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The last 18 months has been hectic and highly pressured with HR departments, recruiters and business in general reeling from the effects of the economic recession. Applicant “glut” has resulted from widespread lay-offs, closures, and other business failures/shortfalls, problems, turning normal, skilled workers into fierce competitors for too few jobs.  What happened to the doom-and-gloom warnings we heard a few years ago about impending skills shortages, imminent Baby Boomer retirements, “brain drain”, and “winning the war for talent”? Instead, we’re faced with mountains of resumes for even Junior-level roles, frantic phone calls from desperate job seekers vying for too few jobs that are often beneath their ability, former expectations and compensation levels and over-qualified people chasing jobs that are beneath their ability.