CorporateNature No 147
When you go to a restaurant, would you prefer to order your dish and wait for it to be cooked, or would you say to the waiter “Bring me something quick! If nothing is available, give me whatever leftovers you have from other tables!”
This is the difference between hiring somebody who currently has a job (and you may have to wait for three months for them to join you) and hiring someone who is currently unemployed. Employers play safe and constantly look for endorsement by other employers that a candidate is skilled and work-focused enough to be able to stick around in a job.
What should an unemployed job seeker do then? A possible shortcut is setting up your own company while looking for a job. A successful startup may come out of this, but even if it doesn't (most likely), at least there would be a filler on your CV to plug the gap.
