Are overused phrases dominating your outreach? Data from 735,000 recruiting outreach campaigns show that 15% of prospects respond to a recruiter’s initial … Read more
Meet The New SourceCon Editor
I’m Tangie Pettis, and I am your new editor! I’m excited about this new role because the SourceCon community means so much to me. How did I get … Read more
Learning to Source And Sourcing to Learn
When we get new roles as sourcers and recruiters, it can be very tempting to jump straight into building a quick search and pull some candidates back … Read more
In Search Of…
What Does Search Mean? Search encompasses the steps that you take to find a piece of desired information. According to a good friend of mine named Webster, … Read more
10 Reasons You Should Add Talent Pipelines to Your Recruiting Strategy
Obviously 2020 sourcing and recruiting is not same as before. If you haven’t already adjusted, it’s time to face some changes. As you search … Read more
We Are The Deal Makers
The Power of the Phone Many of us now are wondering where our next meals are coming from. Relax. We need look no further than our telephones. One of the … Read more
5 Simple Ways to Enhance Your Engagement
In the day to day world of sourcing, we’re often inundated with a “to-do” list that is overwhelming and stressful. Seeing as we’re … Read more
It’s Time for the Biggest Sourcing Change in Two Decades
The world has changed in the past three months, more than what most of us have seen in our lifetime. Covid-19, the impending economic fallout, and the … Read more
A Newbie’s Perspective of SourceCon
My first SourceCon conference was the 10-year anniversary event in Austin, TX. I had only learned of SourceCon earlier in the year at a local event in … Read more
5 Ways To Win Over A Hiring Manager
Convincing hiring managers that you’re the right recruiter for them is certainly easier said than done. Fortunately, there are plenty of sourcing … Read more
Hackathon Case Study
THE NEED Imagine you have 2,000+ recruiters on various seniority levels that are totally spread across four continents, reporting to hundreds of managers … Read more
Scraping Slack And Enriching The Candidate Data
Close your eyes. Imagine. Amsterdam. City of Sourcers. The canals, nice bars & night life. Summer heat. We’re on a mission seeking Drupal experts … Read more
How to Avoid Buzzword Bingo
Keywords are important. I do not deny that. Yet, it is just as important to understand what a candidate is actually doing, not just checking the boxes for … Read more
How I Won The Spring 2020 SourceCon Digital Hackathon
I’ve been to many of the SourceCon conferences but I can say without a doubt that this most recent event was the most unique yet! Of course, … Read more
When Research Uncovers Racism
Here’s a difficult topic to discuss, but absolutely necessary to address. We, as sourcers are usually the first line of contact in the talent … Read more
Sourcing for Artists: ArtStation Deep Dive
As a tech sourcer, I don’t often look for people in the creative space. I do, however, love to find new platforms to source from, and I couldn’t be more … Read more
Huge List of Google CSEs = Simple Data Cleaning
You’re likely familiar with frequent SourceCon contributor Dean Da Costa‘s list of Google Custom Search Engines, CSE Utopia, containing almost … Read more
Talentpooling: Your Way Out Of This Crisis 🚀
For the last few weeks, since the start of the Coronavirus Crisis, I have seen many things changing. Instead of making great future plans our focus shifted … Read more
How I Discovered Sourcing
When I first discovered what “sourcing” really was, I had been tasked to work on Mobile/OO Software Engineering positions for a large Big Box … Read more
Convert LIR Profiles To LinkedIn Public URLs Fast And By Batch
Hello everyone! It’s been a long time since I wrote a tech article around sourcing. I found something recently that I thought you might like. … Read more