Don't forget that supply and demand also apply. There have been times in the recent past where we had a shortage of good candidates in the hiring pipeline. Ri

Don't forget that supply and demand also apply. There have been times in the recent past where we had a shortage of good candidates in the hiring pipeline. Right now, largely because a couple major players in our area have cut back, there are a lot of great candidates in play. From the hiring side, we are interviewing so many people that we are all starting to get a bit burned out on it, but we know it is a buyers market right now, so we are not wasting any time, and also keeping a high bar. I don't know what any us can do about it when it is our turn to be a job seeker in a buyers market -- except to adjust expectations and sharpen focus on jobs that are a best fit for demonstrated experience. Hiring companies don't need to take risks on "people that could do it" in that kind of market, because they can hire someone "that has done it recently."