Barnes is CEO of AtlantaMetroCrossing. AtlantaMetroCrossing is a job aggregator site that focuses on jobs in the information technology sector. The site has been able to find over 23,000 jobs in the Atlanta metro area.

Pasadena, California -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/06/2010 -- Employers in Georgia and in the Atlanta metro area in particular, are increasing screening out applicants who are unemployed.

Employers are increasing of the view that only workers with low productivity were let go during the recession. Another reason given is that a person who has been unemployed for a long time has not tried hard enough to get another job and is only now looking for a job because his unemployment benefits are running out.

There are over 500,000 unemployed people in Georgia and over half of them have been unemployed for over six months. Local news reports from the state show anecdotal stories of people with several years of experience not being able to get the few jobs being created because of this new hiring practice adopted by several employers.

Georgia's Labor Commissioner has said that the practice is not considered discriminatory, but it is disappointing. Labor advocacy groups have said that the practice should be considered discrimination, especially since the move disproportionately affects minority applications. The unemployment rate for African-Americans in Georgia is nearly double that of the state average.

A. Harrison Barnes, when asked about the employment situation in the Atlanta metro area, says "While it's true that this practice of only looking at currently employed applicants is increasing nationwide, in Atlanta there are enough job openings to give lots of unemployed people a chance." Barnes is CEO of AtlantaMetroCrossing. AtlantaMetroCrossing is a job aggregator site that focuses on jobs in the information technology sector. The site has been able to find over 23,000 jobs in the Atlanta metro area.

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AtlantaMetroCrossing CEO, A. Harrison Barnes, says the Atlanta job market still has several openings. The company runs a niche job site focusing on only on the jobs available in the Atlanta metro area.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/28/2010 -- The unemployment rate in the metro Atlanta area went up to 9.9% in May. Over 262,000 people are unemployed in the region and that number is unlikely to go down soon unless small businesses start hiring according to the state's Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond.

The Atlanta region has been affected in the same way as the rest of the country, with experts predicting that most of the jobs lost, for example in manufacturing and information technology, are most probably not going to come back.

But AtlantaMetroCrossing CEO, A. Harrison Barnes, says the Atlanta job market still has several openings. The company runs a niche job site focusing on only on the jobs available in the Atlanta metro area. "For the Atlanta metro area alone we have been able to compile almost 29,000 jobs, and in the last seven days almost 7,000 jobs." And these jobs are not just in retail but also in the skilled sectors such as information technology, physical therapy, engineering and other hi-tech well-paying fields.

The reason Barnes's company has been able to list so many jobs is that the company keeps researching not just job boards but employer sites as well for any openings and has aggregated them in a single database. The site has 6,061 jobs listed in information technology sector, 3,974 jobs in accounting, finance and insurance sectors, 1,823 jobs in engineering, 8,252 jobs in management and business and 582 jobs that pay over 100K.

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