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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in the United States

By: Ines Black, Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
This article analyzes the phenomenon of firm-driven labor market search—or outbound recruiting—where recruiters are increasingly “hunting for talent” rather than passively relying on workers to search for and apply to job vacancies. Our research methodology leverages... View Details
Keywords: Hiring; Referrals; Outbound Recruiting; Labor Markets; Selection and Staffing; Networks; Recruitment; Strategy; United States
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Black, Ines, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning. "Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in the United States." SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3576498, September 2021.
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Recruiting is Broken for Gen Z Tech Candidates. New Tools Give Managers Hope They can Fix It.

  • 08 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

don’t we do our own nationally representative survey?” The result is a new working paper, Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in America, that quantifies the steep increase in outbound View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
  • 01 Mar 2025
  • News

Patch Work

primary product is no longer outbound calls to voters but rather inbound calls known as “patch-throughs,” which connect constituents directly to lawmakers. This pivot over the past decade has reinvigorated Jameson’s firm and restored his... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

of 2016 Section G is the best!” What advice do you have for current HBS students interested in pursuing a career in your field? Pradhan: “Force yourself to be an outbound person and spend time researching and getting to know people at... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 23 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

events. Class of 2016 Section G is the best!” What advice do you have for current HBS students interested in pursuing a career in your field? Pradhan: “Force yourself to be an outbound person and spend time researching and getting to know... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

do you have for current HBS students interested in pursuing a career in your field? Pradhan: “Force yourself to be an outbound person and spend time researching and getting to know people at various private equity or investment firms. The... View Details
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