Unemployed Need Not Apply

I use to think the age of discrimination in all its many different forms has disappeared. But, it appears I am wrong. According to a article on Consumerism Commentary. Com many companies when hiring will turn away a perfectly good resume if they notice that the applicant does not currently have a job. I personally don’t understand the logic of that thought in a economy like this. I mean I can understand if it is a thriving economy and a person has not
worked.

But, in a recession such as this? Members of my own family have tried for many menial jobs such as retail and have tried for over a year to just get a job such as that. Maybe, the logic behind this thinking is a employed worker in a economy such as this the potential employer believes is somewhat valuable . Their job and work ethic is good as they can withstand being cut in such a poor economy. I don’t believe this fares well however, for recent college graduates such as myself however.


I was lucky that I could go to school while working but, not all students can do that. Many can only concentrate on their studies at one time. I think this article only further serves to highlight the bigger issue going on in hiring that it is a very personal thing that going on behind the process of hiring. No one knows when they are walking into a interview what particularly caught the prospect company’s eye.

Could it be the school ? Could it be the volunteer work? I think rather optimistically on my part that that is why it is so crucial to put volunteer work on one’s own resume if a person has one. You never know what ties or feelings the person has concerning the issue the applicant believes in. But, does putting volunteer work on a resume defeat the whole purpose of volunteering in itself –to be selfless?