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tridim

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18. There's nothing wrong with that.

Reply to surrealAmerican (Reply #14)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:22 PM

Jan 2012

But that's apparently not the reason I was disqualified.

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Blue collar job discrimination. Is this common? [View all] tridim Jan 2012 OP

I have a friend who used to hire people for restraunt jobs. ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #1

I've been told that dozens of times by potential employers. tridim Jan 2012 #2

Can you honestly say that you would stay at the survey job kelly1mm Jan 2012 #4

Absolutely, it's a good paying job with great benefits. tridim Jan 2012 #6

Agreed alcibiades_mystery Jan 2012 #16

The biggest discrimination I've run into is being "over-qualified". HopeHoops Jan 2012 #3

There are costs and hassles with hiring employees and having employees leave. kelly1mm Jan 2012 #5

I can walk into pretty much any job and do it within a few hours. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #9

Sometimes companies don't want to hire people "too smart" for the job... TheWraith Jan 2012 #7

Precisely. It's discrimination. tridim Jan 2012 #8

The third is that the boss is worried about their own job. xmas74 Jan 2012 #11

I have been laid off many times from a job in a steel mill represented by doc03 Jan 2012 #10

Many want a malleable starter. Not some we did it this way. WingDinger Jan 2012 #12

Again, textbook discrimination. tridim Jan 2012 #13

Even when a job is listed as requiring "no experience" ... surrealAmerican Jan 2012 #14

There's nothing wrong with that. tridim Jan 2012 #18

Having a set of criteria for what makes a successful worker alcibiades_mystery Jan 2012 #15

He hired my brother, who had no "outdoor" experience short of being a caddy one summer. tridim Jan 2012 #17

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