Unpopular Strategies for Finding and Closing Passive Candidates
Bad news, Recruiters. Passive candidates don't want to work for you. Over and over again in your career, you're going to find yourself trying to recruit someone who already has a job, isn't necessarily looking to move, and is content where they are. These professionals didn't have an interest in working for you before you popped up in their inbox, and so every last speck of the onus is firmly upon your shoulders. If these individuals were chomping at the bit to work for you, recruiting would be easy, and anyone could do it.