Homeless people read mean tweets about themselves.

That's a pretty big oversimplification of things, don't you think? If I'm hiring for a job that a homeless person may be qualified to do, and there are a dozen candidates for that job.... my first choice isn't going to be the guy with a huge gap in work history. This is the major issue I have with your comment. I'm not going to hire somebody because they're homeless or because they have a gap in work history or because they have no references. I'm likely to hire the candidate that does have some or all of those things.

To expand on this, and to take it to a place I'm sure you will take issue with... there's the issue of no residence, probably no car, maybe no credit history. Nothing to give me any sense that this person is stable, reliable, trustworthy, etc. You can't even get a (non pre-paid) cell phone without an address and a credit score. It doesn't seem crazy to me that companies aren't rushing to hire such a candidate and trust him with clients, company equipment, money, and who knows what else. Unless you're talking about a job working in a field or picking up trash on the freeway... what sort of employers could hire people with no paper-trail of credibility? That's bad business at best, and a liability at worst.

I'm sure that all sounds cold to you. But businesses are in the business of business; not humanitarianism. Just keep in mind that LOTS of American and Canadian companies donate shit-tons of money and services to help people in need. We're not all heartless bastards. But I owe it to my employees and my clients to give them the best I can. And "the best" doesn't usually involve hiring people who are essentially unhireable next to the other million candidates.

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