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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like it wasn't this way even 10 years ago. Most employers are looking for mythical candidates who check every single box, who basically did the job before. I have been a hiring manager many times in 20 years. From my personal observations, some of the unicorns we have hired and celebrated turned out to be the biggest duds, and some of the candidates who had more diverse and interesting backgrounds turned out to be the greatest successes. Why do I think this is the case? Because the search for the unicorn tends to ignore all other relevant skills and qualifications. It is only focused on how someone papers. At my place of work, the best people I have worked with are smart, can learn and are willing to learn any task, and have strong soft skills. These qualities transcend that narrowness of the unicorn. If you are a job candidate looking to make a career pivot, how have you demonstrated your broader skills? If you are a hiring managers, how have you been able to convince your colleagues or boss that the ideal candidates might not be a unicorn?[/quote]

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