ext_306469 ([identity profile] paft.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2010-06-05 10:29 pm (UTC)

bs: Your DMV analogy is laughable not only because you didn't understand that I was showing how exceptions to rules do not invalidate rules rather than an example of the rule itself, but also because the very stipulations you mentioned are often in place. Ever try to rent a car before you're 25? Do higher insurance rates for younger drivers also offend your sensibilities?

No, because these things are not quite as draconian as saying, simply, "once you're unemployed, the assumption is that you're incompetent, so we won't even consider hiring you." Renting a car is not generally a necessity in the sense that a job is a necessity, and charging higher insurance rates are not the same as saying simply, "we won't even consider offering you car insurance to anyone under 25."

bs: And, you're wrong - HR Departments aren't assuming that

The HR departments described in the articles on this trend are assuming that.

BS: Just like how if I refuse to look at apartments where the rent is below $400 that doesn't mean that I think rent alone determines the value of the apartment, merely that in my experience I've found that apartments at that price level are either far away from where I wish to live or in a very poor part of town, and I'd rather forgo the option of finding the diamond in the rough for being able to cut my list of potential places to live in half and save myself hours of time.

Another bad analogy. It would come close to applying only if the HR people were weeding out job applicants who had stated astonishingly low salary objectives.

bs: I've been a temp, too! Can I now make categorical statements that bear little relevance to the matter at hand?

My not knowing whether you'd ebeen a temp or not hasn't prevented you from doing this so far. .

bs: Once again, you missed the point, the point being that you complain when companies "rotate temps" yet you're ignoring the several temps who are able to find work because of that.

How does a company doing this enable a temp to find permanent work?

bs: As to how this relates to my original point that hiring from a static pool doesn't actually reduce the number of jobs I'll leave to you, because I've already labored over it far, far enough.

In other words, it was pure jargon, and attempting to connect it to the real world is just too demanding for you.

bs: It's to illustrate the manner in which you go off on self-serving tangents that provide no useful information other than to shore up your faulty reasoning abilities.

What specifically have I said that you consider a "self-serving tangent?"

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