As I sit riding the train up to my fourth SourceCon in Seattle, WA I can’t help but reflect over the last three years and how talent sourcing/talent … Read more
Source Every Website
What I like about sourcing is that every sourcer does it differently. Thanks to that, any time there is a knowledge-sharing event or online discussion, you … Read more
Sourcers Need to Own It!
This I have learned over the last 19 years; gosh I am old; the only real way you’re going to get better at anything is owning it. Why look to someone else, … Read more
The Best Boolean Builder That You Can Use for Free
Building boolean strings is one of the first things that every sourcer should learn. No matter what the platform that you’re sourcing on, you’ll most … Read more
Lessons Learned From a #SourceCon First Timer
I was SO nervous about attending my first SourceCon conference. I’ve been a recruiter/sourcer for over 15 years now, following many of the speakers at this … Read more
I Gave You an Interview and Where Is My “Thank-You” Email?
Once in a while, we come across hiring managers with some odd questions or assessments they put their candidates through. I’ve been in the HR professional … Read more
Seattle #SourceCon 2019: The Conference That Gave Us All “The Feels”
The theme of Seattle SourceCon may have been mistakes made and lessons learned, but the impact on attendees was something more unexpected. Over the past … Read more
60 Sourcing Lessons I’ve Learned At 60
Yes, I turned 60 last week. Half my life has been spent in talent acquisition. When I began my journey, IBM 8088 PCs weighed 42 lbs, “social” and “media” … Read more
New Tool Alert – Become a LinkedIn Sourcing Machine!
In the words of famous comedian Bret Kreischer, “I am the machine!”, or as he said it in his famous Russian study abroad story – “Я … Read more
Recruiting AI: Resistance Is Futile
We are not in danger of being assimilated into the Borg collective. AI is not self-aware…yet. Automation isn’t going to replace everyone, and it is not … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 22
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 … Read more
What I Learned Attending My First-Ever Work Conference Solo
I was recently fortunate enough to attend my first-ever work conference, SourceCon in Seattle! But there was one catch: I went by myself. Not going to lie, … Read more
Would You Invest in Tech Over Talent?
Many managers are trying to fix their sourcing and recruitment primarily with new tools that appear on the market, such as AI and machine learning. Some of … Read more
The Sourcing Mentors; Pay It Forward
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to them their own.” – Benjamin Disraeli I … Read more
Hiring Managers Who Don’t Want to Talk to You
I gotta be honest; my favorite hiring managers started off our relationship by telling me to “F*ck off.” Two of them, and to this day they are both still … Read more
The Astonishingly Simple Growth Hacking Secret that Guarantees Engagement
The best growth hacking secret I learned in 2018 as my journey into growth hacking thickened is so simple to implement and works on every social media … Read more
Why You Should Do Your Homework Before Keynoting in a New Country
I am sitting on my patio back in South Africa, and I keep on having to pinch myself as last week’s SourceCon Seattle seems like it was a dream. I have that … Read more
Keeping Sourcing Open Source
A not too long ago in an agency setting I once got axed in… I left the cubical life for something different. Something different turned into ideas, … Read more
Another Tool for Finding Information on Potential Candidates on Social Media
For today’s recruiter, there can’t be enough talk about extensions and other ways to find potential candidates’ information. I mean how many tools are … Read more
Honesty in Phone Sourcing
Phone sourcing is probably where most of us are uncomfortable. I know I was when I started. How do you ask for the “Engineering Manager” without their name … Read more