Are Businesses Refusing to Hire the Unemployed?

[gatsby]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/02/unemployment-discrimination.html

[us]

I don't know about other businesses, but for me, unemployed or not, degreed or not, I am willing to hire anyone who is talented at what they do. The problem is finding the right talent and the right fit that benefits both the employer and the employee (at least in startup culture).