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> You might even find that your candidate pool is exactly the people you are already working with.

I call this fingerprinting.

If there’s 5 different choices for each layer and there’s 5 different layers, assuming an even distribution, there’s 3k combinations right there. If you require that combo, you’ve just eliminated 99.97% of candidates.

It’s not just an IT problem.

“We want someone with experience in (already niche industry) but uses our (unusual choice of) system”.

I get the problem you’re trying to solve with a shovel-ready candidate, but…



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