With daily revelations about Facebook, and our data (and I use that term loosely), and the nuances of constitutes privacy on the aforementioned social network, do we ever stop and think about our relationship with LinkedIn. I’m not talking about…
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10 Must Have Google Sheets Add-ons For Sourcers and Recruiters
SourceCon is proud to present the ten must have Google Sheet Add-ons for sourcers and recruiters. YAMM This powerful add-on allows you to create a personalized, mass email campaigns without accessing candidates’ spam folder. Track open/reply rate, do follow-ups based…
Google Hire Making Moves Again – Launches Candidate Discovery in Beta
weToday, the Google Cloud team released its latest announcement to its game-changing Google Hire product that could potentially compete with cheaper and smaller applicant tracking systems. It is called candidate discovery, and it is impressive for sure. Candidate discovery is an…
A New GitHub Ranking Chrome Extension
I love Chrome extensions. I mean, who doesn’t? Okay, maybe you don’t use Chrome, and you prefer to browse the web through Edge or Safari. Why not? Whatever makes you happier. Nothing to do particularly with Chrome, what I mean…
Defining DevOps Culture and Using It to Better Source Candidates
Are you a sourcer struggling with filling DevOps positions? If yes, let’s learn a bit about DevOps, and hopefully, by the end of this article, you will have some new creative ideas to tackle this beast. Let’s begin with the…
Recruit From Your Inbox with Google Hire – A Product Review
I was recently at SourceCon learning about new tools, spending time with friends, and eating great food. You know me I love a good meal. One of the nights we were having dinner the conversation turned to applicant tracking systems….
Utilizing Your Preexisting LinkedIn Database
A new req opens, and you need to find people. Where do you go first? You probably hop on LinkedIn Recruiter or Indeed and start a new search. I bet you aren’t searching your first-degree connections on LinkedIn, though. Why…
Connectifier Attempts A Comeback and LinkedIn Updates Its Terms of Service
On March 8th LinkedIn announced that LinkedIn Recruiter users would now have full access to Connectifier at no additional charge. It appears this was also the case before this announcement, but LinkedIn wasn’t pushing the tool as prevalently before this time….
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…
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…
How Recruiters Can Use Layoff Announcements to Source Candidates and Help Others
Whenever I heard about layoffs, I would think, “Hmm, I want to contact those being affected and see if I can recruit them for my open jobs.” As I did this, I learned, “Hey, a lot of the unaffected people…
Sourcing With Style – Creating Memorable Content
In the era of videos, emojis, and gifs, the written word is still a powerful way to share our thoughts, stories or how we learn. We have used stories for generations to pass on knowledge to others. It is still…
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 Different Languages in Europe
As you might know, the European Union includes, at the moment, 28 countries and speaks more than 36 different languages. How we understand each other is a mystery for many other regions of the world, as the official languages of…
How To Scrape Data From Facebook Pages
This is a tutorial to scrape data from Facebook pages for research purposes. I have been working with Facebook pages for a long time to create audiences. My process is setting up the templates, creating and automating content, generating likes,…
The Return of Nymeria – David versus Goliath
David versus Goliath, we all know the story. The story of the underdog versus the bully. It happens everywhere, even in our industry. In recent years, we have seen the creations of websites with massive amounts of candidate or member profiles…
Recruiters, You Don’t Have Time for Excuses
We all are looking for excuses, some of us just from time to time, and some of us more often than others. Recruitment is full of excuses even if we are not ready to admit it publicly. Many recruiters in…
Why South Africa Needed an Online Community to Assist People Entering the Job Market
South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world with the 2017 stats sitting at 28%, according to Stats SA. We realized that there are many talented young people in South Africa who need advice on how to…