Passive Candidates: A Recruiter’s Buried Treasure

If recruiters are pirates, then passive candidates are their buried treasure. Recruiters, and hiring managers alike, covet passive candidates because they are usually the most employable. According to LinkedIn, passive candidates make up 73% of the workforce. That’s a lot of gold! Recruiting passive candidates isn’t necessarily a secret either, with a lot of these candidates becoming numb to a lot of the outreach they receive.