Only the happily employed need apply

[Liberal_in_LA]

Disturbing Job Ads: 'The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered'

Still waiting for a response to the 300 resumés you sent out last month? Bad news: Some companies are ignoring all unemployed applicants.

In a current job posting on The People Place, a job recruiting website for the telecommunications, aerospace/defense and engineering industries, an anonymous electronics company in Angleton, Texas, advertises for a "Quality Engineer." Qualifications for the job are the usual: computer skills, oral and written communication skills, light to moderate lifting. But red print at the bottom of the ad says, "Client will not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason."

In a nearly identical job posting for the same position on the Benchmark Electronics website, the red print is missing. But a human resources representative for the company confirmed to HuffPost that the The People Place ad accurately reflects the company's recruitment policies.

"It's our preference that they currently be employed," he said. "We typically go after people that are happy where they are and then tell them about the opportunities here. We do get a lot of applications blindly from people who are currently unemployed -- with the economy being what it is, we've had a lot of people contact us that don't have the skill sets we want, so we try to minimize the amount of time we spent on that and try to rifle-shoot the folks we're interested in."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/disturbing-job-ads-the-un_n_600665.html

[Ozymanithrax]

1. That is the silliest subject line. Makes no sense. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. I'll fix

[Dawson Leery]

3. Before you ever support another corporate bailout, remember this ad.

[saras]

4. Business opportunity

<joke>
I will happily employ dozens of the unemployed for various things they've done over the past year or three. I don't pay much, but I keep good records.
</joke>

Email spammers, your time has come. There's a new business opportunity here.

[Occulus]

5. Companies that do this deserve to lose their license to do business n/t

[Dappleganger]

6. Then they should use headhunters who filter out applicants which aren't a good fit.

Instead of acting like complete assholes. BTW, quality engineers are a dime a dozen. Any decent one worth his or her salt will be using their own hiring agent.