Many employers wrongly believe that because of the terrible employment situation, including the 9.5% unemployment rate, they are in the driver’s seat. This is flawed reasoning. This employment situation will turn around. As a result, you need to continue to aggressively recruit key technical talent and follow good recruiting practices.
This is the case because any substandard employment efforts will come back to haunt you later. For example, if you take too long to notify candidates that they are no longer being considered in your interview process, word will spread to other technical people including those engineers, scientists and R&D people that you value most! Technical talent tends to be on the cutting edge of using social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. As a result, these candidates will notify others about how you handled them in your recruitment process. So remember to follow good recruiting practices even during bad employment times!
