Unemployed Face Job Discrimination

American Voices • Economy • ISSUE 46•26 • Jun 29, 2010

More and more companies are requiring job applicants to already have a job. What do you think?

“Makes sense to me. At my all-you-can-eat restaurant, we require you to show up full."”
Colin Wierzbowski –
Restaurateur
“As the head of a company myself, yes, I'd prefer that applicants already have jobs. Either that, or no work experience, an Ivy League diploma, and an entitled, overly confident attitude."”
Wendy Van Leuwen –
CEO
“And here I thought the trouble was me being a disabled, sixty-year-old black man."”
Rufus Lydecker –
Unemployed

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