Anyone out of a job, and have had the following problem...., page 1

Originally posted by wylekat
Surprise! This thread doesn't concern me (tho I had a similar event happen recently). This is something I need to run past a few of you economy/ labor/ just plain experts:

A friend of mine applies for a job in his field. He is qualified, he does any job he gets well. He has applied for, and gone to interviews on several jobs- who reject him, and then actually change the ad in the newspaper. This basically negates his qualifications completely, and it is driving him nuts. One factor someone else pointed out was he's "over 40", which should NOT have any bearing on his ability to work. Now, this is happening in NC, land of 'right to work', and illegal employer crap that makes most people want to move out.

I want to bounce some theories as to why this is happening:

Are employers getting some sort of govt cash for 'putting' ads out to make it look for employment, and if someone IS qualified, the rules have to be changed, since 'employee somehow= no more govt gravy'?

Is there some sort of state corruption going on that is keeping the unemployment numbers artificially high, so the state gets $$?

Is it a business level fraud?

Or is this state so screwed up, that this is just SOP, and anyone with any sense and any money should just leave and find pastures not fertilized by the crap we have to be fed?

As a way to give a better idea- This is what happened to me:

I went to Burger King for a 'cash job'. Something to rake in some spending money for me. I first had to wander town to find a BK that actually had an application... It wasn't 'go apply online ( I tried, the one I wanted to work at wasn't listed)- It was a blank look and 'we dont have any. Try (another location)'. Oh- keep in mind the help wanted sign had been up for a month during most of this.

Anyways, I find an application online, print it out, fill it out, turn it in. I go back a few days later- I was told 'manager's on vacation. Come back in 2 weeks'. (meanwhile during these '2 weeks', the help wanted sign went away). I come back 2 weeks later- the person behind the counter then proceeds to tell me 'he's not here, he's in another city for a week. Call this # tonight.' I did this. I get 'Oh, he's not here. Call tomorrow'. I called the next day, 'oh, he's not in.' During this time, I did NOT mention my name, or was there any connection between me and my application. I had never been run around like this ever, and the entire ordeal was beyond what was needed, especially at some burger joint. What IS being hired- are dull eyed, slow, almost braindead people who are one step away from being on life support. Someone like me, intelligent, ect- are passed right out the door.

My g/f said she applied at a Mcdonalds- She was refused an application outright by the person behind the counter. she is also intelligent, able to multitask, ect.

Is this a normal procedure around the country, or only here in NC- a 'right to work' state that obviously needs it's labor laws burned to the ground and rebuilt by real, normal people? I am dying to know- because so far, work experiences so far sound like those scary stories people tell around a campfire at night.....

Thanks for telling us that your friend was applying for a professional job as an IT worker. What you just described is actually a tactic to get through a loop hole that the govt. has. You see for a place to hire a H1b visa professional (with lower pay) from overseas, they have to prove that there isn't any american workers that are able to or applied for the job. There's many techniques, like putting an ad for IT administrator in areas of the US that have very very low education levels and then saying we can't get anybody. And if somebody does apply they will nitpick their resume to the point that they find them incompatible for their organization. And what you described they will tighten the job advertisement in order to make it impossible to find an american worker who can qualify. There is a video on you tube that was taped in secret at a conference of Human Resource people where the law firm was telling them this and other ways to get around the American worker.

Your not seeing things and neither is your friend, they are trying to bring down American living standards to the third world. Believe me, parts of the US is already a third world.