How Do You Identify Colorado Job Candidates that Don't Exist?

The State of Colorado Department of Labor officially declared Colorado as 'below' full employment. In Colorado, for every open job there is actually -1 job seeker to fill that job.

Think about that: there are fewer job seekers than there are jobs in Colorado!

And even though Colorado has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, employers have still added 750,000 jobs in the past 12 months!

For recruiters and HR professionals, it is a daunting task to identify professionals that, well, don't exist. But in fact, your next employee does exist. They are called 'passive' job seekers who just happen to be working somewhere else right now. Currently employed, passive job seekers are hard to find. While they aren't actively looking for a job, they are open to opportunities. So if they aren't looking, how do you land on their radar? Here's a few tips:

1. Go to where the passive job seekers are. Passive job seekers still want to consider new opportunities. But instead of actively searching, they are going to local, niche job boards like www.ahjobslist.com, networking in industry-specific LinkedIN groups, through other social media sites and are participating in their local professional associations.

   For example, on AH Jobs List, 70% of our traffic is coming from currently employed, passive job seekers of which the majority identify themselves as mid-senior level professionals...Read More

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