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When it’s a buyer’s market it doesn’t necessarily mean the best is for sale or what you ideally want is readily available.  Nor does it mean what you get is what you set out to buy.  Choice creates its own problems. 

Understanding your own requirements in a candidate and being disciplined to stick to those takes courage and time.  With pressure to deliver on all fronts increasingly demanded within tight cost constraints we suggest some caution.  Act in haste, repent at leisure.

Trusting your Recruiter in these circumstances is vital but we know we need to earn that trust and need to be given time to prove our worth. Many employers recognise this but commercial reality sometimes overrides such thinking. Integral to achieving success is knowing a client’s culture, values and drivers and that does take time. Only then will effective external recruitment bring results delivering impressive long term retention figures which truly impact cost per hire ratios.

So it’s a buyer’s market but the best is not always readily available especially now in continuing uncertain times for many employees. In some cases they rightly remain reluctant to move. A deeper look at the market, broadening channels to find your person may be what’s required.  Professional search can provide that by delivering a comprehensive investigation of candidate availability and attract an individual in a personal way others may not.