If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in my years of recruiting it’s that the really good candidates are few and far between. Most of you are pleasant to work with, some of you are nightmares and can boarder on being a stalker, and every so often I have the real pleasure of working with someone who is fantastic. Just such a candidate came into my recruiting world the other week and this post is a tribute to him, and those like him that I’ve worked with through the years.

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What and who am I sick of today? People who continue to think that their freelance rate should add up to the same amount as a base salary. That’s great that you are making fifty even sixty dollars an hour as a freelancer. You should be making that much if you have to pay your own medical benefits, begrudgingly allow the government to take more of your money for taxes, AND having to deal with the paperwork/collections of your little one-man show. However, if you decide that you want more stability and start applying for a full-time, agency position then…