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Comment on Ask HN: Has it suddenly become exceedingly hard to attract full-time employees?

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I would say no, it is just a candidate driven market right now.

I work in an office with a load of recruiters and Candidates are basically turning down interviews for many reasons but these are the primary reasons:

- Interview process longer than 2 stages - Interview processes that contain silly code tests / spec work / whiteboarding - Seeing technologies they "don't like" in a JD and might have to deal with - Requirement to be in an office - 100% work at home (some like the flexibility of working at home and office) - Top Salary (Seriously - some of the requests are ridiculous) - Company reputation, seeing this more and more, if there are bad reviews on Glassdoor - then plenty of other companies to look at!

Short and tall of it is - either make it an attractive place to work or you are not going to find the top talent you require right now.

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