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'Unemployed need not apply' a disturbing trend
'Unemployed need not apply' a disturbing trend

I recently found an array of online job postings that greet seekers with these encouraging words: "MUST BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, NO EXCEPTIONS." How lovely. In a country with 13.9 million unemployed residents, that's akin to a restaurant requiring a hungry person to bring a sandwich in before they can buy a sandwich. Still, these postings are on multiple job-search sites, coming from companies ranging from retail shops to law firms. The "unemployed need not apply" concept has become prevalent enough that it has been banned by the Legislature in New Jersey. In Illinois, Democratic Sens. Kimberly Lightford and Annazette Collins have proposed the Employment...