Corporate Recruiting: Is a walkable urban location a must?

[AJNEOA]

Originally Posted by FallsAngel

Because. the. situations. he. described. happened. pre-recession. In fact, they happened at a time when the economy was smoking hot. Employees have less bargaining power during a recession, when there are in some cases hundreds of applicants for a job.

So what? Are you saying that right now everyone in finance is only interested in salary? That corporations/businesses don't have to consider other factors like work/life balance, benefits, location, etc. to attract the best employees?

There are many highly qualified Millennials that have a choice with where they work. And there are many industries where it's hard to find good, qualified employees. The recession isn't a wild card that expires the other poster's experience. I can tell you I made a similar decision a week ago (turned down a job offered largely due to location), post-recession.

[nei]

Originally Posted by AJNEOA

So what? Are you saying that right now everyone in finance is only interested in salary? That corporations/businesses don't have to consider other factors like work/life balance, benefits, location, etc. to attract the best employees?

I think the latter, that in a bad economy employees take whatever they can get. Arguing over this is just going to be over anecdotes over how they perceive the job market to be.