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Employer Says She's Been Looking For A Year, Can't Find A Soul To Hire
AOL ^ | Aug 10, 2012 | Claire Gordon

Posted on 08/10/2012 12:48:46 PM PDT by Macoozie

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To: ladyjane

They’re looking for work, but definitely want—and probably need—a more social environment.


41 posted on 08/10/2012 2:52:51 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: cork

Someone I know in the industrial temp staffing business told me he had a client with a manufacturing plant in a small town about 90 miles from here. They were begging him to find them more help. Biggest problem has been that the failure rate on the drug test is 71%!


42 posted on 08/10/2012 2:55:25 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 9YearLurker

“Web based, industry focused, global platform. Connects plastics industry companies and their top tier professionals/owners globally”

This is the Companys discription. Haven’t looked them up. Sounds like some pie in the sky start up looking to get bought out as quickly as possible.

“You want a tip son? Plastics. That’s where the future is”

From “The Graduate”. Well, it’s close anyway


43 posted on 08/10/2012 2:57:21 PM PDT by saleman (!!!!)
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To: saleman

Ha ha—that’s what it sounds like!


44 posted on 08/10/2012 3:00:19 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: saleman

Yes, that’s the actual job listing. It is linked from the article.


45 posted on 08/10/2012 4:27:49 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: 9YearLurker

Maybe so - either way, the job description is mostly a load of crap. Entry level people don’t need two page resumes, and entry level jobs don’t need two page descriptions.

I read some job advice column a while back about mistakes people make on resumes and cover letters. One of them was that the candidate matched the requirements too closely. Huh? The hiring manger said “there’s nobody out there like that.”

Then why did you say that’s what you were looking for?


46 posted on 08/10/2012 4:33:12 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: Macoozie

Sounds like a sh*tjob. Walmart would be a better alternative than that job she can’t fill.


47 posted on 08/10/2012 4:53:11 PM PDT by AmericanSamurai
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To: PhatHead

I agree.


48 posted on 08/10/2012 4:54:33 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Gettin Betta

Did they all have cover letters?


49 posted on 08/10/2012 4:58:57 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Gettin Betta

I would have applied for it. I am in an IT tech job (contract) that doesn’t pay much more than that but it is a fairly good place. If I make my tour and assuming other things hold, a perm job pays a bit better.

If not, it isn’t bad for me as it stands now.


50 posted on 08/10/2012 5:28:00 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Gettin Betta

I would have applied for it. I am in an IT tech job (contract) that doesn’t pay much more than that but it is a fairly good place. If I make my tour and assuming other things hold, a perm job pays a bit better.

If not, it isn’t bad for me as it stands now.


51 posted on 08/10/2012 5:28:21 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Jonty30

Actually, one of them had a wife and child to take care of, which made his laziness even more baffling.


52 posted on 08/10/2012 8:39:28 PM PDT by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be purchased and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: 9YearLurker

I thought, too, the ad looked like it had been written by a drunken chicken. It was pretty pathetic as you implied.


53 posted on 08/11/2012 3:24:08 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: trailhkr1

100% commission is not a job—it is working for yourself. If they wanted to work for 100% commission they would have started their own company already. DUH!
I don’t think 100% commission should be legal.


54 posted on 08/12/2012 8:45:22 AM PDT by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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