- The Unemployed Need Not Apply

This is interesting. In my industry this is a well known phenomenon. The theory is that if you've been fired by someone else then there must be a reason, even if they don't know what that reason is.

Now that has apparently overflowed into other industries. Maybe the thinking is that the 'go getters' all stayed employed, so you're willing to pay a premium for them. I doubt this is the last we'll see of this kind of phenomenon. I know that if you buy in to the whole 'Obama worldview' where someone else is responsible for you rather than being responsible for yourself, then you are certainly someone I wouldn't want to hire.