Since this economic crisis, the whole job market has changed to employer driven as compared to employee driven before the crisis. As per some reports there are currently now six (6) people vying for one (1) and that job is being too selective. Employers are being swamped by resumes which are of higher quality and over qualified. That is employers have now more time to be selective and take their own sweet time to hire qualified (and sometimes overqualified) people, just because they can.
Although people are just happy to have a job, not withstanding the huge pay cuts and loss of seniority and ego, but nobody has gauged the hit to their morals once they have settled down in the job. It is really a shame but who can blame these employers. When the economy was overheating they were hard pressed to find employees who were too demanding and now the tables have turned. But now being too careful has given way to desperation on the part of the prospective employees and they have started to show signs of strains. Now the new thing is resumes are not enough but you have to prove yourself by completing specific tasks on time to prove your mettle (as per a report) before offering a job. According to me these are just delaying tactics just to find out who is the hiring material. Because unless you are in a job where job requirements changes daily, most of the jobs are just routine robotic once you settle down to do it.
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