Recently I have felt the heat of the Orlando summer and also observed the slowness of late summer recruiting.  Or should I say ?lack of recruiting?.  I think every year I work my way in to the summer and fail to be observant enough to recognize the slowing of recruiting efforts as a result of summer vacations, the third quarter blues within companies, and other effects just prior to Labor Day.

I have become convinced that Labor Day was actually invented as a way to signal companies and the recruiting industry that it was time to start hiring people again, rather than providing a Holiday for the masses at the end of summer.  It seems like corporations almost make a mark on the calendar to slow down hiring until the day after Labor Day!

In the Contract Recruiting world, we can see regular cycles of recruiting efforts that tend to be magnified both negatively and positively.  So, the bad news is that when there is a slight slowing of recruiting in the late summer, the ?contractors? are the first to suffer.  However, the good news is that as soon as there is a spike in recruiting there will be an immediate panic to add Contract Recruiters to take up the slack.

So, as we await the panic in hiring which we hope will come shortly after Labor Day; I hope you have the time to spruce up your resume as well as work on your tan by the pool in expectation of a great fall hiring season soon to arrive!