Hiring Manager/ What do you honestly think about the long term unemployed? (2013, employer)
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I'm sorry, but if this is the case then you should know the way you dress impacts the way you feel about yourself, which is projected in all that you do. And when you're unemployed, the best thing you can do for yourself is to maintain your normal habits - working out, showering, getting dressed for the day. While it's true that nobody will see you sitting on a couch in a robe while you search for work, it contributes to some very negative feelings people have about themselves during a vulnerable time.
You shouldn't be telling anyone that it doesn't matter. It does.
I hire for entry level positions. Anything over a year or two would give me red flags. As long as you have good past work experiences and education, and have been doing something productive/interesting over the past year of unemployment, I'll give you a shot.
I hire for entry level positions. Anything over a year or two would give me red flags. As long as you have good past work experiences and education, and have been doing something productive/interesting over the past year of unemployment, I'll give you a shot.
It would give you a red flag knowing that companies close down and layoff all the time?
As an unemployed person I am finding that the hardest time to be job hunting is while I am unemployed. I am told by my job counselor at the Outplacement firm that every week I am unemployed I become less marketable. It's a race to get hired. She told me it is better to accept a bad job and then keep looking for something better once I am working, than stay unemployed as the clock ticks.
I was told that while it is possible to get a good job after six months of unemployment, I will be swimming upstream. After a year of unemployment I am basically dead in the water, especially since I am over 55.
Put yourself in the shoes of a hiring manager. Why would he or she want to hire someone who is not being accepted by others? If others reject you, isn't that a sign to potential employers?
Or, are you more easygoing about the desirability of someone who has been unemployed for a long time?
If someone is unemployed for over two it should not raise any red flags because of the reasons below.
1. Unemployment is only 26 weeks effective 2014
2. There are lots of months that hiring is slow like July, August, September, November and December
3. Usually for someone to apply to a job someone has to be fired, promoted, or retired
So there will be unemployed over 2 years as we move forward because it's hard to find a job in 6 months.
Hello. Is anyone home? The poster that you quoted still said nothing about companies closing or layoffs. He or she said nothing of the sorts in that post.
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