Actually, per the HIPPA laws of 1996, if you find out that your employer has medical information on you that you did not sign a Release of Information (ROI), that allowed that medical information to be given to your employer, then you can file suit against them. HIPAA fines can be quite costly to employers.
I understand what you meant, even here it is like that. If you tell some people you are unemployed, they assume that you are worthless or just siphoning off of the system and the politicians in their little ivory towers have no clue about how being unemployed affects an individuals life.
That would be nice, even a form letter saying "thanks but no thanks" would be helpful but companies are not required to send out letters or tell you why you were not considered for the position.
With so many unemployed and looking for work right now, more and more companies are becoming more selective over who they will hire and who they will not. There are some interesting "codes" that they use to determine who will best fit into their company, just being unemployed is a big red flag for some individuals, as companies are not willing to hire someone who has is currently unemployed, figuring they are hiring a "risk" no matter the individual's reason(s) for being unemployed. They are also lowering pay scale, degree requirements and length of employment in a field, so that they can get the most work out of a person for the least amount of pay.
I agree it is bogus to higher at the lower end of the pay scale in order to keep the sheeples herded...but it's what I hear and see every day.
Would love to work for myself but the means just aren't there at the moment. I do work with my sister on her magazine and social community that she owns and operates (she helps reunite adoptees and their birth families) but obviously this is not something one does for the money nor the prestige.
Unemployment is not for people too scared to change. I am in school currently (another debt burden) to get a degree in the field I enjoy and still searching for work. Almost two years Alberta and I have the folders, files and rejections letters for everything I have applied for.
I've been out of work for almost two years now. I'm in the "catch-22" arena. It seems that I am over qualified for what I do (Executive Administrative Assistant) and most places won't hire me because they feel I would be "bored," "leave for a better position," or my favorite "Not enough pay to keep me."
Of course, when you are broke and on your last extension for unemployment (and in school), any job would make you happy, just so you could eat and pay the bills a bit....
Must be those in the bigger cities then; I've not seen it in the smaller cities or the areas I've been in here. I have seen some forced out of their homes by court orders and the police, not a pretty site to see during an afternoon outing.
While that could work, which banks and which credit unions? So many are still going under or being bought by other banks, how do they know that they will still have money? Renting does not always mean that they will be able to save money.
My daily life SUCKS!!! And yet, I still try to be upbeat and happy...although I do recognize I am entering my depression mode, staying up late, napping in the afternoons....blah!
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RE: Do You Think Background Checks And Drug Test Are Fair For Employment?
Actually, per the HIPPA laws of 1996, if you find out that your employer has medical information on you that you did not sign a Release of Information (ROI), that allowed that medical information to be given to your employer, then you can file suit against them. HIPAA fines can be quite costly to employers.