Are we returning to a candidate market again?
For those of us who have been in the recruiting industry for some time, are you starting to feel a bit of déjà vu reminiscent of 1999? (and I don’t mean the Prince song) Back then, the economy was humming and companies were investing huge sums of money on ERP systems for the dreaded Y2K crash that never came. On the recruiting front, candidates in select fields were in high demand and very short supply and they were receiving multiple offers with huge signing bonuses. It was a free agency market mentality!