Storms and Tornadoes: near miss

Workout notes 13.1 miles on the East Peoria Trail: 3:07 (slow); It took some time for my left butt/piriformis/back to loosen up but I was going well enough at 10 miles (2:23) to do 5K (3.1) more. The splits: 5 mile: 1:11, 1:11, 3.1 43:51.

I admit that I was a bit stiff from yesterday’s weight workout.

Along the way I was serenaded by power saws and lawn mowers; though the trail (paved bike path) was fine, yesterday’s storms and tornadoes probably knocked down some nearby trees.

Highlight: I saw a toad crossing…it was adorable.

Injury: the shoulder was noisy at times though it didn’t hurt.

Frogs:
Here is one of the Smithsonian’s photo contest winners:

More photos here. Hat tip: 3-quarks daily.

Morons: yes, there are those who are denying the oil spill.

Israel: it’s “never again” paranoia isn’t doing it any favors.

Politics Why do we (the public) care so much about the sex lives of the candidates? Kathleen Parker wonders why people don’t keep private affairs, well, private.

Unemployed? There may be a reason you aren’t getting inquiries from your job applications:

Still waiting for a response to the 300 resumés you sent out last month? Bad news: Some companies are ignoring all unemployed applicants.

In a current job posting on The People Place, a job recruiting website for the telecommunications, aerospace/defense and engineering industries, an anonymous electronics company in Angleton, Texas, advertises for a “Quality Engineer.” Qualifications for the job are the usual: computer skills, oral and written communication skills, light to moderate lifting. But red print at the bottom of the ad says, “Client will not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason.”

In a nearly identical job posting for the same position on the Benchmark Electronics website, the red print is missing. But a human resources representative for the company confirmed to HuffPost that the The People Place ad accurately reflects the company’s recruitment policies.

“It’s our preference that they currently be employed,” he said. “We typically go after people that are happy where they are and then tell them about the opportunities here. We do get a lot of applications blindly from people who are currently unemployed — with the economy being what it is, we’ve had a lot of people contact us that don’t have the skill sets we want, so we try to minimize the amount of time we spent on that and try to rifle-shoot the folks we’re interested in.”

There are about 5.5 people looking for work for every job available, according to the latest data from the Labor Department.

Sony Ericsson, a global phone manufacturer that recently announced that it would be bringing 180 new jobs to the Buckhead, Ga. area, also recently posted an ad for a marketing position on The People Place. The add specified: “NO UNEMPLOYED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED AT ALL.” When asked about the ad, a spokeswoman said, “This was a mistake, and once it was noticed it was removed.”

Ads asking the unemployed not to apply are easy to find. A Craigslist ad for assistant restaurant managers in Edgewater, N.J. specifies, “Must be currently employed.” Another job posting for a tax manager at an unnamed “top 25 CPA firm” in New York City contains the same line in all caps.

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