Welcome to SourceCon:
We recruiters tell candidates to do their homework before contacting any potential employer, and what a bunch of hypocrites I am finding out there.
“Being busy” is not an excuse for laziness or poor sourcing habits. As a senior IT recruiter in Seattle, I list out the technologies I work with on my resume. I have many years of experience at Microsoft on various recruiting teams. So it’s fairly natural that I come up in keyword searches that have “Microsoft” or “.NET” or “C#” or “HTML” or on them. I’ve pretty much recruited for every type of software development position out there.
However…
Marie Curie once said, ”Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
Every year, someone comes along and declares that ‘sourcing is dying.’ It’s usually someone who is a recruiter, or someone who doesn’t really understand what sourcing is all about. But occasionally it is one of our own. The truth is, the only people who are worried about sourcing ‘dying out’ are those who are unable or unwilling to adapt their skills to meet changing demands. Sourcing isn’t dying, it’s changing. It’s morphing. It’s evolving. And if you aren’t busy honing your skills and adapting to the changing needs of the marketplace, then yes — you are a dying breed.
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