It was a year ago I presented to an enthusiastic crowd at SourceCon Royale in Vegas, when I discussed Proactive Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Strategy to … Read more
The Best Sourcing Tool
During my trainings and at conferences I hear people ask this question all the time, “What’s the best recruiting tool out there right now?” I figured I’d … Read more
A Deep Dive Into Sourcing on Reddit – Part 4 Understanding Flair
(Authors Note: This blog uses a large amount of Reddit terminology and jargon specific to this platform. If you are entirely new to Reddit, I recommend … Read more
Who Is That Person?
There are many reasons why you may need to find out who is in a photo and run a reverse image search. Sometimes, you need to check if the person who just … Read more
How to Recruit in the Moldavian Market
Most of the roles I recruited for were in a niche market, within a regulated industry and the local market knowledge was always a must-have requirement. … Read more
The Endless Game of Gathering Candidate Contact Data
Growing up, I used to love to watch game shows, such as Family Feud, The Price is Right and The Joker’s Wild. I especially liked to watch The Wheel of … Read more
The Greatest Sourcing Advice I Ever Learned
I recognize the people at the bar. They are heroes of mine, mentors to say the least. I’ve followed their careers long before mine ever really began. I … Read more
The Gender Diversity in Recruiting Women in Technology
For the last three decades, women IT professionals have been significantly underrepresented in the tech industry. At larget tech conglomerates such as … Read more
Making It Uncomfortably Personal: a Sourcer’s Guide to Hyper-Personalization in Cold Reachouts
I’ve been to many conferences and read many articles that speak to the importance of personalization in the recruiting industry. They typically mention … Read more
SeekOut Takes X-Ray Searches to the Next Level
Finally, there has been an update to our Boolean searches. Yes, you read that correctly! Boolean is not dead, especially if you’re using SeekOut. The … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 20
There has been a high demand for sourcing tools and extensions. Many sourcing tools come and go, yet the market is undoubtedly hot for an extension that … Read more
Prophet II Launches Tomorrow and It’s Pretty Amazing
The buzz has been swirling around social media sites for the last month, and the day is almost here. Prophet II is set to launch tomorrow, Saturday, … Read more
Metasearch Engines: Efficient Searching in a Centralized Location
Metasearch engines or aggregators are great tools used to search other search engines’ data with results from the internet. Metasearch engines have many … Read more
Why I’m Not Replying to You
Last week I was thinking about Steve Levy. Now I know what you are thinking: “We all think about Steve from time to time, nothing special Sjamilla!” I … Read more
Dedicated Sourcer Seeking New, Lovable Search Engine
I know this isn’t Match.com, but I’ve had it with my current relationship. Google just isn’t as loveable as it used to be, and I need … Read more
New Techniques on How to Source Candidates on WordPress
Did you know that 30% of the top 10 million websites are powered by WordPress? This information comes from recent data collected by W3Techs. WordPress is a … Read more
Searching for Confidential Information
Sssshhhh, I have a secret, but you can’t tell anyone, deal? As Thomas Powers said: “The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper: paper can be … Read more
A Deep Dive Into Sourcing on Reddit – Part 1
Over the last few weeks I’ve taken a deep dive into Reddit as a sourcing method and what I have found is nothing short of fascinating. I have been a … Read more
4 Reasons Why Neve and Max of MTV’s Catfish Should Be Talent Sourcers
Last week after a long day of sourcing I sat down at home to watch some re-runs of my guilty pleasure TV show, Catfish. If you haven’t seen the show, it’s … Read more
My Experience as an Industry Newcomer and #SourceCon First Timer
Now that I am over a week back from my first SourceCon conference, I have taken some time to process the entire experience. As a newcomer to the industry … Read more