[doix]

It's interesting you mention UK and urgency in the same sentence. In my experience, nothing in the UK happens quickly when it comes to permanent employees (I guess contractors are different). Everyone has 2-3 months of notice period, plus people usually take a month off between switching jobs to relax. So there's usually 3-4 months between when everyone agrees and when they eventually join.

The only time things happen quickly is when someone is jobless, or if they already handed in their notice, they were going to join company X and you manage to snipe them in that 3-4 month period before they've started at company X.

[__oh_es]

I do agree with your reply but I was saying the only thing quick about the process has been the technical interviewing and offer.

The notice periods do get factored in both planning and _sometimes_ the deciding on a candidate.