NEWS FLASH
Hundreds Of Employers Refuse To Consider Hiring The Long-Term Unemployed | America is suffering through a frustrating economic recovery in which the unemployment rate is 9.2 percent and the average period of unemployment is a record long nine months. Forty-four percent of the unemployed have been out of work for six months or more, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The New York Times today found one possible explanation for why it’s taking the jobless longer than ever before to find a new position: “A recent review of job vacancy postings on popular sites like Monster.com, CareerBuilder and Craigslist revealed hundreds that said employers would consider (or at least “strongly prefer”) only people currently employed or just recently laid off,” disqualifying millions from even applying.
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