Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Jobs on the internet job boards

According to new estimates, there are 3 million new jobs vacant; I assume this also includes jobs posted on internet job boards, which is the topic of my discussion. I usually send my resumes through the internet, but I rarely get a response from the actual company, just the job board that your resume has been sent. And I see so many new jobs opening but the rate of joblessness is not coming as fast as the jobs are being posted or filled. If three millions jobs are out there, then the jobless rate should go down considerably but it does not. My point here is that all these job postings require so much experience and specific skills that even if millions more jobs are posted, they will rarely be filled.

Now in this fast paced environment, no company has the time to teach new skills to their new hires, they want a ready made person, so he or she can get down to work right away, it is like a parent may want to have a ready made graduate child so they do not have to spend time to raise them. It is really ridiculous because in the unemployment lines are people who are skilled but they are not “young” or they don’t have the right skill set, so what should we do with them. Since the employers are in the drivers seat and can pick and choose, so unemployment will remain high and most of the people with experience not relevant to the requirements will remain unemployed or will try to find any job wasting their own experience and reducing the growth and productivity of the U.S.

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