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
Government Sites: Sourcing from Small Business Innovation Research
As a sourcer, one of my favorite sites to search for technology leads, including companies and employees, is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). … Read more
Prophet II Launches Tomorrow and It’s Pretty Amazing
The buzz has been swirling around social media sites for the last month, and the day is almost here. Prophet II is set to launch tomorrow, Saturday, … Read more
Closing out 2018 With Lessons Learned on the Job
The year 2018 has come and gone, and it’s been an interesting year here at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. We’ve shifted gears, changed the status quo, and … Read more
Metasearch Engines: Efficient Searching in a Centralized Location
Metasearch engines or aggregators are great tools used to search other search engines’ data with results from the internet. Metasearch engines have many … Read more
Moving From an Individual Sourcer to a Sourcing Leader
A few months ago, I achieved a goal I’ve been working towards my entire professional life since I graduated from Pacific Lutheran University back in 2007. … Read more
The Art vs Science of Sourcing and AI
In my previous SourceCon article, I wrote on parts of the recruiting process needed a “human touch” and which were fully automatable (or able to be handled … Read more
Lusha vs. Nymeria
Lusha and Nymeria are two favorite sourcing tools that aid us in finding and locating candidates and their contact information on the web. They both excel … Read more