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A study undertaken by Accenture indicated that nearly 54% of United States business employees were laid off in the last 2 years. Now that the economy is recovering and things are looking up, companies have to fill up the important positions once again and are looking for skilled professionals. Thus a study undertaken by Career Builders indicated that 26% of employees who had been laid off in the last few years are being recruited back by their old company. Anne Berkowitch the CEO of SelectMinds is of the opinion that, when you network and hire back former employees, you are saving your company’s recruitment cost. Also today most companies are more open to the idea than they were 10 years ago. Therefore we have analyzed below the different methods which can be used to contact various former employees.