It’s time to think about recruiting talent from any location instead of focusing on a single area code, writes Josh Tolan in The Staffing Stream. Tolan, CEO of Spark Hire, discusses how hiring afar helps bridge the skills gap and suggests tactics to help hire out-of-area candidates. To read the post, click here.

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