As a sourcers, our day to day functions of searching, scraping, and viewing profiles can get mind-numbing at times. Generating effective subject lines for … Read more
Things I can’t live without as a Sourcer: Part 1 – Extensions
TL;DR: These are (a couple of) the things that I can’t live without as a Sourcer. I have a confession to make… I am a hoarder. Not the kind that … Read more
The Return of the Numrange
About 2 years ago or so, Google killed off their numrange operator. This, of course made us all very sad because it was such a useful operator for … Read more
Let’s Talk About the Dev Bootcamp Talent Pool
You don’t need to tell any IT sourcer that we’re in a tight labor market for tech talent. We feel it every day, and it seems that the number of available … Read more
Sourcing with YouTube
Google search: YouTube number of users Result: 1.3 billion users Google search: world population Result: 7.5 billion On YouTube, I searched for software … Read more
Utilize Those Sourcers!
Hiring Manager: “I needed these jobs filled yesterday.” Sourcer: “Right, happy to help” (Facepalm) When your Recruitment model is in constant reactive … Read more
Which of These 6 Thinking Hats Do You Use When Solving Problems?
Recruitment has evolved very fast in the last years, and as recruiters, we are exposed to deal with new situations that require us to provide fast … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 27
Many sourcing tools come and go, yet the market is undoubtedly hot for any extension that enables us to better communicate with candidates. SourceCon is … Read more
Why Solving Candidate’s Superior Needs Will Increase Your Success
As recruiters, we help candidates change jobs, improve their current situation, and in the end put them in a place where they will work more motivated, … Read more
5 Non-Trivial Places to Look for IT Specialists
How often are we as recruiters limiting ourselves just with LinkedIn, overlooking other resources? In this article, I want to push the borders of sourcing … Read more
What’s the Plan, Stan?
My mom once said to me as a young adult to make sure to make and take a list when you go grocery shopping, and 20 years later, this process still resonates … Read more
My first #SourceCon IRL Experience
Its 3 AM Monday, I’m sitting in the Westin hotel lobby (because the bar kicked us out an hour before) fueling my body with a random assortment of jalapeno … Read more
Sourcing on Twitter – A Success Story
For me, Twitter is rarely a black hole. Seriously. Because, while I don’t do a ton of sourcing these days, I do make sure to follow my clients and their … Read more
Unique Social Media Tools for Sourcing
Google query: facebook number of users Result: One billion active users on Facebook. 100 million monthly active users on Instagram. I also found that there … Read more
Use Innovation to Carve out Your Career Path
The year was 2010. I was a 24-year-old graduate from New York University, and I was riding high! I had obtained my Master’s Degree in HR Management, and I … Read more
My Unique Experience at #SourceCon
This was not my first time going to SourceCon. I had attended one year ago to date. Up until that point, I was 100% that girl who participated in every … Read more
Only the Lonely
Loneliness seems intensely personal, private problem, but it’s much more than that. At work, loneliness is another effect of the inadequate attention paid … Read more
OSINT Scraping On A Ramen Budget
OSINT stands for Open-source intelligence. It is the process of collecting data from public sources to be used in an intel context. Google search … Read more
Real Talk and The Sourcing Support Network
That day was a tough day for us. Lexi got sick but worse than sick, her temperature skyrocketed all of a sudden, and she had a seizure out of nowhere. I … Read more
LinkedIn Live is Live, Sort of
A few of my lucky friends (like Michael Goldberg) have gone live with Linkedin Live. It is LinkedIn’s Video streaming service similar to Facebook Live and … Read more