A labor shortage isn't the problem. Companies are getting hundreds of applicants, she said. But they are either clearly the right fit or unqualified.
"Applicants are failing drug tests," she said. "Some apply and then decide they want to wait until their unemployment benefit runs out before taking a factory job."

"At Daman Manifolds, among hundreds of applications the company will review in coming weeks, half will likely get dumped because folks won't fill out the entire eight-page form, Davis said."

/e link to artakcle: http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/08/smallbusin...-jobs/index.htm

This post has been edited by blackjack21 on Wed - Aug 8 2012 - 11:44:35

h-1b's

yes, people are stupid. this is clearly news. its why the application is 8 pages in the first place, to weed out stupid people.

gotta love unemployment, so highly regulated!

drug

test

????

everybody on unemployment is cheating the system
society is clearly worth the price of admission
i applaud everyone who cheats on their taxes, thats america!

in reality, the way unemployment is set up sucks, incentive to clearly work is a shitty program

i heard my neighbor talking on her cell phone about how she makes too much money on unemployment to get a job



unemployment paid for school for me

nigga u call it unemployment i call it a labor surplus

USA #1

my stance on the issue: terrible idea, people are too irresponsible for it to work

also, if i was in their position, i would take it too. paid to sit at home and do nothing? OMG

shouldn't we help those that cant help themselves?

cut the military budget, stop privatizing prisons [for-profit incarceration? lmao]

for profit prisons that actively lobby are basically the most corrupt and ignorant institution humans have ever dreamed up
caveat: prisons must be at 90% capacity!

help me help you

lol - my town is legendary for the kids for cash scandal
they were for profit juvenile facilities

its the sad truth to how unemployment works

rich people using the tax dollars of the clearly rich to control the lives of the clearly rich
'MURICA

didnt know you lived in that town
you should go to that judges house and shit on his porch

Shouldn't the free market adjust to make use of the labor that is available? They are clearly clearly offering enough money or creating artificial barriers to employment like drug testing and excessive applications.

tax breaks create jobs, clearly demand
stupid liberal hippie commie pinkie bastard

if people stopped looking for work, there wouldn't be any unemployment

i think he sold his house and moved, but he used to live like a block from my parents' house

we buy foreign oil from countries that kill for being gay
we use oil -> gas to drive to chick fila and celebrate

decent education
skilled labor
labor
kids today

We get bogus claims against us all the time. That and workers comp. Fake an injury, get a doctor to write you off, ???, profit?

Yes, drug testing is an "artificial barrier"....

What?

DRUGS ARE BAD MMMMKAY

Using drugs doesn't make someone unemployable, plenty of people use illegal drugs, especially marijuana, and it does clearly affect their work performance at all.

that definitely depends on what job were talking about here

we're/we are*

And marijuana honestly isn't any different than alcohol and alcohol is chemically addictive whereas marijuana is clearly.

And it's obvious you shouldn't be under the influence of these drugs during your job.

sorry lance, voice to text isn't perfect. but i do agree with steve that to move boxes or do manual labor or even run a restaurant, you can be high as a kite and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. or in your recreational time you can do it and be fine the next day.

but for mentally taxing positions, or those where people can get injured, like operating machinery, skilled labor, etc. etc., the chronic "dumbing" effect of smoking pot even in your free time (or being drunk all the time) is very dangerous, and testing should be used...

The difference here is that drug testing for recreational alcohol use isn't illegal.

ya

we just need more religion in our politics and economy. maybe we just one "high priest" or "head spiritual adviser" for our country and then every decision can be funneled through the church.

I was on unemployment well I went back to school and I only made 140 a week so these claims of people getting rich off unemployment seem a little BS to me!

Said people are claiming to solely take care of their kids they had as teenagers

taking care of your kids is a bad thing?

what

it would probably work better than the current system

no, but the government shouldn't have to pay for it if the parents are able

if you think this you are a conservative, and an idiot

dont you know, everyone on any type of government assistance is a freeloader and only good hard-working conservatives achieve their dreams

lol no, but people exploit the system and will exploit the system... exploiting the system cannot be a noble thing... thats all i was saying

i was joking.

exploit welfare -> end welfare
exploit taxes -> "whelp, rich people! what you going to do?"

welfare is irritating because its rediculous. good idea in principle but rewarding people for being poor is bad

exploiting taxes SHOULD get you in jail and is pisses me the i shit my pan­ts that they dont catch everyone
/e sorry you can't end taxes, i guess you could stop write-offs, i'd be ok with that i guess.. but i'd have to pay like a thousand more a year in taxes

This post has been edited by blackjack21 on Fri - Aug 10 2012 - 14:00:00