On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:04:12 -0600 Jeffrey Fisher
<jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > [WS:] That may well be, but it would still require some proof,
> no?
>
>
> Google "easier to find a job when you have a job" and you'll find a
> million
> essays and whatnot assuring you that it's true, but none of them
> citing any
> data.
>
> Then there's this:
>
http://www.theworkbuzz.com/current-affairs/really-new-report-says-its-eas
ier-to-find-a-job-when-unemployed/
>
> The
>
research<http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?title=%27Easier%20to
%20find%20new%20job%20when%20unemployed%27&storyid=2018&type=news_feature
s>,
> conducted by London-based YellowCat Recruitment, found that:
>
> - Eighty-two percent of out-of-work job seekers reported having a
> recent
> job interview, compared to only 51 percent of employed job
> seekers.
> - Fifty-two percent of unemployed job seekers reported having
> one
> interview in the past month, compared to 32 percent of employed
> job seekers.
> - Thirty percent of unemployed job seekers reported having two or
> more
> interviews in the past month, compared to 19 percent of employed
> job
> seekers.
This study doesn't seem to control for the amount of time and degree of effort that unemployed versus employed job seekers put into job searching. Generally, the unemployed would seem to have morespare time to devote to job searching. Unless, this crucial variable is controlled for, I don't see how one can make a meaninguly comparison between the fruits of job search efforts by the employed versus those of the unemployed.
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> -
>
> AFAICT, the data does NOT tell us anything about actual hires, and
> whether
> more (or even a competitive number of) unemployed got hired than
> currently
> employed. It does suggest that the conventional wisdom may not be as
> wise as
> it appears to be, but it could easily be the case that those
> employed
> interviewees are the ones actually landing the jobs.
>
> Don't know.
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