Meeting the Moment: Making the Most Out of a Hot Job Market
Kent R.
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If you’re paying attention, right now is a great time for employees. Employers are struggling to secure talent, which means that companies across almost every industry are streamlining their hiring processes, bulking up their total compensation packages, and offering spiffs to qualified candidates who are ready to make the jump from their current employer or jump back into the job market.
Let’s be clear, though, contrary to the popular narrative, this “employee market” is still very favorable for employers – the needle never moves too far from an employer market.
But things look much more favorable for employees than they have in a long time, so there are a lot of questions about what people can do to seize on this opportunity and set themselves up for success.
And that’s why we’ve decided to change things up and dedicate season four of the Stop Hating Mondays podcast to answering some of the great questions we get from readers.
We’re starting with one of the most common questions we’ve been receiving lately, “What do I do to better compete in a hot job market.”
