I've been running into ads which state boldly, "Unemployed need not apply."
I believe HR departments have gone off the deep end. Gone are the days of personnel working 20 years for a company, due to their practice of constantly laying off "overpaid" people and hiring a 20 year old to do the job for half the cost. I WAS the younger one brought in, I discovered the older manager they ran off was making 65% more than me ($40k/yr more) with less duties attached to the position. I ended up getting laid off 2 years later, and the person they had doing my position (with even MORE duties) was offered $10k/yr less.
Now they are turning around and have the belief that if you were a good employee you wouldn't have gotten laid off, that you'd be one that the company retains. Unfortunately that logic has worked for the last 15 years when unemployment was 3%... with it officially 10% (and actually 15%-ish) it just doesn't hold weight.
I've been unemployed for 7 months now and I'm having trouble even finding a cashiers job.
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