If we start reading job advertisements from various industries, we will see that the employers require experience in most of these ads. We see things like “at least five-plus years’ experience,” “ten-plus years’ experience in a similar role,” etc. In…
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Sourcing Different Languages in Europe
As you might know, the European Union includes, at the moment, 28 countries and speaks more than 36 different languages. How we understand each other is a mystery for many other regions of the world, as the official languages of…
A Sourcing Update from ‘Down Under’
As the great Aussie anthem from the band Men at Work – Down Under says, “Do you come from the land down under? Where beer does flow and men ….” well enough of that! It’s great to have the opportunity…
It’s Not Too Late to Revamp Your Sourcing Strategies
As organizations struggle to find qualified talent for their open positions, many blame these challenges on the perceived global talent shortage. It is important to keep in mind that there are still plenty of skilled candidates out there; the problem…
Waste of a Fine Potential Sourcer?
I like the show Justified on FX. It’s about a Deputy U.S. Marshall named Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) who works in Kentucky. In the 4th season premiere, Raylan was returning to custody a bail-jumping accused murderer of two heroin dealers….
Ask Jackye: What Are Some Good Diversity Sourcing And Recruiting Training Programs?
Editor’s note: Jackye Clayton will be one of our speakers at the next SourceCon in Atlanta on February 7th-8th, 2013. She will be talking about best practices for effective diversity sourcing. Jackye, I recently reviewed your Do the Right Thing…
Search Engine Results: Providing Engaging Content and a Great Experience
What did we do before Google? Drivers needed maps – or their memories – to navigate from one place to another. Arguments couldn’t be resolved with instantaneous, fact-based support and job seekers had to rely on classified advertising and job…
QR Codes and Sourcing – Is It Social?
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! A cool new technology…
People Sourcing Certification Program Review
“It’s not rocket science,” she says. There’s even a slide to confirm this. I look around the room and several mouths are left open as the attendees remain fixated on the screen not quite believing what they just saw. I…
Referrals On The Rise At eBay As It Ponders How To Handle Pipeline
Employee referrals are up at eBay, the owner of such brands as PayPal and StubHub, up enough that it has candidates in a pipeline that is hasn’t gotten to yet. The percentage of hires coming via referral is about 32% at…
Five Reasons To Think Differently About Sources Of Hire
Every single time I write about sources of hire, a little red siren goes off in my head with a robotic voice saying, “WARNING: Actual results may vary!” At first glance, the latest from the CareerXroads calls into doubt the…
The Importance of Trust In Sourcing
Could you imagine a life without trust? What about a career without trust? Or even a relationship without trust? Trust is a huge component of civilization. Trust is what defines relationships and it’s an imperative module in our industry. Adam…
The Australian Sourcing Industry Is Getting Serious…
A spectre is haunting our industry – the spectre of sourcing. Too long have we spent time under the shadow of recruiters, under the guise of recruitment. Fellow sourcers, I am tired of having to explain our value-add to people…
Sourcer OR Recruiter: A Classic Title Dilemma in India
When I began my sourcing career, I was working in a recruitment setup where the sourcing team used to support the recruiters with resumes. This means that whenever there was a new requirement raised, the sourcer had to understand the requirement and…
Melbourne Hosts Second Sourcing Event in Australia for 2011
It’s been just over a week since ATC SourcEvent 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. I originally intended to post up something a lot sooner, but there was just so much information to digest (not to mention the amount of work I…
The Australasian Sourcing Summit: Another Point of View
In December 2007, inspired by gatherings of sourcers overseas and groups like the Association of Executive Search Consultants, I started a local group for sourcers in Australia and New Zealand. At the time, sourcing in Australia was a fairly new…
Sourcers Gather in Sydney, Australia for Australasian Sourcing Summit
Last week, Phil Tusing of Destination Talent and Andrea Mitchell, founder of the Australasian Researchers Network, hosted the inaugural Australasian Sourcing Summit (#sosu11) in Sydney, Australia. The two-day event featured a number of sourcing thought leaders from Australia and New…
Best Practices for the Creation of a Successful Sourcing Model
The concept of sourcing in the recruitment ‘supply chain’ is evolving in the current technology and social media age. One thing that defines the success of the evolving concept is how you fit this piece of puzzle into your entire…
Sourcing and Social Media Censorship in China
“Everything that helps information flow is good for society.” Words spoken by Wang Xing, founder of the site known today as RenRen, a Chinese Facebook “clone.” Yet RenRen blocks its users from sharing links to certain competitors in social and…
China: Social Media and Sourcing
Arguably the three most influential players in the online social media space, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, are not available in China due to strict government censorship laws. According to various stats from Randstad and Wikipedia, the Internet penetration rate in…