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  Search Recruiting is increasingly competitive 2/28/2007
  The pool of job candidates who are "qualified, interested and ready to take a new job," is shrinking in many industries, and to find the right person, recruiters are finding themselves interviewing far more candidates than in the past, says one recruiter. He suggests using industry associations, online networking tools and personal contacts when searching for a skilled worker to fill an open position.
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