Internal Talent Acquisition (TA) has a problem. We are unconsciously incompetent. Internal TA is, in the scheme of things, a relatively new function. Given this, we have taken metrics from what we know, mainly from the agency recruitment model. This,…
HR Management
Hit a Wall? Secrets for Getting Unstuck
If I had a nickel for every time a recruiter told me they had “searched everywhere” for candidates and “nothing worked,” I’d have a lot of nickels. And if I had an additional nickel for every time the very same…
Teamable and Beamery Garner $5 Million In Funding
Teamable, which provides recruiting software for organizations, closed a $5 million Series A funding to help the companies scale and optimize referral hiring and diversity initiates. This was led by venture capital firm True Ventures. As published in VentureBeat, “The…
HR Tech Update: ScheduleOnce Acquires Reschedge from HireVue
Scheduling phone screens and going back and forth to find the right time to chat with someone has always been one of the most time-consuming parts of a recruiter or sourcers day. For me, the risk isn’t necessarily the time…
The Top 16 Articles of 2016: #1 – LinkedIn Removes Premium Search Filters
Editors Note: For the last 16 days of December, SourceCon will be resharing our most popular articles from the year. The drama that plagues LinkedIn continued to unfold this morning with a shocking post from Ira Bass on Google+. …
The Top 16 Articles of 2016: #2 – Randstad To Acquire Monster For $429 Million
Editors Note: For the last 16 days of December, SourceCon will be resharing our most popular articles from the year. Yes, each time you’ve turned around this year, there has been more big news in the recruiting field. If you…
7 Core Truths That Evolved in 2016 and How They Will Impact 2017
The end of a calendar year has always been a time of reflection for me. Nestled between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is my birthday; that annual reminder that it is time to take stock of life, career, and profession. When…
Look Back To The Year of 2004 To Understand The Future Of LinkedIn
LinkedIn has been the “talk of the town” this past week after the Microsoft-LinkedIn acquisition deal closed. Our sourcing community buzzed with tons of predictions and hints about the future of LinkedIn. We care about it because we rely on…
It’s Official – Microsoft Closes Its $26 Billion Acquisition of LinkedIn
Microsoft and LinkedIn officially sealed the deal Wednesday morning, closing its $26.2 billion acquisition. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner made the announcement LinkedIn official on its blog. The official status comes almost six months after news first broke of the acquisition. Earlier this…
LinkedIn Removes Premium Search Filters
The drama that plagues LinkedIn continued to unfold this morning with a shocking post from Ira Bass on Google+. “LinkedIn is a money maker venture and someone has to pay for the $26 million acquisition,” said Bass. “I’ve been…
How To Build A High-Performance Sourcing Department – Part 6 Technology Evaluation
Sourcing is one of the most technologically advanced disciplines within the recruitment and HR space. It is essential that a sourcing department does on-going technology evaluations to keep pace with new innovations in the industry. Nikki Kemp, a recruitment marketing…
IBM Is Launching A Much-Awaited ‘Watson’ Recruiting Tool
For many months IBM has gone to recruiting-industry conferences to say that the famous Watson will be at some point used for talent-acquisition, but that it hasn’t happened quite yet. It’s here. IBM is first using Watson for its RPO customers, and then rolling it…
Lawsuits Claim Monster Officials Had Conflict of Interest
Two shareholder lawsuits have been filed against Monster, charging the deal to sell the company to the Dutch staffing giant Randstad “is the result of an unfair process and provides the Company’s stockholders with inadequate consideration,” in the words of…
Monster Officials Accused of Rushing Sale to Cover Dismal Financial Report
Monster’s largest shareholder has called on other stockholders not to support the company’s sale to Randstad and said it is seeking to replace Monster’s board of directors. In a letter to Monster shareholders, Media News Group charges that “the proposed…
A Cousin of Siri Is Coming to the Recruiting Field
HiringSolved will soon unveil what it considers “Siri for recruiting,” an artificial intelligence assistant for recruiters. His name will be RAI, pronounced like the name Ray, and standing for “Recruiting Artificial Intelligence.” The company has been working on it for five…
CareerBuilder Put in Play By Its Broadcast Owner
When Monster announced a few weeks ago that it was being bought by Randstad, the only surprises were the buyer and the price, $429 million. But this morning’s announcement that CareerBuilder is in play was a surprise. “It’s stunning,” said…
Randstad To Acquire Monster for $429 Million
Yes, each time you’ve turned around this year, there has been more big news in the recruiting field. If you didn’t get whiplash from the news we broke in May that SimplyHired was being acquired, or the surprise announcement about…
Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
Breaking news coming out of the West Coast this morning as Microsoft has announced that it is acquiring LinkedIn, the professional networking site with some 433 million users, for $26 billion, or $196 per share, in cash. The transaction has already been…
First Steps Taken to Forming National Recruiter Organization
A small, but committed group of well known and highly regarded career recruiters is laying the foundation for an independent national recruiting organization. So early in the formation it has yet to have a name — Professional Recruiting Association is…