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Recruiting Insights · August 2026 A niche hire rarely appears because a startup published a job description and waited. The best candidates are often already employed, hard to identify by title alone, and cautious about joining a young company. Focused recruiting gives startups a better path: define the skill precisely, search where that skill shows up, and approach candidates with a reason to listen. For startups, this matters because every early hire carries extra weight. A