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Going through numerous hiring cycles while struggling to find the right candidates can be a frustrating process. If you feel your business can’t find the right talent, you are in the right place.

It is a situation too many companies have experienced: after conducting a lengthy talent search and hiring a candidate who seems like a good fit, they turn out to be a mistake and end up costing your company time and money. To ensure you hire the best professionals, you need to know how to identify the right talent for the positions you are hiring for.

At Abacus Group, we are here to provide the award-winning recruitment services that you have trusted for over 20 years.

Hiring surged in December with employers adding 312,000 jobs. This figure was well above the expectation of economists and only confirms that the U.S. economy continues to go from strength to strength.

In a fast-paced world of hyper-communication, it’s no surprise that the phenomenon of “ghosting” has emerged in many facets of our lives. Originally the term was in reference to dating culture where an individual would all of a sudden cease communication with another. We are now seeing this behavior in a professional sphere.

It is no secret that the hiring market is tough right now for employers; moreover, it is a great time to be a web developer, either actively looking or gainfully employed. The pool of web developer talent is ever-shrinking meaning that talent may be sought from seemingly happily employed individuals.

The hiring process can be quite complicated and thus exhausting for everyone involved. However, it cannot be forgotten that as much as you are interviewing candidates to work for you, these same individuals are interviewing you as well.

Over half of full time employed Americans spend more time with their colleagues than with their families. It is therefore unsurprising the importance of employee relations and the prevalence of contagion in employee turnover.

When looking to fill a position in your office, you can choose to look internally within your existing employee-base or externally source candidates. Some positions fit better with internal hiring and others external, however, it will very much depend on the role and what you are seeking.

Assistant Director of Temporary Staffing, Melissa Perez, “In today’s market, finding the perfect candidate is like finding a needle in a haystack. Perhaps employers should focus on identifying that person who is closest to being their perfect candidate and giving them a chance to succeed in their organization. Sometimes it’s all about taking a chance.”