Obsession for the Perfect Worker Fading in Tight U.S. Job Market
- Recruiters want companies to look for transferable skills
- Employers seen broadening their search as jobless rate falls
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American companies might need to embrace the unconventional career path of Mitch McNeal if they expect to find talent in today’s hot labor market.
McNeal parlayed skills developed as a basketball tournament organizer into a job as a land liaison for the oil and gas industry, and then as an acquisitions and business development specialist for a large nonprofit company. Yet his successful bob and weave through the labor market is all too rare, as most employers are reluctant to hire a candidate whose resume isn’t a perfect fit full of industry buzzwords.