Still waiting on a response to the HUNDREDS of resumes that you have sent out to employers??? This could be one possible reason for not receiving a response.
Yesterday I ran across an article that I just could not quite wrap my head around-- Disturbing Job Ads: 'The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered'. As someone who works with MANY amazing/qualified people who lost their previous job through no fault of their own, I find the practice beyond absurd. How will we ever turn things around if this is indeed a wide spread practice?
I am not alone in my feelings. Judy Conti, a federal advocacy coordinator for the National Employment Law Project is quoted in the article saying the following. "A company's choice to ignore unemployed applicants and recycle the current workforce ignores the effect of the recession on millions of highly-qualified workers and could prolong the unemployment crisis".
Yesterday I ran across an article that I just could not quite wrap my head around-- Disturbing Job Ads: 'The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered'. As someone who works with MANY amazing/qualified people who lost their previous job through no fault of their own, I find the practice beyond absurd. How will we ever turn things around if this is indeed a wide spread practice?
I am not alone in my feelings. Judy Conti, a federal advocacy coordinator for the National Employment Law Project is quoted in the article saying the following. "A company's choice to ignore unemployed applicants and recycle the current workforce ignores the effect of the recession on millions of highly-qualified workers and could prolong the unemployment crisis".
Please take the time to read this article. Tell me what your reaction is, tell me how it made you feel.
"... 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."
ReplyDelete"Rifle-shoot" the folks they are interested in?! Great terminology there. Is that the method lazy head-hunters prefer? Personally, I wouldn't work for a company like this. To be so callous and unforgiving makes an applicant, even one that is currently employed, question the organization's human element (or the lack thereof). If this is the brash "take 'em or leave 'em" attitude projected before an applicant is considered, just imagine what their HR department must be like once they are hired on.
When a company's image is marred by their own hiring practices, they are essentially shooting themselves in the foot. An employed candidate with a secure job will be difficult to woo, especially in an economic downturn. Which might explain why this rifle-toting, gun-slinging company has resorted to advertising. They've missed their mark. By a long shot.