From: orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: Achievement Based Resumes
Date: 19 Aug 92 05:43:16 GMT
Reply-To: tnet.com!weyrich!orville
Distribution: usa
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting

In article <1992Aug14.213501.23800@technology.com> judy@technology.com (Judy McMillin) writes:
>o: cnmhnet!keithg
>Subject: Re: Achievement based resumes
>Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc,soc.women
>In-Reply-To: <60@cnmhnet.UUCP>
>References: <1992Aug6.080326.29855@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> <1992Aug11.203119.6887@wuecl.wustl.edu> <1992Aug12.123140.7980@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
>Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
>Cc: 
>
>I'm 48 and have been working since a teenager; I know what you mean about
>job requirements becoming more and more stringent.  I believe 2 things 
>account for this.  The first is that we are becoming much more technical or
>maybe specialized is a better word in the workplace.  But second, and I
>think probably the biggest reason, is screening.  These days, it seems there
>are far more applicants for most jobs than employers want to bother sorting
>through; so they up the requirements in order to reduce the number of
>applicants.  I think technically that's not legal, but that it's pretty
>common anyway.
>
>My personal "solution" is that it's time for the 32-hour work week.  This
>would give everyone more time off and would probably reduce unemployment
>quite a bit too.

Or at least repeal the law that allows "highly compensated" people
(like computer programmers) to be paid straight time for work over 40
hours as opposed to overtime.

Or better yet, make the overtime threshhold adjustable based on the
unemployment rate -- our economy really needs more automatic controls
like this to keep things as far as possible from the political arena.

Specific proposal: Pick a number B, which represents the unemployment rate
which is expected due to causes other than people not being able to find
a job ("frictional unemployment"), and which is considered "acceptable"
Something like about 5%. Every month that the actual unemployment rate 
exceeds B, then lower the overtime threshhold by say 1 hour. Every month
that the actual unemployment rate is less than B, raise the overtime
threshhold by say 1 hour. Gradually phase in a requirement that ALL
workers (including salaried "exempt") be paid overtime for time in excess
of the overtime threshhold. Some upper and lower bounds might be
appropriate, also -- don't allow the overtime threshhold to go above 60
or below 30 hours, for example. If the overtime threshhold tries to
go below 30, consider cranking up the overtime rate above time and a half.

Adjusting the parameters monthly might be too often. Probably something
like the Federal Reserve Board should be set up.



orville

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