RE: It’s the same when trying to decide on buying a house, if everything looks good, but it’s been on the market for a long time, you will wonder why it hadn’t been sold yet, so you figure, “why take a chance?”
I guess it has a lot to do with the state of the economy.
Why take a chance? Well if everybody else is buying and prices are going up, then you’d lose out.
Same principle applies to hiring.... the good folks are snapped up.
Butt hen that depends on one assumption -— THE ECONOMY IS PICKING UP.
It clearly hasn’t been for over 4 years.
It’s relative....let’s say I’ve got two potential candidates:
Candidate A: Out of work for only two weeks.
Candidate B: Out of work for six months.
Candidate B’s resume looks marginally better than candidate A’s.
Who do you hire, everything else being the same...both interviewed about the same, etc.