By Mike Kappel<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no secret that recruiting for some industries can be easier than others. In some industries, you have many candidates to choose from. But, some niches need candidates with specialized skills that are tough to find. What do you do when qualified candidates are scarce, and your small business needs more hands on deck?<\/p>\n
Both active and passive candidates are important when recruiting for your small business. But sometimes, finding passive candidates can help you fill positions in specialized industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Mike Kappel It\u2019s no secret that recruiting for some industries can be easier than others. In some industries, you have many candidates to choose from. But, some niches need candidates with specialized skills that are tough to find. What do you do when qualified candidates are scarce, and your small business needs more hands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,66],"tags":[337],"class_list":["post-1400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-hr-2","tag-job"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/job.jpeg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-mA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1254,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/india-tech-companies-turn-to-ai-powered-recruitment\/","url_meta":{"origin":1400,"position":0},"title":"India tech companies turn to AI-powered recruitment","author":"admin","date":"August 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"When Mumbai-based technology company Directi was looking to hire 25 staff proficient in Node.js, a computer program, it turned to a startup called Belong in Bangalore. 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