Reply #10: Some people are unemployed because, well, they're unemployable. [View All]

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Some of what is in that article is accurate. I have a PI client who does, among other things, background checks on prospective employees for companies and they always scour social networking sites for information to include in their report. Believe me, there's a lot of stupid out there! Apparently, many people have forgotten the meaning of the word "dignity."

When I'm looking for people, the biggest obstacle is that the applicant is simply uneducated. When I receive a resume that contains grammatical or spelling errors, I stop reading it and throw it away.

If you want a laugh, try placing a help wanted ad on craigs list. Regardless of what you ask for, most of the responses you receive will be from people who haven't (or can't) read what you've put in your ad. They apparently send responses to everyone regardless of whether they're qualified or not. When I use craigs list, I always prominently state, in bold caps, to include some phrase or other definitive proof of the ad being read in the response. I even say this must be done to indicate that the respondent actually read the ad or else the response will not be considered. Nevertheless, fewer that 10% of the responses follow this simple direction, so they're summarily deleted.