If I was to ask you which search engine you use every day or which search engine you use when you are sourcing, I am quite confident that your answer would be Google. Am I right? Google is a great…
Semantic Search
Phone a Friend from LinkedIn Recruiter
Playing with LinkedIn today I stumbled on a helpful link to a feature that does not currently exist. Until they take this down you see for yourself from this link: https://www.linkedin.com/help/recruiter/api/hopscotch/84766 “Need a faster response? Contact candidates by phone. To…
Comparing Top Diversity Sourcing Tools
I’ve been interested in diversity sourcing for many years now. I’ve helped build sourcing teams and have created sourcing strategies designed to address diversity challenges at several companies, including Fannie Mae, Starbucks, and Apple. Today, we have substantial evidence that…
2 Geeky Tools to Manage Your Sourcing Tasks
I will show you two excellent geek tools to manage your sourcing tasks. This is an excellent tutorial if you are learning to code or if you want to elevate your technical abilities. These are not ten excellent tools or…
Another New Update For Our Favorite Facebook Sourcing Tool
At SourceCon, we love our free tools! After each SourceCon conference, the news of the latest and greatest free tools are spread quickly over social media. For those of you who actually thought, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, think…
Create a List of Attendees From a Mobile App
This is an excellent tutorial to create a list of attendees from a mobile app. If you are learning to code or you are a little bit familiar with programming, then you will enjoy this. What is the mission? Go…
Reverse Whois To Find Contact Information
Using reverse whois to find contact information…for research purposes 🙂 One day…I ran out of the free credits from Lusha. I wanted that email. I know it’s a Gmail. I did a quick search online but couldn’t find it. Now…
Sourcing for Domains and Finding Personal Websites
One of the things I like the most about sourcing is stumbling upon peoples personal websites, their own little place on the internet. Most of the time I find these websites because they’re linked somewhere, either on their LinkedIn profile, GitHub…
The Moral Dilemma of Every Sourcer – How Far Are You Willing to Go?
DISCLAIMER: All information in this article serves as examples only; the author of this article wishes to point out topics connected with data privacy and moral dilemma that most sourcers face every day. The opinions expressed here are my own…
Keep On Truckin’ – Sourcing Slang
How many of us use slang words or phrases on a daily basis without realizing it? I wondered what slang sayings relate to industries many of us recruit for on a regular basis. Here are a few and how you…
Combining Common Sourcing Tools to Create a Sourcing Solution – Part 12
Sourcers are keen on the advantages of sourcing tools, but many are still learning the power behind combining sourcing tools to achieve optimal success. Like in the card game Yu-Gi-Oh, you can combine tools or cards to create magic. Yu Gi…
ZipRecruiter Acquires Job Board Solution JobBoard.io
JobBoard.io is one of those under-the-radar success stories in our space. An overnight success, five years in the making. No big venture capital. No industry famous co-founders. No big city address. Just a small business, providing a valuable service at a…
Auto Posting Jobs To Twitter May Soon Be a Thing of the Past
I bet some of the earliest tweets on record peddle job opportunities. Hashtags and an API turned the volume up to 11. Then automated services blew up. Names like TweetMyJobs, Tweet A Job, and Tweet Jobs were born, and job postings have littered…
DataMiner, Excel, and OneTab, Oh My!
There’s been some great conversation lately about how to use coding and automation to make your life easier as you recruit, and I wanted to add my voice. Here’s how you can combine a few free tools to save yourself…
Overseas Adventures, International Sourcing and Search Engines
Lately, I have been working on my bucket list, which includes some overseas destinations such as Turks & Caicos Islands, as well as St. Martin. I lived overseas for three years and just love traveling. Traveling got me thinking about…
Combining Common Sourcing Tools to Create a Sourcing Solution – Part 8
Many tools come and go, but some have become very reliable in our efforts to better source talent. Sourcers are keen on the advantages of sourcing tools, but many are still learning the power behind combining sourcing tools to achieve optimal…
The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 11
It’s obvious that most recruiters and sourcers have a love affair with sourcing tools. There has been a high demand for sourcing tools and extensions. SourceCon is pleased to partner with the Dean Da Costa, the human encyclopedia for all things…
The Wonderful World of Search Engines
Search engines are a sourcers best friend, but how do you know when to use what search engine and what type of search to perform? A search will pull up almost anything you ask it to do as long as…
SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 9
It’s obvious that most recruiters and sourcers have a love affair with sourcing tools. Why wouldn’t we enjoy a shortcut or a little assistance in finding information faster? There has been a high demand for sourcing tools and extensions. Many…
The 2017 State of Sourcing Survey – Leadership, Metrics & Candidate Experience
The 2017 State of Sourcing Survey went beyond recruiters and sourcers and surveyed leadership. Over 27.5 percent of this year’s survey respondents (more than double the participants from 2016) were in a sourcing leadership (manager or above) position. We thought…