Unemployed lawyers picked up very fast the stigma against them. Once they were knocked out of the job box it became unlikely they would never get back in. Head hunters wouldn't present them to law firms. And it was almost impossible to get to present themselves to anyone who had hiring power or even influence.
Now, research and experience show that practice of discriminating against the unemployed has gone mainstream. Help-wanted ads even explicitly state that only the employed should apply. Sooner than later that could become illegal.
In Congress, Representatives Rosa DeLauro [from here in Connecticut] and Hank Johnson [Georgia] had introduced the Fair Employment Act of 2011. An extension of the Civil Rights Act, it would prohibit discrimination against the jobless.
If that becomes law, employers would have to hire defensively, that is, demonstrating that they had reviewed the applications of all qualified applicants, employed or not employed. However, there are so many ways employers could justify not extending an offer to the unemployed. Applicants who are not hired and contend discrimination based on their joblessness could bring some interesting lawsuits. They would be test cases.
DeLauro has been ahead of the curve in leveraging technology to open government to constituents. One evening I picked up the phone here in New Haven and found myself in the midst of a DeLauro town meeting. I didn't hang up.
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