Posted on 06/06/2018 1:42:46 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
My guess is that those who had good jobs 10 years ago and have been unable to find work now are small percentage of a big workforce. But given the tightness of the employment market now, Companies would be smart to throwaway their HR guidelines.
There are many anecdotal reasons why good people cannot get a job. Many are just not good at selling themselves. They are too honest and dwell on what they can’t do rather than what they can do. They had romantic problems or alcohol or drug issues. Some are fat and ugly. The #1 employment discrimination is not based on race or sex or age... It is based on ugly .. what PC calls lookism. We want people working with us who look like they came straight out of Hollywood casting.
I tried to get my manager to hire a person for back office IT and the manager insisted that despite her admitted top notch IT skills, her ugly looks would be detrimental to the productivity of the others. We werenot talking some receptionist impression on customers. It was back office.
Sounds like excuses to me.
Exactly so.
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