Brian Chesser, CPI - Metro Atlanta and North Georgia

This has been a small story for a little over a year now, but are employers not hiring the unemployed?

News Organizations around the country are reporting employers are not even looking at job applicantion of people who list themselves in the current employer field as unemployed.

The first place I read about this was at CNN Money and they reported "Employment experts say they believe companies are increasingly interested only in applicants who already have a job."

There have been many articles and blogs about The Unemployed need not apply.

My first reaction was this is so wrong and unfair......did I just say Unfair? Now I see the word 'Unfair' as a marker word that I should look at a subject from a different angle. So I asked myself why would an employer/recruiter want to do this?

Well let us say an employer has one job opening for an engineer and they post the job opening in newspapers and on the internet. They then receive thousands of applications for that one job. The employer does not have the time or money to review all of those applications, so they need/must reduce as quickly as possible the number they will look at.

People need to look (right or wrong) at unemployment as a negative in their life, because the reality is most people who meet someone who is unemployed ask the question - 'So what is wrong with them'. And employers are no different, they do not want someone elses problem or someone who may be lazy.

So they drop all the unemployed to simply reduce the number of people they have to look at. They may miss out on great people, but lets be honest if you are looking at thousands of people and you need to fill this job quickly you are going to set criteria to reduce the number.

Many in the Real Estate Industry work a part-time job to help with the down cycles. The unemployed may need to look at the benefit of listing a part-time on their applications.

Garbage disposals work just fine when coupled with a septic system that has been sized correctly for the property and is maintained on a regular basis. If you have add a plumbing system (bathroom) to your home, your septic system drainage field is now probably undersized.

Do not pour any harmful chemicals, toxic substances, anti-bacterial soap, solvents, etc. into your septic system. These things simply kill the bacteria! Add a product like Rid-x once a month in the toilet (water closet) nearest your septic tank, if you know where it is located.

Do not send ANY solid articles into the septic tank that will displace water! This means cat litter, sanitary napkins, cigarette filters, sand, lots of dirt, etc.

Minimize or eliminate the introduction of cooking grease or oils that go down your drains. Pour these into a glass jar and dispose of with your normal trash.

Space out your water usage. Do different tasks on different days. Introduction of vast amounts of water into the septic tank moves the solid waste particles into the drainfield pre-maturely!

As reported CNN Money Public Law 111-148, the Health Care Reform Act or Obamacare, contains a number of revenue raising provisions buried in the back of the legislation. Back in Section 9006 of this law the new IRS Form 1099 requirements can be found that will have very serious consequence.

The basic changes to Form 1099 requirements incorporated in this law take effect at the beginning of 2012. They require that all businesses tabulate payments for goods and services from non-governmental agencies and send a 1099 Form to the recipient if the total exceeds $600 for the entire calendar year.

But under the new rules, if a freelance designer buys a new iMac from the Apple Store, they'll have to send Apple a 1099. A laundromat that buys soap each week from a local distributor will have to send the supplier a 1099 at the end of the year tallying up their purchases. If you have a coffee service and you spend over $ 13.00 per week that is another 1099.

More and More paperwork thank your members of Congress that vote for ObamaCare.

A website (crashtheteaparty.org) has been recently set up by a middle school teacher by the name of Jason Levin of Beaverton, Oregon. And he wants his readers/team to show up to tea parties across the country in Nazi uniforms pretending to be racists and other offensive characters. One must point out the one Big question: If the left and their media think tea partiers are racist and anti-Semitic homophobes; why do they feel the need to plant people who pretend to be those things?

I think this is unlikely to happen at most tea parties on the 15th. Everyone remember to be firm, but polite.

I have been involved with a great new networking group called the Georgia Commerce Club. I invite you to check out the opportunity to network with other local small business owners. I have over the last two months done more to grow my business through this group than any other group.

The following are the 10 reasons to join as listed by Tatyana Ladd-Thomas (GCC Founder).

10 Reasons to Join the Georgia Commerce Club

Free Personal Profile - so customers and civic leaders can join, even if they are not a business owner.

Free Business/Commercial Listings - no limit to how many businesses, charities, churches, or groups you may want to promote.

Free Group Page - Great for chamber promotion and open discussion from experts in their fields

Free Community Calendar - controlled, owned, and updated by the members to promote their own events for business or other.

Free Real Time Instant Chat - Network 24 hours a day when you have time. Great for those that are too busy for events or cannot leave the office enough to meet new networking partners.

Free Blog "Feed" - Instant Blog capture that is added to your profile even when you blog with your current provider so that others can find your most recent posts.

Free GPS Google Map - So that your new clients and prospects can find you.

Free Job/Resume Board - Let's keep Georgia Working!

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