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Old 11-19-2013, 05:43 PM
 
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An unemployable person that can be easily taught?

Or

An employable person (with no employment gaps) but who can't or won't learn anything new either because they think they know everything, or just won't get it?
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Old 11-19-2013, 05:47 PM
 
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I feel like a person who can't/won't learn is the definition of unemployable...
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Old 11-19-2013, 06:00 PM
 
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Uh. Not trainable is not employable. Incredibly easy to spot in the interview.
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Old 11-19-2013, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Vallejo
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The employable person. At least you can use them for simple tasks that don't require learning anything. The unemployable person is unemployable. They might be brilliant and learn quickly, but they have whatever other problem that makes them unemployable so it doesn't matter.
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Old 11-19-2013, 06:07 PM
 
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The employable person. At least you can use them for simple tasks that don't require learning anything. The unemployable person is unemployable. They might be brilliant and learn quickly, but they have whatever other problem that makes them unemployable so it doesn't matter.
How is this fair to someone who can be a better asset? Or you're saying that because it is also easier to employ less ambitious folks just to pay them less?
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Old 11-19-2013, 06:08 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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An unemployable person that can be easily taught?

Depends on why this person in unemployable.

Unreliable?
Dishonest?
Psychotic?
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Old 11-19-2013, 06:31 PM
 
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Depends on why this person in unemployable.

Unreliable?
Dishonest?
Psychotic?
Stay home mom for example! Why do you assume that all unemployable people are crazy?
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Old 11-19-2013, 06:33 PM
 
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Why would a stay at home mom be unemployable?
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Old 11-19-2013, 07:24 PM
 
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Why would a stay at home mom be unemployable?
It is my understanding that the employment gap is turning this kind of person into some unemployable idiot! Otherwise I don't understand why most have such a hard time returning to work or a decent job, or returning to the same field of work they left. They're definitely not "welcomed" back. Most companies don't have any places for someone to explain such employment gap. When they do, they are quite frowned upon and in a lot of cases they are assumed to be stayed home to watch tv hence loosing all valuable skills! (Even though scanners, Word, printers, Photoshop, etc didn't change much in recent history).
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Old 11-19-2013, 07:31 PM
 
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Your understanding is wrong, ergo your logic is flawed.

"Unemployable" is just that. People who have so many issues stacked against them that they refuse to try.

And for ****'s sake. It's "which is worse", and "losing"
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