> At times you may be required to fill out so many job applications (per week) > and you are not allowed to refuse any interview offered. > We have this in N

> At times you may be required to fill out so many job applications (per week) > and you are not allowed to refuse any interview offered. > We have this in Norway. If one has been unemployed for a while the state run employment agency will often force you to "voluntarily" agree to send 10 employment applications per week and you have to go to any offered interview. Thus applicants are feared by everyone doing recruiting because no one wants to hire anyone that does not want to be hired. If you do the candidate may be totally unmotivated and even hostile to his new employer. This would be a very bad start for everyone. In my experience candidates like this will often not show up for a scheduled interview, and if they do they will clearly state that they are there just to satisfy the state employment agency.