Very Interesting Note on Hiring. Jobs.

[OHdem10]

Over the last month, I have picked up this bit
of information regarding hiring. Somewhat confusing??

This morning C. Romans, Business reporter CNN, was
giving "pointers" on the New Year and Job potentials.

She says if you have lost a job, been laid off, in the
last SIS MONTHS, you have a strong possiblity of finding
a job very soon. However, if you have been out of work
more than 6 months your chances grow very dim. The longer
you are laid off the worse your chances of finding work.

This means the unemployment rate remains oover 9% for 2011.

This is the third time I have heard this story from various
business reporters.

If only the people who already have jobs are being hired,
is it time for a different approach to this unemployment
situaion???

Oh, they never explain why this is the practice. I am
left to assume this is the new American Economy. The
Companies have adjusted their employment rolls and
one part is humming nicely. What about those left behind.
I am open to any other explanation.

[elleng]

1. 'Reporter' has to say SOMETHING!

:shrug:

[Cid_B]

2. Whats not to get?

Not sure what is open to interpretation....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. Indeed, it's very clear a "culling of the herd" is going on.

The Untermenschen must be purged from the Herrenvolk.

[riderinthestorm]

3. The explanation I've heard is that those still employed are the most "desirable"

and the last to be let go. So other employers only want THOSE people instead of the ones who were let go earliest (in other words, least desirable).

Pretty fucked up rationale since it doesn't take into account WHY many people were let go (economy tanked that particular industry like the car industry, or that the company moved operations overseas wholesale and the position was outsourced etc.).

[Mulhane]

4. Poorhouse or Prison?

If you're a Boomer, it is all very clear...too young to retire but too old to start over. Retraining is out of the question for most. Now the youth culture is working against us. I expect most unwealthy Boomers will end up in the prison industrial complex...that's where more and more social ills are dumped in the Land of the Free.

[handmade34]

5. time to start our own businesses

co-operatives, companies, ventures, etc...

[Hello_Kitty]

8. That's what I did. eom

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Nothing new here-- employers have always been reluctant to hire...

anyone out of work for too long or with resume holes. The trick now is that there are so many qualified people chasing jobs that they can immediately eliminate anyone out of work for a year and still have more candidates than they need.

Curiously, most employers hire to get work done, not to reduce the unemployment numbers. Someone out of work for a long time, with too many job changes, or holes in the resume where "consulting" was done may have been out of work for a reason and there's no reason to take a chance on dead wood when there are so many others. Such people have also been out of the loop for a while and likely need additional training, or have perhaps picked up some very bad habits while unemployed. Alas, it's true-- some people are just lousy employees and employers don't like hiring them.

Now, many people out of work for a long time are perfectly good workers and do deserve that job, but the point then is to sell yourself and convince the hiring bots that you are the right person. It's not impossible, but it is harder and one does have to learn how to do that sell.

[Hello_Kitty]

7. I'll probably never be hired full time again. All I've had are temporary contracts lately.

I actually enjoy the work I've been doing but it's much less money than I'd been used to.

[Statistical]

9. Employers will often pick current skills over unemployed.

Normally it is less of a problem when number of long term unemployed are low and labor market is stronger.

Now it just is supply & demand. Say there is a position that has 100 applicants. They can eliminate the 60 long term unemployed and still have 40 applicants. Then HR will still need to narrow that down to a half dozen to dozen for an interview.

With so much supply competing for the small amount of jobs there really is no reason for a company to not do that. It sucks but until the number of applicants per job is less it is unlikely to change.