It is from where we sit! Great prospects have always been difficult to find and then difficult to connect with. Anyone who actively recruits talent can attest to the unanswered LinkedIn InMails and Connection Requests, the emails which show as opened in your statistics but never a response. Perhaps you even have a cell number but can’t get a text message response or a return call.

The real signal of The Great Resignation being over is the number of prospects who will listen to our great presentation (ours are always great of course) but decline to pursue it beyond that point. They highlight how well their current employer is taking care of them – hybrid work options, strong annual salary increase, better than average bonus and a genuine concern for their career development are just some of the specifics they mention.

Some are willing to sit down and talk with us and learn more about the opportunity with our client. If we’ve begun to build some reciprocal trust and can say there is the real potential for an excellent match many are willing to become a “candidate” and meet with our clients. If you’ve armed your recruiters (internal or external) with enough information about the role and trust they are effectively screening candidates then anyone involved in the interview has to be prepared to sell the opportunity and not just be another level of screening.