http://unemploymentality.com/2009/07/jobless-edged-out-by-employed-jobseekers/ The definitive unemployment blog. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://unemploymentality.com/2009/07/jobless-edged-out-by-employed-jobseekers/comment-page-1/#comment-6885 Jackov Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:56:05 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3475#comment-6885 At the other end of the spectrum, temps now face tough standards. Even Data Entry TEMP jobs require 3 years experience. Such jobs can be learned in 1 week or less. At the other end of the spectrum, temps now face tough standards.
Even Data Entry TEMP jobs require 3 years experience. Such jobs can be learned in 1 week or less.

]]> http://unemploymentality.com/2009/07/jobless-edged-out-by-employed-jobseekers/comment-page-1/#comment-6850 Colleen M. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:56 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3475#comment-6850 Having worked in and as part of and supported HR departments for a few years now, I really have to object to the last lines here. HR departments often do not make hiring decisions, it's hiring managers. Often, HR departments don't even source candidates, recruiters do. And they do so at the request of hiring managers and to their specifications. The issue at hand is really the incompetent middle managers who don't want to hire talented unemployed people, and decide some arbitrary criteria for judging candidates. HR departments I've worked in are full of people who fight tooth and nail for the people who work at the company, and are often put in positions by senior management and others to do things they don't want to do. Having worked in and as part of and supported HR departments for a few years now, I really have to object to the last lines here. HR departments often do not make hiring decisions, it’s hiring managers. Often, HR departments don’t even source candidates, recruiters do. And they do so at the request of hiring managers and to their specifications. The issue at hand is really the incompetent middle managers who don’t want to hire talented unemployed people, and decide some arbitrary criteria for judging candidates.
HR departments I’ve worked in are full of people who fight tooth and nail for the people who work at the company, and are often put in positions by senior management and others to do things they don’t want to do.

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