A recent report from eMarketer predicts that the Twitter user growth rate will continue to fall in coming years. User growth percentage in 2012 was 49% … Read more
9 Tools and Techniques to Find Candidates on Twitter
One of my favorite twitter sourcing tools died a sudden death earlier this spring. TacticsHR, which later became TacticsCloud, was a great tool. After it … Read more
Twitter Announces New Search Filters; TacticsHR Rebrands to Tactics Cloud
Yesterday, Twitter announced the built in search functionality has been upgraded to include new search filters. Users can now conduct a keyword search for … Read more
Twitter Updates Search Features on Android and iOS
Esteban Kozak, Search and Relevance Product Manager for Twitter, announced today that the company has updated their iOS and Android apps to provide new … Read more
No Surprise, LinkedIn Dominates Social Media Sourcing
If you need any more evidence that LinkedIn is the sourcing tool of choice, then look to this morning’s Jobvite survey on social media recruiting, which … Read more
Fall #SourceCon Speakers You Should Follow On Twitter #FF
It’s Friday morning, so I thought I would send out a SourceCon Fall #FollowFriday list for sourcers and recruiters. In early October, you’ll … Read more
Video: How to Use TacticsHR to Find People on Twitter
I was recently exposed to a new tool known as TacticsHR, which takes Twitter search to a new level. The results are more accurate than I have experienced … Read more
What Recruiters Are Tweeting, Retweeting, and Reading
Ever wondered what recruiters are tweeting about, and whose tweets are most being retweeted? A company called Leadtail put together a report for us on just … Read more
How to Source Candidates on Twitter with Google & Bing
Editor’s note: This post is part of our Source the Web series here on SourceCon. It features articles on how to mine particular online data resources … Read more
The Anatomy Of A Tweet: Six Tips To Getting Twitter Right
If you’re active on Twitter, you’ve probably taken the time to research and follow influential individuals and dedicate part of your day to tweeting and … Read more
The Perfect Game Developer Recruiting Video? Now Featuring Profanity, Dissing Competitors
If you’ve ever met a game developer, you know that they can be interesting characters. While sourcing them can be a pain, it can help to have a big, … Read more
Twitter Without Boolean
It’s human nature to always be searching for the latest and greatest. New job boards, search engines, mobile applications and social media sites are … Read more
How Techies Are Using Social Media And How That Can Help You Find Them
There seems to be this overarching assumption that the way the general populace uses social media is the same way that technical talent will use social … Read more
Google Search Changes: Symbols, Profiles, Geo Data And More
Google continues to make changes to the way it searches the web. Every month, they release a search quality highlights post that explains the changes in … Read more
You Can’t “Recruit Socially” Using LinkedIn? Who Cares?
Very few things ruffle my feathers. I’m easy like Sunday morning. But the debate over whether or not LinkedIn is a social network (or that if someone … Read more
Search Updates: Amazon Cloud Search and Google “Plus Your World”
A couple of things have happened in the word of search in recent weeks that were overshadowed by some of the legislature going through the US House of … Read more
Are Twitter Followers Considered Property Assets?
Recruiters and sourcers who frequently use Twitter to gather leads, promote jobs, and source candidates for their company will be specifically impacted by … Read more
The Best of SourceCon 2011, #1 — How I Made 3 Hires In 6 Weeks With Twitter
Editor’s note: this article by Megan Hopkins was the most popular article on SourceCon in 2011. It originally ran in July. Confessions of a Twitter … Read more
The Best of SourceCon 2011, #4 — Five Fatal Social Recruiting Mistakes
Editor’s note: Shaly Steckerl’s article was the 4th most popular article on SourceCon in 2011. It originally ran in September. Our Recruitment … Read more
Digging For Gold: Three Layers of Candidate Sourcing
I still remember those days when word “sourcing strategy” was define mainly with the names of job portals we would have an access. Well now, the situation … Read more