A bright purple squirrel trapped by a Pennsylvania couple has experts offering all sorts of theories -- but no concrete answers. Percy and Connie Emert from Jersey Shore, Pa., trapped the brightly ...

In the world of recruiting, the term “purple squirrel” isn’t a wildlife reference but a metaphorical expression for an exceptionally rare and uniquely qualified candidate.Imagine finding an ...

"The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature" opens in theaters today, featuring a purple squirrel named Surly and a band of park-dwelling animals in a battle against a mayor bent on ripping up the park to ...

A squirrel trapped by a Pennsylvania couple is quickly becoming an Internet celebrity because of the strange color of its fur: purple. Percy Emert and his wife, Connie, were shocked to find the ...

Because this Silicon Valley CEO has brought home what CEOs have been doing at work for over a decade: turning the hiring process into a hunt for purple squirrels. Every employer only wants to hire ...

Finding these “purple squirrels” can prove to be just as difficult, especially with the market as hot as it is. Candidates with certain skillsets can practically make their demands when the ...

JERSEY SHORE, Pa. - A purple squirrel captured in central Pennsylvania has baffled the couple who caught it - and now photos of the squirrel have gone online, sparking nationwide interest.

A hundred and fifty-five years later, it is again a buyer’s market out there, employers dictating terms, looking for the now-proverbial “purple squirrel.” But, as the Urban Dictionary puts ...

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Writing for the Harvard Business Review, Rajeev Mandloi recommends becoming a ‘purple squirrel’ if you want to be successful when it comes to a job search and interviews. The job interview ...

A purple squirrel is rarely found in nature – that’s why recruiters use the term for candidates that have combinations of skill sets that are also rarely found. Learn 5 ways to respond to a ...

Q: Okay but why is it purple though? A: Dunno. Nobody seems to know. Possibly it fell in a Port-a-Potty? Q: What shade of hair dye would you guess this squirrel uses? Grist thanks its sponsors.