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Job Seekers Pay to Get Recruited, White-Collar Workers Switch to Trades and the Labor Market’s ‘Deep Freeze’ | Careers & Leadership for February 11
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In the Workplace
Job hunters are so desperate that they’re paying to get recruited. Landing a white-collar job is getting so tough that candidates—not companies—are paying recruiters to match them with positions, a reversal of the traditional model.
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