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The Market Is “Banning the Box”: The Long-term unemployed finally going back to work.
City Journal ^
| 08/09/2018
| Aaron M. Renn
Posted on 08/09/2018 10:11:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:13:12 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
To: SeekAndFind
Anything that reduces an unhealthy fixation on the length of a CV is positive for economic dynamismLimitations on H-1B visas help as well. Makes older IT workers more attractive.
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:14:16 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: SeekAndFind
An unhealthy number of HR Managers were SJWs attracted to the profession to enforce their warped values on the private workforce. I used to work for such a dastardly place.
Now that HR Managers (or at least their assistants) actually have to read resumes again, the value of SJWs in this field will be diminished.
Another win with Trumpanomics!
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:17:17 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: SeekAndFind
Online job postings frequently include a long list of detailed requirements, with most applicants summarily rejected by algorithms or offshore résumé reviewers.
That process only rewards the George Costanzas of the world.
To: Vigilanteman
HR is where large organizations stash their Affirmative Action hires.
They are almost invariably younger, female, and the product of some Liberal brainwashing institution (i.e. college or university)
As a result they view being a SJW as their FIRST priority.
To: SeekAndFind; All
"A Kansas City Federal Reserve study found that the number of men in that key demographic not in the labor force increased from 4.6 million in 2006 to 7.1 million in 2016."
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:28:50 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:32:49 AM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
To: dirtboy
Kill the H1-B program, completely.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:45:29 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: SeekAndFind
Banning the box????
Oh this is awful. How will I hit it???
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:46:37 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The New York Times is a racist hate group. It is Propaganazism.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Online job postings frequently include a long list of detailed requirements, with most applicants summarily rejected by algorithms or offshore résumé reviewers. I actually saw an ad, once, that required -- for a computer developer position -- that you specify your experience with "Computer" and "Operating System".
I explained to the clueless offshore recruiter, that having these requirements would be similar to adding "Electricity", "Chair", and "Breathing".
She still didn't get it.
I hung up.
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:49:12 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The New York Times is a racist hate group. It is Propaganazism.)
To: Lazamataz
Honest American candidates (i.e. those unwilling to lie in their resumes) are at a distinct disadvantage versus the H1B holders who are willing to pimp their resumes to say absolutely ANYTHING to get past the screening algorithms.
To: SeekAndFind
"Online job postings frequently
include a long list of detailed requirements, with most applicants summarily rejected by algorithms or offshore résumé reviewers. Nearly two decades of a recessionary or anemic jobs economy allowed companies to become prima donnas of hiring,..."
The bolded part on of the "tricks" to demand more H1-b visas (where the Visa applicants puffed up resume coincidentally checked all the boxes).
To: Buckeye McFrog; Lazamataz
Honest American candidates (i.e. those unwilling to lie in their resumes) are at a distinct disadvantage versus the H1B holders who are willing to pimp their resumes to say absolutely ANYTHING to get past the screening algorithms. Here's how it really works:
1) Company needs a developer.
2) Company finds an H1B candidate who looks like he may be a good fit.
3) In order to comply with government regulations, company takes the H1B's resume, and constructs a job ad which only the selected H1B would fit, editing the H1B resume as necessary in order to make it the only one which would fit the want ad.
4) Company finds all US applicants "unqualified"
5) Company hires the H1B
The only solution is to cut back on H1Bs.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:07:48 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("It rubs the rainbow on it's skin or it gets the diversity again!")
To: Buckeye McFrog
“Honest American candidates (i.e. those unwilling to lie in their resumes) are at a distinct disadvantage versus the H1B holders who are willing to pimp their resumes to say absolutely ANYTHING to get past the screening algorithms.”
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This behavior is not limited to employment applications. Norski.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:09:00 AM PDT
by
Norski
To: SeekAndFind
I just had word that a former co=worker of mine has managed to find a job.
She has trouble walking, has to wear leg braces but was a very good worker. We were "downsized" at the same time and while I was able to get by with a series of temp jobs she was rejected. No one would come out and say it was because of the way she walked but there was no other real reason.
Finally after her unemployment ran out she went on disability because that was the only thing left and she had to eat.
She is so happy to be back to work.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:22:05 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
As much as offshores / H1B’s have infiltrated the American market, I still have ZERO problem landing a job.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:45:03 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The New York Times is a racist hate group. It is Propaganazism.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Not always young. Some of them are near the age and political inclinations of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. My advice to any guy with multiple job offers is to take the one from the place where the HR manager is the LEAST likely to be a SJW.
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posted on
08/09/2018 12:01:12 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Obama’s reign of terror certainly didn’t help, but big companies have been laying off older workers (older as in, in their fifties) for decades. It sucks. I have never considered myself a populist raging against the rich, but after the last 10 years, I have considered buying a pitchfork and a torch.
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posted on
08/09/2018 1:10:10 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(".... and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed." Acts 13:48)
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