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,…
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Leading From The Heart
Leading from the heart is needed in the forever changing staffing industry today. I believe it’s the new perspectives, a new movement! This perspective draws from the core of the human most basic need and values – compassion, trust, empathy,…
Spider-Man Puzzles – Hiring the Right Pieces for Your Own Team
I’ve got four awesome kids! They are ages eight, six, two, and seven months. I know, that’s a lot of kids, and let me tell you, they are a handful. But I absolutely love them. One thing I love about…
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…
Building Your Talent Bench Before You Need It – Sourcing For Pipelines
The end of a company’s fiscal year is often the time where organizations go through headcount review and strategy forecasting. Typically, depending on your organization, your talent acquisition team may see a slowdown of sorts, as requisitions go to hold,…
How Innovations Revolutionize Talent Acquisition
This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Spring SourceCon event in Anaheim, CA. It was chock full of ideas, information, and enthusiasm. One of the highlights of the trip for me was a presentation by Kerstin Wagner….
We Can Do Better, But Will We?
I heard a great story last fall at the Talent Connect conference. Joan goes to visit her friend Marcus to catch up on life. While sitting on the back patio, Joan notices that Marcus’ dog whimpers quietly every couple of…
Bot-Proof Your Career (Part 2)
As soon as I started writing Bot-Proof Your Career, I could tell it was going to be part one of two – or maybe even a trilogy. Let’s face it: Artificial Intelligence is really, really cool. So here’s some food…
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…
How to Set Goals for Sourcers – Part 2 by @TravisWindling
In my last post, we discussed how to create a baseline for a Sourcer, given some data from your current recruitment resources. This article will focus on discovering the business requirements and adjusting that target for mitigating or aggravating factors….
How to Set Goals for Sourcers – Part 1 by @TravisWindling
For a leader setting goals for members of a sourcing team, the largest challenge is often the lack of having a historical benchmark. Sourcing metrics are often quite different from recruitment metrics but recruitment metrics can offer a good…
3 Components to Successful Global Sourcing Teams by @FaraRives
Keeping consistency throughout global sourcing teams can be challenging due to regional differences in regulations, internet accessibility, cultural formalities, and many other sourcing nuances. By focusing on these three key elements, your ability to not only find the most qualified…
How to Create a Scorecard for Sourcing by @TravisWindling
I recently posted on LinkedIn about creating a scorecard to measure and track sourcers. I had a huge number of people reach out to me about my specific scorecard and basic metrics. I want to make sure that my response…
Inside the Millennial Mind: A Gen Y Recruiter Speaks Out – PART II
Employers and talent acquisition professionals are still trying to grasp what it takes to retain the Millennial generation, making sure that they are unleashing the full human potential of Gen Y. Clearly this topic of engaging and retaining Millennials in…
Why Sourcers are Crucial for Talent Acquisition
This post originally appeared on AshleyLaurenPerez.com. When I first heard of sourcers, I’ll be honest, I had no idea what their purpose was. The job duties seemed similar to a recruiter and I couldn’t discern the need to divide the…
Sourcers Are From Mars, Recruiters Are From Venus: Bridging the Great Divide
Sourcers and recruiters both have the same purpose: to facilitate the hiring of the best talent. So, why is it that we don’t always work as a team? Let me tell you a story. When I first started my work…
Leading RPO in the Virtual World: Translating Many Visions into One Reality!
It is 5 p.m. on a Friday in Austin, Texas and I have just received an urgent email from a recruiter on my team who needs to discuss a new position and determine the resources needed to fine-tune the search….
Using Veteran Recruiting Efforts as a Sourcing Function
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. What jobs at your company are for veterans? All of them. Every job. Every single one of them. That’s right – every single one of the jobs at your company can be done…
The 3 Pillars of Sourcing Innovation via @SuzChadwick
You know when you come up with something that communicates exactly what you think in a very succinct and quick way? Well, sometimes it can take a while to get there, but when putting a presentation together last month for HR Leaders…
Becoming a Sourcing Advisor
Editor’s note: There are new readers discovering SourceCon all of the time. With that in mind, we run popular posts from past years on occasion to highlight some of our older (but still great!) content. Enjoy! Where do you add value…