performance but mostly due to a bad economy. I think our governement needs to make this type of discrimination illegal and the EEOC needs to monitor this closely.

Hey Pugs
The eeoc is at least finally aware of the problem and recently had a meeting to discuss it. This was posted in another thread:
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/2-14-11a.cfm

This really is pissing me off......Just because your job was lost through no fault of your own.....you are being penialized.....I did not loose my job through a bad job performance.....I lost my job because the economy was bad and the company closed.....but now I am being penialized because I have been out of work for over 2 years......and there is a big gap in my employment because no one wants to give me a chance......just like a recruiter told me yesterday......don't call them they will call me if they have something that matches my background....really now.....guess they won't be calling me back again.....This is truly ridiculous.....that I have to edure such blatant discrimination......This should be illegal......

pugsrit wrote:I think our governement needs to make this type of discrimination illegal and the EEOC needs to monitor this closely.

The government doesn't know what the word 'illegal' means, unless there's something in it for them. Otherwise, they don't care.