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Originally Posted by sammyg2
I'm of the firm belief that if someone hasn't found a job after 99 weeks, they didn't want one very bad.
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Probably true. However, lots don't get hired because they are "overqualified." More don't get hired because they think that they can send out resumes perpetually and a door will open. Not.
Others are in the situation POP describes.
I read in a LA Times series that some unemployed folks have gone to a "job center" every day for over a year, submitted 100's of resumes and got 2 interviews, no job.
Kinda puts a meaning on "they didn't want one very bad" just because they didn't get one. We used to employ workers that could not figure out how to balance a check book and they probably did an OK performance. We used to employ folks that weren't all that good with their finances and they too probably did OK.
Those kinds don't get jobs nowadays. It may be that they never will if they're over 50. That's just another discrimination to heap on the pile. Pretty soon you're buried.