Growing up, I used to love to watch game shows, such as Family Feud, The Price is Right and The Joker’s Wild. I especially liked to watch The Wheel of … Read more
The Greatest Sourcing Advice I Ever Learned
I recognize the people at the bar. They are heroes of mine, mentors to say the least. I’ve followed their careers long before mine ever really began. I … Read more
The Gender Diversity in Recruiting Women in Technology
For the last three decades, women IT professionals have been significantly underrepresented in the tech industry. At larget tech conglomerates such as … Read more
How to Locate the Person Behind an Email Address
When you are searching for candidates via search engines, sometimes you will find lists of attendees that are not connected with the names. You know that … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 21
Many sourcing tools come and go, yet the market is unquestionably hot for an extension that enables us to better correspond with candidates. SourceCon is … Read more
Sourcing Candidates From Hidden Directories
Having returned from a much-needed vacation that included watching Indiana Jones movies for a week, I wondered what new hidden treasures could assist me in … Read more
How to Find Anyone’s Email Address & Phone Number in Under 30 Seconds
Disclaimer: At the moment, using a scraping tool or an extension on LinkedIn is not permitted, and it is a risk for your account: LinkedIn monitors some … Read more
Making It Uncomfortably Personal: a Sourcer’s Guide to Hyper-Personalization in Cold Reachouts
I’ve been to many conferences and read many articles that speak to the importance of personalization in the recruiting industry. They typically mention … Read more
How I Increased My Email Response Rate
Finding candidates is the first and most important aspect of a sourcers job, followed closely by contacting candidates. According to Software Advice’s … Read more
Sourcing for Candidates on Forums
Forum sites can be an excellent place to find candidates that may not be “out there” on the normal job boards. Especially with niche populations, it is … Read more
SeekOut Takes X-Ray Searches to the Next Level
Finally, there has been an update to our Boolean searches. Yes, you read that correctly! Boolean is not dead, especially if you’re using SeekOut. The … Read more
#SourceCon Kicks off 2019 With Over a Dozen Local Chapter Meetups
SourceCon is going local! The SourceCon community is larger than ever, and it is expanding into local chapter meetups and events. If you ever wanted to … Read more
I Finally Created My Own Video Messaging for Sourcing – Here’s What Happened
During SourceCon Atlanta one of the most memorable tips for me came from Tim Sackett’s keynote. In his keynote, Sackett described using video messaging as … Read more
The One Sourcing and Recruiting Skill You Need in 2019
Making any prediction is not easy because you can only predict the things you can influence, or you can make a prediction based on the information you have … Read more
Scraping Bing Efficiently – a Match Made in Chrome
So you don’t have a LinkedIn Recruiter license? Don’t worry, neither do I! I typically do the bulk of my sourcing through search engines like Bing, … Read more
Clash of the Scrapers – Data Miner vs. ZAPinfo
If you aren’t familiar with scraping the web, it is the art or ability to gather information off of a website in an organized way. There are several … Read more
Sourcing on Government Websites – a Journey to Hidden Data
As a veteran of the Air Force, and now a sourcer in the recruiting industry, I never discount government websites when trying to find leads for … Read more
Read SourceCon’s Top 18 Articles of 2018
2018 was a great year to be a sourcer. To celebrate, SourceCon finished 2018 with a countdown of the most popular and shared articles of 2018. If you … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 20
There has been a high demand for sourcing tools and extensions. Many sourcing tools come and go, yet the market is undoubtedly hot for an extension that … Read more
This Does Not Suck – Talent42 Joins the ERE Media Family
ERE Media has acquired the long conference BFF of SourceCon, Talent42, the first and only conference that brings together tech recruiters, engineers, and … Read more