Recruiters Need To Be Able To Recruit Passive Candidates

Hiring managers should only need to see four candidates to hire someone for the A-team. If they need to see more than this, recruiters are spending too much time working with the best people who apply, not the best people available.

Screening active candidates is not recruiting. Recruiting is convincing a passive candidate that your job represents a career move. If two to three of the four people being presented are passive candidates, you know your recruiters are real recruiters. In this case you'll never need to see more than four candidates to hire one for the A-team.