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Why Hiring for Empty Desks Is a Red Flag
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive signal in the hiring process: why a candidate who is immediately available might actually be a warning sign, and why a crowded calendar often correlates with top performance. They dive into a 2024 study from the National Bureau of Economic Research that analyzed 12,000 hires across 150 firms and found that candidates who started within two weeks had a 34 percent higher early turnover rate than those who gave a standard two-week notice. Lucas breaks down the reasons — desperation, lack of competition…
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