Why is the recruitment process not working?

Why is the recruitment process not working?

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Fiddly-Dee

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119 months

Sunday 23rd October 2016
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By far the most common complaint amongst employers, be they small, medium or large, is the dearth of suitable candidates to fill roles, across the full spectrum of their hierarchies.

Similarly, there are many well-qualified and experienced people who bemoan their inability to land a "decent" job.

The role of the recruitment process, whether internal or outsourced to an agenct, is the marrying up of the above 2 parties, yet something seems to be broken. I do not recall it being this way 20 or so years ago, so what has changed? I suspect a combination of factors, but I would be very interested in the views of those better qualified than I.