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In the battle for talent in the U.S. labor market, employers have several arrows in their quivers: salary, annual bonuses, benefits like health and dental insurance, vacation time, flexible scheduling, company culture, etc. All of these can be used to entice candidates to apply to work for a given employer, and these various arrows can be mixed and matched to find the right combination of incentives to deliver a compelling job offer to the desired candidate.
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But there’s also another incentive that is often overlooked and rarely used by many organizations: signing bonuses.