Vanessa Raath opened her presentation from her standing desk in Johannesburg, South Africa with the sun setting and a hope of making life easier for those … Read more
Help Me Help You
Imagine This: You are Jerry Maguire and your hiring manager is Rod Tidwell… There are many different places a candidate might come from and fill one … Read more
Rocki Howard – Diversity Can Not Exist In A Vacuum!
Day 3 at SourceCon, yet the energy was just the same as Day 1. Rocki Howard, Chief Diversity Officer, Smart Recruiters, began her keynote by discussing how … Read more
Strategic Partnerships: How and Why There Is a Need to Future-Proof Your Talent Acquisition Strategy
Anna Stenbeck’s presentation cut to the bone “right away” by describing what is and isn’t strategic talent acquisition. One of … Read more
Meet The New 2021 GrandMaster Challenge Winner!
Kristin Hughes Congratulations!! What is it?? 😊 That was the first thing most people said to me when I announced that I won the 2021 SourceCon … Read more
Shally’s Sourcing Imperative – By Glenn Gutmacher
In his SourceCon Digital leadership track keynote address, “Sourcing Imperative: Defining and Communicating Your Need”, Shally Steckerl framed … Read more
Referrals For You, Referrals for Me
These days, it’s all about referrals. in fact, they are the highest percentage of hires for companies. There are companies out there that have the sole … Read more
Two Tips For Interviewing Talent Sourcing Candidates
During the SourceCon fireside chat I recently facilitated, a question came up afterward about how to evaluate good talent sourcers in interviews. Having … Read more
Meet The New SourceCon Editor
I’m Tangie Pettis, and I am your new editor! I’m excited about this new role because the SourceCon community means so much to me. How did I get … Read more
Grand Master Challenge 2021 – Let’s Go!
Welcome to the 2021 SourceCon Grandmaster Challenge! Every year, SourceCon hosts the GrandMaster Challenge. It’s an opportunity for you and all the … Read more
My Journey From Coder To Sourcer
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
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