It was March 2016 and I just left the cold of Denver and landed in Orlando. This just so happened to be one of my favorite cities in the world because it … Read more
iCan Do iMovie And So Can You!
Technology just keeps getting better and better. When I was a kid, you needed a CD ROM to get 1,000 hours of internet. Now, computers do not even come with … Read more
Grand Master Challenge 2021 – Let’s Go!
Welcome to the 2021 SourceCon Grandmaster Challenge! Every year, SourceCon hosts the GrandMaster Challenge. It’s an opportunity for you and all the … Read more
A Look Ahead: What to Expect at SourceCon Digital 2021
This year marks the five year anniversary of my first SourceCon. Back in 2016, I was sourced by conference Editor, Jeremy Roberts to present. For the … Read more
My Journey From Coder To Sourcer
I never knew that the passion for sourcing talent was something deeply embedded inside me until I felt the pulsating desire to hunt. This journey started … Read more
Indeed – I Do Declare!
I just want to point out that I do not work for Indeed, nor am I affiliated with them in any way. People in the TA departments that I have worked in … Read more
Tips About Understanding Developers’ Abilities When Sourcing And Screening
Sourcers and Recruiters are not very technical in general to have the ability to do a deep dive of the prospective candidate’s technical abilities. … Read more
Why Talent Sourcers Are Needed Now More Than Ever!
At A-Players Recruiting where I work; a talent sourcer is a key contributor to the hiring process who is directly involved in the search. They treat … Read more
Video Outreach: How To Get Candidates To Reply [Part 2]
Video outreach has a 3X higher reply rate compared to regular email. However, sending a video to every prospect or candidate takes a lot of time. The … Read more
Video Outreach: How To Get Prospects And Candidates To Reply [Part 1]
Over the past year, how many video messages did you receive? Compare this to the number of emails you received from people trying to sell you a service, … Read more
How Sourcers Utilize Their Sleuthing Skills Beyond Work
If you’re curious how else you could help yourself or others with sourcing abilities outside of normal requisition- and pipelining-related work, your … Read more
2020 Vision in A Workforce Ecosystem of Machines
As a Recruiter and a human being, I do not have the ability to know the future of work. As amazing as that would be on a resume’, I can at least influence … Read more
Have You Sourced For Any Mortgage Underwriters Lately?
Many of us have gone through this straight forward or sometimes a frustrating routine in terms of applying for a mortgage at a bank or through a mortgage … Read more
6 Tips for Success in a Work at Home Environment for 2021
Back in 2014, I began my official journey from an office-based work environment to a work from home venture. Back then it was becoming more the norm for … Read more
Recruiting Process during COVID-19
COVID-19 has disrupted life on such a scale that unemployment numbers have increased in the millions. There was a time that recruiters and sourcers were … Read more
Hello, Is It Me You’re Looking For?
How do you know that the person you’re intending to reach is the person receiving your message, or that there is anyone at the other end at all? Validating … Read more
Why Every Sourcer Should Hire for Doctors at Some Point in Their Career
I had been out of work for five months. I noticed that, while on phone interviews, I would repeat something on almost every call. While walking the … Read more
Hyper-Personalized Outreach – Marvin Booker’s Insights
There’s always tension in recruiting. The tension that manifests itself in trade-offs. Trade-offs between what recruiting/talent sourcing practitioners … Read more
Everyone Wants to Feel Special
Everyone wants to feel special or so it seems. The Amazon’s of commerce has created a model of consumerism that is contagious. The experience feels … Read more
Cleared Candidates in Plain Sight!
In the cleared space, finding cleared talent is an obvious challenge. So, we go to our job boards, LinkedIn, and favorite social media pages to find … Read more