07/15/2021

Five Hiring 'Red Flags' That More Employers Are Ignoring

These 'red flags' might be worth rethinking

If you’ve studied up on hiring best practices, you probably know about the “red flags” that hiring managers look for that could kill a potential employee’s chances at a new gig. But the past year has changed the way we work, as well as some of the thinking around what constitutes a promising job candidate.

Here are a few traditional “red flags” worth reconsidering the next time you’re hiring:

A gap in employment. People who are out of the job market for a period of time have traditionally been suspect for employers, in part because experts believed it indicated inconsistency. But in the past year, with the pandemic leading to mass layoffs and hiring freezes, many people simply could not find work. In recent months, things have been changing significantly—Taco Bell, for example, recently held a nationwide “hiring party” to get 5,000 people on board in one fell swoop, and the job market for professionals is heating up too. Also helping: LinkedIn is taking steps to make employment gaps for reasons such as parenting more clear to potential employers.

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