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The purple squirrel

A manager wants a data engineer with 8+ years, five cloud certifications and fintech experience, at a budget 30% below market, joining in 15 days. After 6 weeks you have no hires. What is the best move?

A.Keep sourcing quietly and hope a perfect candidate appearsB.Escalate to the CEO that the manager is difficultC.Lower the bar yourself and send weaker profiles without telling the managerD.Show market data on salary, supply and notice periods, then agree on trade-offs: fewer must-haves, higher budget, or a longer timeline

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