Job ads are getting pretty blunt these days according to an article titled Hiring Bias Hurting Jobless in the Spokesman-Review.

What are they saying? Don’t bother sending a resume if you’re not bringing home a paycheck already.

The article goes on to state that the ads list current or recent employment as an eligibility requirement, a screen to narrow the pool of candidates in a rocky economy that often leads to dozens of applicants for a single job.

A random search of online job listings last year by the National Employment Law Project, a nonprofit advocacy group, found 150 ads nationwide that excluded applicants based on employment status. Most of them said “must be currently employed,” the group reported.

“It’s the same as excluding a particular religion or minority group — it’s wrong,” said California Assemblyman Michael Allen, a Democrat whose Assembly Bill 1450 hopes to end the practice.

College graduates, military personnel and women returning to the workforce are among groups of people affected by a blanket exclusion, Allen said.

Opponents say the bill is a one-size-fits-all solution, while an applicant’s recent employment can be critical in various high-tech jobs or other jobs requiring skill sets that change rapidly.

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