Job applicants tell unemployed not to apply

• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-06-21 03:52
  This is retarded.
  
  You don't always lose your job or get laid off because you're incompetent. In fact, the higher you go in your education, the more chance you strike of being over-qualified for a job. This is a serious problem nowadays. Overqualification is really striking for many people who have completed their phd's, and preventing them from getting a proper job.
  
  Lay offs just happen, especially with this troublesome economy. Labor needs to be cut, so they cut it. Sure, a manager would probably try to cut the employees who don't do as well, but this is not always the case in terms of lay offs, and this has been stereotyped too far.
  
  Those who are unemployed need a job even more than those who aren't anyways.
  
  This requirement shouldn't even exist, let alone be considered a "positive" factor. Too bad even if we remove this rule, the hiring managers are still going to feel biased.
• Rime wrote on 2010-06-21 22:10
  Over-qualification usually implies a lack of company loyalty since overqualified job seekers usually seek lower level jobs to use as stepping stones. This is at least true in the eyes of employers; when employers look fill positions, they basically want someone who'd have nowhere else to go or prefer to go, i.e. someone who can do the job but would not have the opportunity to leave for another job.
  
  You've also got to look at how this recession is affecting job elasticity. Employers simply can't hire many people if their company isn't making enough money (this is especially true as for higher income jobs). If you look at it that way, it's reasonable how employers would want to play it safe and higher workers who will stick with the company. Regardless of how ugly the method, this is what they need to do to turn a profit.