Managing Expectations In A Tighter Job Market
Written by David Gee
March 29, 2012
Are you finding a gap between the true, current market value of a candidate, and what your client, or company, is willing to pay? Is the hiring process taking so long the really good candidates are long gone?
The Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Association recently held its 3rd annual Job Summit. Following a panel discussion she moderated with HR representatives from some large employers, I had the chance to speak with Marni Hockenberg, principal at Hockenberg Search in Minneapolis. With more than two decades of recruiting and business consulting experience, she has provided focused, personalized search services to small and medium-sized businesses to help them find, recruit, and retain top-tier talent.
I asked her about the job summit, and then talked about managing expectations on all sides as the job market and the competition for talent begins to tighten.
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Tagged as: compensation, Hiring, hiring managers, HR, job candidates, job fair, market value, Recruiting, Talent Wars
This article was written by David Gee
David Gee spent 18 years as a TV news anchor, reporter and magazine editor. He now is a business communications consultant and regular contributor to Staffing Talk.
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Interesting opening David. Were you considering finishing this article, or is this just a teaser?
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Video wasn’t loading previously, thanks for the fix!
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Hey Steven, I came from the TV news business, among other places, so yes, I do like a good teaser. However, this was not intentional. The You Tube window was right there, and the video playing, when I hit Preview. And it promptly disappeared when I hit Publish. And that’s about as much as I can tell you. Hopefully the four minutes you spent with Marnie via video were worth the wait. Thanks for being so quick to spot the problem.
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In the markets I deal in, it’s never stopped being a great market from the candidate’s perspective. Even in 2007, .net and strong web devs had their pick of projects.
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