| damkira said: Oh come on. That article is nearly a year old and is based on just a few job postings.. to call this a trend is a bit of overstatement, no? |
A law is in the works against this practice:
http://www.app.com/article/20110321/NJBIZ/103210324/Approved-bill-says-businesses-can-t-exclude-unemployed-want-ads
And yes, it isn't just myself saying it is a trend:
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/02/no-unemployed-need-apply
There's a growing trend of employers refusing to consider the unemployed for job openings, according to a number of people who testified before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday. They say that employers are barring the unemployed from job openings, which is particularly unfair to older workers and African Americans because more of them are unemployed.
And Google more:
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1TSNACENUS369&=&q=no hiring unemployed&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
