Chapter 16. The best candidates are often the ones who aren’t looking
Recruiters love passive job candidates. Even though they may be harder to reach than the active candidates flooding recruiters’ mailboxes with resumes, there is a certain cachet of recruiting top talent away from competitors.
A passive job candidate is one who is currently employed and not actively seeking employment, yet is still willing to consider other opportunities. According to a survey of more than 3,000 experienced professionals conducted by the employment website WetFeet.com, 36 percent of respondents indicated that although they were currently employed, they would be open to changing jobs in the next six months. Another 9 percent were employed and actively looking, ...
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