New Trend in US Job Market - "Unemployed Need Not Apply"

[Chris_]

http://www.clickorlando.com/jobs/23752759/detail.html

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Job hunters are facing a new trend: businesses asking recruitment companies to keep unemployed people out of their job pools.

Peter May, of Atlanta, said he was hoping Orlando-based recruiter "The People Place" would help him find a job with Sony Ericsson. The company is moving its headquarters to Buckhead, which is located outside Atlanta.

May said he was mortified when he read the message on the website. In all caps, and bold type, it said, "No unemployed candidates will be considered at all."   

"To just totally leave those people out of the mix, it's stupefying. I just can't understand it at all. ...To be honest with you, it kind of angered me. You know, I'm a good enough guy," May said on Monday.

Sony Ericcson is supposed to bring 180 jobs to Buckhead, and was lured there with the prospect of a $4 million in state tax credits. But May said if the company is refusing to hire the unemployed, that deal should be rescinded.

During a phone conversation with Atlanta station WXIA, Howard Lawson, of "The People Place," refused to discuss the Sony Ericsson listing specifically, but he did say that he has seen a trend of employers looking to hire employed applicants.

Recruitment experts say many companies are opting out of so-called passive job seekers for a number of reasons. First, it could take longer to get them up to speed in professions that require constant training. They also say people who have not been laid off are believed to be the best in the fields, therefore more valuable.

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[JustMe]

Seriously? WTF? They'd rather give the job to someone who is willing to leave another job for them..... but won't hire someone who is jobless and needs one?

[JohnnyReb]

Seriously? WTF? They'd rather give the job to someone who is willing to leave another job for them..... but won't hire someone who is jobless and needs one?

If they've been riding the unemployment horse for a couple of years, it might say something about them and a willingness to "not" work.

[JustMe]

If they've been riding the unemployment horse for a couple of years, it might say something about them and a willingness to "not" work.

Naturally, it would. However, the recently unemployed are not allowed to apply.

[rich_t]

If they've been riding the unemployment horse for a couple of years, it might say something about them and a willingness to "not" work.

You might be surprised at how hard it is to get a job in certain fields in various parts of the country.

Just because a person has been unemployed for several months or even a year, doesn't automatically mean they are intentionally riding the unemployment horse.

[Chris_]

You might be surprised at how hard it is to get a job in certain fields in various parts of the country.

Just because a person has been unemployed for several months or even a year, doesn't automatically mean they are intentionally riding the unemployment horse.

I think that the overriding logic behind this phenomena is that employers will lay off their "weakest" employees first, and do anything that they can to keep the really good ones......it therefore follows, that if you wish to hire someone that is "good", you are likely not going to find them in the unemployment line.....

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[rich_t]

I think that the overriding logic behind this phenomena is that employers will lay off their "weakest" employees first, and do anything that they can to keep the really good ones......it therefore follows, that if you wish to hire someone that is "good", you are likely not going to find them in the unemployment line.....

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In my case they let go of a lot of employees that had a lot of senority with the most paid vacation and typically on the higher end of the pay scale.  It was a purely cost cutting measure overall.

[Hawkgirl]

This is nothing new...the old saying, it's easier to land a job when you have a job is usually true. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

Like all 'Zero tolerance' policies of any sort, it leads to some totally-F'd-up unintended consequences.

[rich_t]

Like all 'Zero tolerance' policies of any sort, it leads to some totally-F'd-up unintended consequences.

Yup.....

[Revolution]

If they've been riding the unemployment horse for a couple of years, it might say something about them and a willingness to "not" work.

Untrue Johnny. I've been on the damn thing for a year...year and a half, and it's not for a lack of trying to find work. Who's going to hire a visually impaired person (which limits jobs I can do greatly) when the economy is in the crapper?

[The Village Idiot]

Untrue Johnny. I've been on the damn thing for a year...year and a half, and it's not for a lack of trying to find work. Who's going to hire a visually impaired person (which limits jobs I can do greatly) when the economy is in the crapper?

Good question! Obama policies are just making it worse.

Year and a half? Did you write that novel? heh

[Revolution]

Good question! Obama policies are just making it worse.

Year and a half? Did you write that novel? heh

Lol. Better question, how the hell does anyone expect me to travel to find work? (which I have been nagged about off and on for a while.) I'm not legally allowed to drive because of vision. (Not having a vehicle also cuts down on the dating pool, actually.  )

[The Village Idiot]

I'm not legally allowed to drive because of vision. (Not having a vehicle also cuts down on the dating pool, actually.  )

Tell me about it. The vision thang and the dating thang... alhough in my case its because of just having lint in my pockets.

[formerlurker]

In my case they let go of a lot of employees that had a lot of senority with the most paid vacation and typically on the higher end of the pay scale.  It was a purely cost cutting measure overall.

I agree -- that is the case in a lot of major companies (no matter what the field is).   Highest paid goes to be replaced with lower paid entry-level (younger) workers.   

[Revolution]

Tell me about it. The vision thang and the dating thang... alhough in my case its because of just having lint in my pockets.

Trust me...I can relate to that too.