The lack of feedback given to candidates by today’s recruitment or sourcing professionals is quite appalling. I understand why a significant portion of the global population has an intense dislike for our profession. You can ask pretty much anyone, and…
Talent Acquisition
Recruiting for Sales Pumps the Lifeblood of Your Company
Sales People Are the Reason Your Company Exists I’m going to share right up front here that the company I work for is a sales led company. The salespeople are the highest paid in our company. That’s the fact…
How to Effectively Share Your Knowledge
Knowledge sharing is a cornerstone of human civilization. A concept as old as time, passing knowledge from generation to generation allows for stories to be remembered, lessons to be learned, and innovation to be pursued by understanding the successes and…
Your Local #SourceCon Chapter – a Community Expands to Local Reach
“If you build it, he will come.” Field of Dreams was always a favorite movie of mine, and this quote is referring to the baseball field a farmer built out in the middle of an open prairie was referring to…
Are Your Candidates Moonlighting?
A second job moonlighting in addition to one’s regular employment or for those old enough to remember the comedy-drama television show starring Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd or Moonlight, an American paranormal romantic, both from the mid-80s. How many prospective…
If You Want to Save Time Sourcing, Then Read This!
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” What is the number one thing ever recruiter/sourcer wishes they had? What if I told you I could give you that one thing? No, it isn’t a magic ball…
The Vision of Pipeline Sourcing – Part 1
As we take our transformational journey in talent acquisition, we’ve seen significant shifts in how companies obtain talent. Throughout the years we have seen talent acquisition move from being order takers to becoming a strategic partner within the business (some…
Using Your Profile to Attract Candidates
There has been quite the conversation about company branding in our industry and how this is helping drive candidates into the process. Why Coca-Cola or IBM need a branding team is beyond me, I am pretty sure they are well…
How Being an Agency Recruiter/Headhunter Makes You a Better Corporate Recruiter
Yeah, yeah, I know, staffing agencies and headhunters can be a pain sometimes. Look, I’m not trying to offend anyone, I made many of those annoying phone calls for about three years before I joined the corporate world. I continue…
The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 15
SourceCon is pleased to partner with the Dean Da Costa, the human encyclopedia for all things “tool-related,” to produce a series of e-books into the wonderful world of Chrome extensions. Each volume will feature eight Chrome extensions that Da Costa recommends…
Favorite Sourcing Platforms and Search Engines for Sourcers and Recruiters
Last year Kasia Borowicz organized a competition for knowledge sharing on the Poland Sourcing Community group on Facebook (which I mentioned in my previous post). One of the questions was “What are your favorite tools which make your work easier?”…
What I Learned While Working as a Full Desk Recruiter
I have no shame in admitting that running a full recruitment desk is tough. I would say that it is one of the most demanding jobs as it requires you to have so many varied skills to be successful. Full…
New Tool Alert – Build and Nurture Talent Pipelines With TopPick
Creating pipelines is a necessity for today’s staffing professional. The ability to have a set list of potential candidates for reoccurring roles is a must. That said there are very few tools that do an excellent job of allowing you…
Here We Go Again – LinkedIn Updates Its User Agreement
There are times in my life when I hate that I am right about something. Like the time I thought an employee was stealing from my store back in the day and two days later I caught them doing just…
Recruit Acquires Glassdoor for $1.2 Billion
Glassdoor’s plans for an IPO have long been one of talent acquisition’s worst-kept secrets; 2018 was perhaps finally going to be the year, and the company has even been thought to be interviewing banks. Instead, it was “another staffing company…
The Power and Importance of Storytelling in Recruitment
Since the beginning of time, we’ve told stories to share ideas, events, and knowledge. Storytelling is one of the oldest ways to get people together. Back in the days when there was no TV, internet or other perks specific to…
Is Your Diversity and Inclusion Strategy Leaving Someone Behind?
For all that Mary Poppins said, ‘that we should begin at the beginning’ (since it is, after all, a perfect place to start), we’re going to start out a little bit later. Let’s assume that you’ve already realized that you…
The Pros and Cons of Working for a Staffing Agency
Working at a staffing agency is definitely unlike working in most other companies. The pace in a staffing agency is both frenetic and frantic, from early in the morning until often very late at night. It has been a while…
Finding Karma in Sourcing
My grandmother always told me to be kind to individuals, especially when they’re not expecting it. I was not raised a Buddhist and as a child was unaware that this simple lesson she has instilled in me, is the key…
How to Influence People Through Different Content Formats
You might have already learned about how typography influences readers and how the text, format, and font could help you to improve candidates’ responses or affect people to take some action. But did you know that the human brain reacts…