It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then you are made aware of an article that you just know will become a new and critical tool in your search best practices toolbox (thank you, now forgotten LinkedIn contact who first made me aware of this gem).

That is exactly what I thought when I read The Washington Post article by freelance writer Vickie Elmer titled Do Your Own Recruiter Searching Long Before You’ll Be Job Searching.

In my mind it is an instant classic.  One you can use with every single candidate you recruit, or try to recruit, who says, “I’m not looking right now.”