On Thursday, Twitter made an announcement of some major changes to its profile pages: …we are introducing enhanced profile pages that help marketers … Read more
Five Fatal Social Recruiting Mistakes
The Arbita Recruitment Genome Project demonstrated that 85% of surveyed staffing leaders utilize Social Recruiting avenues yet 70% of them lack any form of … Read more
Getting to know Knod.es: A Quick Way to Search Your Networks
It’s eminent that recruiters make the best networkers. Being the face of a company and telling its story to potential prospects is part of our vocation. … Read more
Five Tips to Writing Awesome Tweets that Get Read and Re-tweeted
Recruiters can use Twitter to advertise jobs, build employment brand, spread influence, and improve reach or popularity. However, before any of this can be … Read more
Searching Social Media Requires Outside-of-the-Box Thinking
Non-Standard Descriptors and the Role They Play in Social Media Sourcing has always been a significant component in the recruiting lifecycle. However, in … Read more
How I Made 3 Hires In 6 Weeks With Twitter
Confessions of a Twitter Hater… My relationship with Twitter started out very slowly, and much like my relationship with my ex-husband, I was not a fan. At … Read more
The Sourcer’s Apprentice – A Lesson in Twitter
August 5, 2010 – the date that I created my Twitter account due to the encouragement of my co-workers saying that it would be a valuable tool. My initial … Read more
Don’t Be a Sourcing Snob
Are You a Sourcing Snob? Ask yourself these questions: Is a candidate identified on LinkedIn intrinsically “better” than a candidate sourced from Monster? … Read more
#SourceCon Speakers: Twitter List and Podcast Collection
Below are all of the links to the podcast interviews we recently ran for some of the SourceCon NYC conference presenters. These were to help prepare you … Read more
Twitter Bio Search Through Search Engines: A Comparison
For a long time now, I have been finding new ways to search on Twitter. In fact, I also tried contacting Twitter to find one reason why they do not have a … Read more
Resumes Are Not Dead!
With the buzz I continue to see and hear surrounding Twitter, social networks, Internet sourcing (blogs, articles, etc.) and such, it’s easy to look at … Read more
Seattle #SocialRecruiting Summit Highlights
SourceCon’s parent company, ERE Media Inc., holds seven yearly conferences: two SourceCon conferences, two ERE Expos, the Fordyce Forum, and two … Read more
Getting More Out Of your Online Tools By Using Box.Net
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and many other social networks have grown in favor for many recruiters and sourcing consultants over the past decade. I don’t … Read more
Twitter’s Hiring Strategies, Part 2
Last week, we ran the first part of an article series on Twitter’s Hiring Strategies, outlining some of the significant new hires Twitter has made … Read more
Twitter’s Hiring Strategies, Part 1
Twitter, the microblog and communications tool we all know and love (loathe for some) has been putting forth a massive hiring campaign lately. Just check … Read more
Is There Life After Twitter?
(Editor’s note: we originally posted this on The Fordyce Letter but felt it was applicable to recruiting researchers and sourcers as well. Enjoy!) … Read more
HootSuite For Sourcing
For anyone who hasn’t heard of HootSuite, it is quickly becoming one of my favorite social tools for sourcing. To provide some background on what … Read more