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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:19 AM Original message |
The Help-Wanted Sign Comes With a Frustrating Asterisk |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Should be illegal. n/t |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. What should be illegal? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Maybe so, but how could you ever prove an employer was |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Not being able to turn those applicants away would be a start. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. well, an ad for one thing |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
152. how about producing the advert that says "must be employed"?? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Why is current employment status indicative of anything? n/t |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Putting on my hiring manager hat |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. wow all those people who lost jobs in the Great Depression were crummy employees. I didnt know nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Well, gee, no, that isn't really true |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. So employers suddenly decided 9 million people sucked at their jobs? All within a couple years? |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. to address some of the issues raised |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. so people laid off from Borders weren't the "best" |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
54. It had nothing to do with them. It had to do with the collapse of the Ponzi Scheme |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Yes, it's the old "a cowboy is just a cowboy" management thinking. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
170. Well Said |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
120. Thank you |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
172. That 'attack paychecks' quote is beginning to get around... |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
57. Layoffs in the oilfield services company I worked for in 1981 went in this |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
79. Thanks for sharing that. |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #79 |
117. Sexist and discriminatory |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #117 |
164. As another older feminist who remembers the bad ole days, ITA, |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #57 |
82. Thank you for sharing |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #82 |
99. I Got Chopped |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #82 |
124. The thinking on the unmarrieds was that they could back and live with mom and dad. |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
116. what criteria did they use? |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
130. You are sadly, terribly naive. I know federal employees who were chopped in the thousands |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
146. Where I work |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
150. When it's a mass layoff, there's no way in hell you can say that all 20,000 Christmas Eve victims |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. That's not what he said. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. True. However, it might be a sign that the person is an ass-kisser |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Trust me, if you are looking at losing your company, ass-kissers are expendable |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. I wish, but I've watched managers love and keep ass-kissers over good workers who refused to |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
102. Based on Observation |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #102 |
121. Another spot on post |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
149. The ass kissers get to keep their jobs |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
103. right |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Hopefully, people with your self-fulfilling destructive views will get |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
112. Why? |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. I noted self-satisfaction and smugness in that explanation. A number |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
131. My action as well. I can't believe this person is even a real DU member. But it happens. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. That should diminish as time goes on. Have you noticed that |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Not true. My husband took a voluntary layoff a couple of years ago |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
40. maybe that hat isn't such a good fit |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Lets see now |
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Roy Ellefson (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. huh? "Being laid off is a pretty good indicator of what your last employer thought of you" |
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onyourleft (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Is outsourcing jobs... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
58. Sometimes performance is a big bulls-eye |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
60. Um, I'm A Hiring Manager as well, But What You've Posted Is Not True |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #60 |
83. that depends |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #83 |
105. You Cannot Use Your Company's Corporate Culture Nor |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
111. I actually don't think blanket statements can be made. It really depends upon the company. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
64. That's the kind of arrogant assumption that drove me crazy when I was on hiring teams. |
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pauldg0 (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
74. How about... |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #74 |
122. I wanna work for you |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
80. My experience is that the best people leave first or get kicked out first |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #80 |
86. The only people who survived the shut down of a division of |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
84. Not true. And I am speaking from personal experience. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
88. Not True At All |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
93. That's exactly backwards from what keeps happening lately. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
98. Kinda sucks then to be the last one hired in a work |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
115. I lost my job because my company closed... |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
118. Take the hiring manager hat back off, that's the most uninformed comment I've read today n/t |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
119. false, that is actually a pretty shitty indicator |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
144. What I took from melm00se's remark was this: |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
153. Employers will typically keep people that will work for less $$$ |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
157. Maybe but certainly not always |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
159. bullshit. |
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oldbanjo (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
165. In todays economy that's not true |
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TexDevilDog (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Because as a manager, some of us know |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. BS... Companies want younger people who work cheap |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. it's more complex than that. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
92. "Companies want younger people who work cheap." Absolutely! |
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N7Shepard (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Assuming you're a competent manager - and many of the companies who get hit the |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
61. Spot on. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. You could try... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. they deserve it right? |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
154. Companies are looking for a balance of the most skilled at the cheapest wage |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
100. In some fields, a "stale" skillset can be a hindrance. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #100 |
113. Thank you. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #100 |
134. I know it is in the academy (forget an academic position if one has been out of the field for more |
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border_town (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. While they are at it |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. actually no |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You are being silly... |
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border_town (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. No kidding |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. what a damned disgusting attitude... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
56. Because it's an irrational bias in times of high unemployment. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
129. And classic "it can never happen to me" rationalization in response to a threat. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. Absolutely agree. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
87. Deleted message |
demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
151. Because its not in the best interest of he country |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
167. Because it has absolutely no bearing on their ability to do the job |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. In NJ, it is. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
97. Discriminating against women and minorities isn't legal but it HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. This sucks. Thanks for posting--rec'd. nt |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
160. Not really. Either way, the net effect of each job opening is still one new job available. |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think you picked a very |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I beg to differ |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Do we even know |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
89. Deleted message |
keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. "many had hoped employers would be more forgiving." - wtf?!?!?! |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
123. No the sense of the word is |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #123 |
158. Not quite. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
132. American Puritanical impulses again -- judging the unemployed |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. Why do employers want people who are currently employed? |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. see #13 |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Thanks! nt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. is this what you do? |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
91. So, a mass lay off |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Why do a lot more women hit on me now that I am wearing a wedding ring? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Aaaaaaaaaaah. You just explained it perfectly. And is that true? Do women hit on you more when |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
138. It's absolutely true |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Or my #29 |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Very true, but why not ask for 'experienced' rather than working? |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Without knowing what job was posted |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
94. Some who have been out of work during that time |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Um.. yes, I'm the bottom of the heap |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Yep. The motto now is "Thank you sir - may I have another"? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
65. I didn't used to |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. Thanks for posting this |
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Darkooze (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I think its crap to say ONLY the underachievers get fired. |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. Yep Its total bullshit |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
69. I think that happens a lot. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
81. Welcome to DU. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
135. I agree. It sounds like teabagger moralizing about how the "good" workers will keep their jobs |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
51. I've got an idea. The unemployed write a "Model JOBS BILL" Only those being hired who have been |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
67. +1000 |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
52. we need an Employer Hall of Shame |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. I like the way you think |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
72. So this would be a list of places... |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Oh no...places the PUBLIC should avoid... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Exactly |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
55. It has always been the case, they're just being more blatant now. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
68. I am a Hiring Manager in an IT Department, and I Don't Care about Gaps on a Resume |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Sadly Yavin4, |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. You're one of the good ones Y4. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I Just Want Highly Competent People |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #73 |
95. Deleted message |
SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
75. Long haired hippy freaks... |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
76. competition and balance of power |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
78. I have seen both sides of this |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
90. The ad spells "preferred" wrong. |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
96. I have read horror stories, dunno if or how many were really true.. |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. I was a witness to something like this |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #96 |
108. I know someone it happened to. |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
104. Because of this i have been a FAKE employer |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
106. All of the job sites out there have 'report' buttons, we might want to start clicking them |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
107. NewsFlash: There Are Companies that Want High Turnover |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
109. For Some on this Thread: Please Do Not Fool Yourself about Retaining "The Best Employees" |
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Roy Ellefson (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. no loyalty |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. I just noticed your sig line |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #109 |
128. Exactly. It's actually very sad that ANYONE believes the myth of company loyalty. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
125. I was just going to post this story: "Job listings say the unemployed need not apply" |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
127. I HATE that companies are this stupid ...BUT |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
137. K & R |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
139. There's a cure for this |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Are you fucking kidding me? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Well, it should be the President and the Democratic reps in Congress |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #143 |
171. Oh and Bonerhead has created how many jobs now, as was his promise? ZERO! That's how many! ZERO! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
140. I say fuck 'em, let 'em do it themselves. |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
142. Some brave attorney should file a class action suit against any |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
145. It's a shortcut. |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
147. The stupid part about this |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
148. It serves a purpose... |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
155. It promotes crime. (NT) |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
156. And this is why the gov has to step up and create jobs |
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Revlon10 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
161. We all need to find our way out of this rat race. |
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Revlon10 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #161 |
163. The are full of Issh |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #161 |
169. +1 |
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PhoenixAbove (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
162. K&R |
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border_town (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
166. I guess I am screwed |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
168. A business name, a few business cards, and a telephone # and you're self-employed nt |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #168 |
173. heh heh... |
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