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Want Ad: Unemployed Need Not Apply (Sony)
WKMG ^ | 6/1/10

Posted on 06/03/2010 2:49:45 AM PDT by Daisyjane69

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Job hunters are facing a new trend: businesses asking recruitment companies to keep unemployed people out of their job pools.

Peter May, of Atlanta, said he was hoping Orlando-based recruiter "The People Place" would help him find a job with Sony Ericsson. The company is moving its headquarters to Buckhead, which is located outside Atlanta.

May said he was mortified when he read the message on the website. In all caps, and bold type, it said, "No unemployed candidates will be considered at all."

(Excerpt) Read more at clickorlando.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blametheunemployed; blamethevictim; boycottsony; dumpsony; economy; jobsearch; sonysucks; unemployed; whoneedssony
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To: TChris

Fair enough...my apologies for taking it personally, when unintended.

That said, it’s a good thing for people to know, who are looking for work. Perhaps volunteering, consulting, and additional school would be wise time investments (with respect to their resume situation). Maybe jobseekers hadn’t thought of those things before.

:)


41 posted on 06/03/2010 7:10:44 AM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Daisyjane69
Peter May, of Atlanta, said he was hoping Orlando-based recruiter "The People Place" would help him find a job with Sony Ericsson. The company is moving its headquarters to Buckhead, which is located outside Atlanta.

A couple of points. A recruiting company does not find people jobs. They find the most qualified candidate for their client company, for which the client company pays them a fee, usually between 25% to 35% of the starting annual salary.

Second, having just come from a conference on this, there are a lot of people looking for work, but not necessarily a lot of talent. Therefore employers are screening on any number of things, some of which may be unemployment, degree, what have you been doing since your last full-time gig, etc.

If somone applies to the company I work for, I don't mind that they may be unemployed, I do mind that they have sat on their ass for a year collecting unemployment and in that time did nothing to improve their skills. I'd rather take the unemployed person who went back to school to upgrade their skills.

42 posted on 06/03/2010 7:16:40 AM PDT by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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To: Daisyjane69
That said, it’s a good thing for people to know, who are looking for work. Perhaps volunteering, consulting, and additional school would be wise time investments (with respect to their resume situation). Maybe jobseekers hadn’t thought of those things before.

Good ideas.

Nobody should ever remain unemployed because they feel that available jobs are beneath them. I worked at a tire shop for about $8.00 an hour before I finally got into my chosen career field.

43 posted on 06/03/2010 7:21:14 AM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Yep, it’s the hard cold fact, it’s always easier to find a job when you already have one.


44 posted on 06/03/2010 7:24:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Reeses

Apologies, I should have been more clear.

I was referring to people who should know better, but have been derationated and reduced emotionally to the level of adolescents. Anyone who takes professional or college sports falls under this category—including the well-traveled and well-educated. When the hijinks of strangers playing children’s games become more important that paying attention to reality, there’s a problem.

Disclaimer: The idea of Americans being reduced to a nation of adolescents didn’t originate with me. It’s very easily observed, though.

Also, this sort of social control has been refined in Japan, where men are encouraged to act like infants. It’s the same thing.


45 posted on 06/03/2010 8:53:12 AM PDT by warchild9
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority

Yeah, that’s why I totally put a question mark at the end of that statement.

It’s probably true a lot though. But not in exceptional circumstances such as you cite


46 posted on 06/03/2010 8:53:59 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: Reeses

Sorry, that should have read “takes...sports...seriously.”

It’s lunch time. Seriously.


47 posted on 06/03/2010 8:56:18 AM PDT by warchild9
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To: codercpc
I may begin by throwing out all without a college degree...

I was a BOFH and then a SysAdmin at an institution of "higher learning" for 30-plus years. I'd be more likely to throw out the ones with a degree. But that's just my prejudice speaking.
48 posted on 06/03/2010 8:57:50 AM PDT by Peet (<- A.K.A. the Foundling)
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To: Daisyjane69
That is an immensely dumb position for a high-tech company to take, technology startups go out of business all the time for any number of reasons and put some incredible talent out on the street.

The best people I ever hired my entire career were some ex-Apple guys who lost their company after the venture capitalist was scared off by a patent troll shakedown scam. They had been out of work for about six months when I hired them.

The company I retired from fired some of our industries top talent as private equity schemers ran the company into the ground at terminal velocity. In those days head hunters were paying kickbacks to find out who had been fired and was therefore on the market.

49 posted on 06/04/2010 6:52:11 AM PDT by WalterSobchak2012
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To: TChris

Just because you have the right to do something doesn’t mean you have the right not to be criticized for it should other feel it is unreasonable or ridiculous.


50 posted on 06/04/2010 6:56:51 AM PDT by WalterSobchak2012
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To: WalterSobchak2012
Just because you have the right to do something doesn’t mean you have the right not to be criticized for it should other feel it is unreasonable or ridiculous.

Don't I have the right to sometimes find the criticism of others to be ridiculous? I believe I do.

And I do.

51 posted on 06/04/2010 9:30:52 AM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: Daisyjane69
I'll say it if no one else wants to:

HOW'S THAT HOPE AND CHANGE WORKIN' OUT FOR YA?

52 posted on 06/04/2010 9:38:57 AM PDT by denydenydeny ("Why should I feed pirates?"--Russian officer)
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To: CodeToad
We have the right to talk about, so STFU. If you don’t like it, don’t post here.

Yep, you do. And I have the right to criticize you too. :-)

54 posted on 06/04/2010 9:44:21 AM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: dennisw

the only thingy that sony has going for it at the moment is their ps3 and blu ray

other than that their tvs and stereo receivers suck


55 posted on 06/04/2010 9:45:45 AM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: CodeToad
Your juvenile demands people shut up about what companies do is nothing but some stupid libertarian view that people can do as they please without feedback of any kind. Well, we’re tired of idiots like you telling us to shut up and take it, so FO.

I didn't tell anyone to "shut up". I wrote: Get over it.

It sounds like you need that advice more than most.

What do you propose as an alternative to companies hiring who they want to hire? If you have a better, more conservative way, I'm sure we'd love to hear it.

57 posted on 06/04/2010 9:52:26 AM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: Daisyjane69

Disturbing Job Ads: ‘The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered’
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/disturbing-job-ads-the-un_n_600665.html


58 posted on 06/04/2010 12:31:34 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: sabe@q.com

that is debatable since they haven’t made a dime on either, their battles with Toshiba and Microsoft have badly bloodied them. The HD battle doesn’t look to have been worth winning and the best they can hope for is to battle Microsoft to a stalemate on the gaming side.


59 posted on 06/04/2010 12:45:36 PM PDT by WalterSobchak2012
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To: TChris

Certainly, but when that places you in the position of defending the ridiculous it reflects poorly. In this case it comes across as a knee-jerk “management is always right” missive rather than a thoughtful statement.


60 posted on 06/04/2010 12:56:14 PM PDT by WalterSobchak2012
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