Every sourcer and recruiter suffer from shiny object syndrome. We all want what’s new, hot, fresh, and oh so shiny. We are quick to jump on the latest Chrome extension and sourcing tool. We are always in the hunt for…
Search Techniques
A Sourcing Scavenger Hunt for Freelance and Contract Workers
As Jimmy Buffet once said, “Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of like a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.” Scavenger hunts can be fun especially when your search has paid off,…
How to Find Candidates on Flickr
Wikipedia describes Flickr (pronounced “flicker”) as an image hosting service and video hosting service. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004. It has changed ownership several times and has been owned by SmugMug since April 2018. In addition to being…
Use a Mentor to Find Your Next Sourcing Job
When looking for a new position as a new sourcer, eventually the point will come when you need some help and some guidance from someone who has been there and done that. You will seek advice on how to interview,…
Sourcing Foreign Works With My Visa Jobs
Want to find a website for U.S.-based and foreign workers seeking opportunities in America? What about companies or their contacts who hire foreign workers? Myvisajobs.com is the site for you. Myvisajobs.com draws information from a variety of sources, including public…
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 17
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 month, we will release a new volume featuring eight Chrome…
How I Won the First European #SourceCon Hackathon
Let me start this off with one comment, I am neither a full-time sourcer nor an experienced hackathon contestant, but a rather generalist talent attraction manager. So if you expect any highly sophisticated hacks or data scraping in this article,…
DIY Sourcing, Like Those Cheesy, Make Your Own Slime Videos, but Way Nerdier
My second grader went through a phase where she was all about watching “Do it Yourself” videos on how to make markers, crayons, and most recently various types of slime. Yes, slime, and it’s very popular with kids nowadays: However,…
How to Interview a Sourcer
If you have ever run a sourcing team or been asked to build one you know that sourcing for your own team can be the most daunting of all of the purple squirrel hunts you have been on. So as…
Old Ways and New Ways to Recruit Candidates
Every day we are bombarded by the news that something new was made or developed. New methods were discovered; a new process we need to follow; we hear almost everywhere that our world is evolving and that some things become…
Check Yourself, AI
Every day I get a list of Austin area “Director of Recruiting” roles from a big job search board. And every day, I get a good laugh at the roles that would be a good fit for me to pursue….
Last Minute Sourcing Thoughts Before Operation: Baby Drop!
It’s close to 1:00 am, my kid and pregnant wife are asleep, and I’m thinking about sourcing. Something I’ve learned about myself is that I’ve got to keep the gears turning and write stuff down, so here it goes. What…
What #SourceCon Europe Was Really About: Famiglia – and Livesteam Links to the Presentations
Earlier this year I attended my first SourceCon. I flew to Vegas, alone, to find out what everyone over there was doing. Going to a conference alone, on the other side of the world is quite exciting. I didn’t know…
6 Ways to Grow Your Intern Talent Pipeline
University recruiting is becoming more competitive than ever. Companies are on the hunt for top-tier talent that can integrate into their organization and ultimately onboard full-time after graduation. While Indeed reported that employers are increasing their open intern positions in…
Be Kind to Yourself and The Rest Will Follow
In our industry, we are always trying to help others, placing ourselves into a “service” to others, filling roles for hiring managers, serving a candidate, or colleagues; but who is helping you? Are you taking care of your heart? Are you even…
An African’s Take on #SourceCon Europe
I had butterflies the size of albatrosses in my stomach as I said farewell to my family at the airport the Sunday before the first ever SourceCon in Europe. I knew that as the only African attending the conference that…
New to the Profession of Recruiting? Time to Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
If you’re a seasoned and successful recruiter, chances are you have fine-tuned your skills over the years by going through a gauntlet of stressful, maddening, or even downright demoralizing work days. Most of my fellow recruiters and sourcing specialists started…
Sourcing Is the New Recruiting
I have some excellent news for you. Sourcing is the place to be in talent acquisition today! Recruiting as it has traditionally been known is going away. Increasingly companies are adopting recruitment process automation, and that means that there even…
How Personas Change Sourcing Outcomes
It’s really intimidating to walk into a room full of people you don’t know. We’ve all had that moment of panic, scanning the room for any semi-familiar face and praying it’ll work. Just one person. I personally hate that feeling….
DIY FREE Sourcing Automation Tools
WebClipDrop is a pretty cool tool by my free trial expired. SeekOut is an excellent tool, but my free trial expired. SocialList has brilliant search agents (and data parsing), but my trial expired too. Do free sourcing tools still exist?…