{"id":995378,"date":"2026-10-21T06:59:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncsgx.com\/us\/?post_type=white-paper&#038;p=995378"},"modified":"2026-10-21T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:02:00","slug":"beyond-the-headhunter","status":"publish","type":"white-paper","link":"https:\/\/ncsgx.com\/us\/white-paper\/beyond-the-headhunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond The Headhunter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"995378\" class=\"elementor elementor-995378\" data-elementor-post-type=\"white-paper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae452dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae452dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b75f93e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b75f93e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2666a74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2666a74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Talent Shortage is Now a Capacity Problem<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cfc5af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cfc5af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than 300,000 U.S. accountants and auditors left their jobs between 2019 and 2021, and new hires take months to become fully productive. 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