{"id":2679,"date":"2010-10-27T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/hr-advice\/the-ball-is-in-your-court\/"},"modified":"2019-10-19T05:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T12:09:57","slug":"the-ball-is-in-your-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/the-ball-is-in-your-court\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ball is in Your Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Think back three short years when skilled candidates<\/a> were scarce. Some businesses closing their doors for lack of employees; wages at Tim Horton’s in Alberta rose close to $20\/hour, university students were working all summer, and even if you were fortunate enough to hire skilled employees, retaining them was another matter!\u00a0 During the past 2 years organizations downsized while focusing to retain their most talented employees.\u00a0 Today, many of the downsized individuals are still unemployed, and there’s been no uptake in new jobs.\u00a0 In a short span of time we\u2019ve gone from scarcity to an abundance of available workers. While this is good news for employers, your focus must stay the same – to hire candidates with the right skillset, motivation, attitude and fit with your culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Last week I posted two jobs on a job board and received 15 resumes within 20 minutes. These could be candidates applying for everything, and could also include those who are only applying for your type of role, location, or industry. Here’s how to navigate through an abundance of candidates:<\/p>\n