Call it a sign of the times. Being unemployed, while still an obstacle to overcome when looking for work, doesn’t necessarily damage a reputation the way it once did. Executives in human resources and IT from New England and the broader United States are more accepting of the economic realities of job hunting in 2009, shows a study.
– It seems the stigma of unemployment isn’t what
it used to be, given the economy, reduced hiring and increased layoffs in the worst
recession seen in generations. New research from a Boston-based staffing
company shows over 40 percent of executives don’t put a lot of weight on
whether an IT job c…