This company must really suck. The Huffington Post has on their front page, a company who advertised a job which demands no one should apply if they actually need it! From Disturbing Job Ads:

In a current job posting on The People Place, a job recruiting website for the telecommunications, aerospace/defense and engineering industries, an anonymous electronics company in Angleton, Texas, advertises for a "Quality Engineer." Qualifications for the job are the usual: computer skills, oral and written communication skills, light to moderate lifting. But red print at the bottom of the ad says, "Client will not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason."

In a nearly identical job posting for the same position on the Benchmark Electronics website, the red print is missing. But a human resources representative for the company confirmed to HuffPost that the The People Place ad accurately reflects the company's recruitment policies.

"It's our preference that they currently be employed," he said. "We typically go after people that are happy where they are and then tell them about the opportunities here. We do get a lot of applications blindly from people who are currently unemployed -- with the economy being what it is, we've had a lot of people contact us that don't have the skill sets we want, so we try to minimize the amount of time we spent on that and try to rifle-shoot the folks we're interested in.

Magically with a 10% unemployment rate and a 17.5% underemployment rate in the United States, somehow the U.S. needs guest workers. The 65,000 H-1B cap was reached recently.

Isn't this calling the sales pitch that more education will solve your financial and employment woes.

Grad Sues College for $70,000 Because She Can't Find a Job:

The Monroe College grad wants the $70,000 she spent on tuition because she hasn't found gainful employment since earning her bachelor's degree in April, according to a suit filed in Bronx Supreme Court on July 24.

More Techies are getting pushed out of their career. According to the Wall Street Journal:

Since the start of the year, ProMatch has seen its ranks swell from 180 attendees to its maximum capacity of 225, says Connie Brock, who helps run the group. Of those, about 80% are from the tech industry, and a third are seeking to transition to nontech jobs, estimates Ms. Brock. An additional 450 people have signed up for the waiting list to use ProMatch's services since January, she adds.