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
Competitive Intelligence – Aaron Lintz Style
When I submitted my last article to SourceCon, I was unaware it would relate so closely to Aaron Lintz’s then-upcoming SourceCon Digital 2.0 … Read more
Kevin Walters on How to be a True Diversity Sourcing Ally
SourceCon Digital 2.0 was unlike any conference I attended in the past. I am used to traveling to a fabulous destination to meet with some of the most … Read more
Think Like A Developer To Be A Better Tech Recruiter – Alison Daley
Alison Daley is the Founder & CEO of Recruiting Innovation, the online certification platform for technical recruiters. In her talk entitled Think … Read more
SourceCon 2020 Debrief – Katrina Collier asks Is your Sourcing Tone Deaf?
Full Disclosure: Katrina and I are not related. She just calls me the other Collier and talks to me on Instagram sometimes. As you may know, Katrina, put … Read more