I was recently inspired by my wife, who did a UI redesign (dices, app icon and loading page) for an iPhone game. As a result, sales rose 50% and the app … Read more
Natural Language Search As A Brand New Sourcer
Before I joined the world of sourcing, I used Google (because there’s no other search engine, right?) in a completely different way than I do now. I … Read more
Sourcing on Dev.to
Part I by Aaron Decker Dev.to is becoming a popular site for programmers who want to read and write technical articles. But is it useful for sourcing? Here … Read more
Talent Mapping for Free
Talent mapping is the identification of a group of individuals that fit a certain job profile. The profiles can also be targeted by industry and location. … Read more
Sourcing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Here is a quick-start sourcing guide for the pharmaceutical industry. We’ll cover some terms and techniques that are good to know when starting out … 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
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
#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
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
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
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
New Product Alert – Resource Launches With a Collaborative Sourcing Approach
Each new conference season yields new product and company launches. As attendees flock to several different events scattered throughout the next few weeks, … Read more
Unusual Search Engines for Sourcing
We all know the usual suspects: Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Is that it? Are those the only options? Let’s try these unusual search engines for sourcing. … Read more
Why Modern Talent Sourcing Is Not an Entry Level Function
My roots in talent acquisition are humble, but they run deep and wide. Over the years, I have worked in just about every function you can imagine in talent … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 26
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
Sourcing with Reddit
Reddit is an aggregator of websites that can be ranked by users. It contains subreddits to categorize topics and users can comment on these. Reddit … Read more
Sourcing with Metasearch Engines
In simple terms, a metasearch engine is an aggregator of data. It uses another search engine to produce results. In most cases, it uses either several … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 25
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
4 Habits of a Successful Sourcer
Have you ever thought about how your professional experience forms your habits, and then – affects your everyday life? In this post, I want to share … Read more
The Top 10 Email Finding Tools
Finding emails is one of the most important things we can do as sourcers. If you can’t contact them, what good is their resume? Seventy-five percent of … Read more