RE: “You need a job but in order to find a job you must already have a job.”
No you don’t.
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OK, can you then explain to me what the meaning of words like “Those currently unemployed need not apply”?
If this does not mean “you must have a job to find a job” (regardless of the advertiser’s intention), then I don’t know what else it means.
“If this does not mean ‘you must have a job to find a job’ (regardless of the advertiser’s intention), then I don’t know what else it means.”
It means what you think it means. The point is that not all jobs have that requirement. Not very many of them at all have it, in fact, at least where I live.
Also, much like the conventional “1 to 3 years experience,” they don’t necessarily mean it. They are intended to drive applicants away, which doesn’t mean you can’t possibly get interviewed or get a job without fulfilling the requirement. Or maybe it does mean that, but not because the employers are closed minded.