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February 21, 2022
Hiring is harder than ever: Here’s how Sifted readers are handling it
Sifted readers share their experiences of hiring in an age of record startup investment, remote working and changing candidate priorities
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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