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Rejection can be tough to swallow. Nobody likes to lose out on something that they wanted, especially when that something is as big of a deal as a job.

Hiring in a candidate driven market is tough, and we all know it because a candidate driven market is one that is driven by the skills of professionals, not by the wants or plans of employers.

Orion Talent celebrates 30 years of military hiring and talent recruitment solutions.

Inarguably, 2020 has been a challenging year. As the job market landscape changed due to the COVID-19 health crisis, we pivoted to help bring you the services that you needed, most notably in the form of virtual interview preparation, tips, and planning. Therefore, it is no surprise that the most popular posts from this year centered around helping transitioning military and veterans find careers in this challenging and changing environment.

Any great team is comprised of members who work well together. That being said, the members of a great team are also diverse in their viewpoints, skills and experience.

Is quality of hire the only metric that matters? The quick answer is YES! If you want to take our word for it, we thank you for the vote of confidence, but you still need to know why it matters.

Hiring someone who is highly experienced can mean that they are very good at their job. It can also mean that they come with some hefty salary requirements. Hiring someone with potential can pay off in a big way, but it also has the potential to blow up in your face.

If you are lucky enough to have some real star employees on your team, you must get used to the fact that external recruiters and other businesses are aware of their presence as well. With the connectivity of social media, the superstar software developer doesn’t go “off the market” when they sign up with you and yours.

Being on the same page as your team is an essential skill for any good manager. When you communicate with your employees, you expect that the advice that you’ve given and the goals that you’ve set have been understood by your reporting staff.

Even though the recession is fading into somewhat of a bad memory, some effects of the global downturn still linger in the practices of many companies. Nowhere is this recession mindset stronger than with hiring.

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