That day was a tough day for us. Lexi got sick but worse than sick, her temperature skyrocketed all of a sudden, and she had a seizure out of nowhere. I … Read more
LinkedIn Live is Live, Sort of
A few of my lucky friends (like Michael Goldberg) have gone live with Linkedin Live. It is LinkedIn’s Video streaming service similar to Facebook Live and … Read more
New Product Alert – Resource Launches With a Collaborative Sourcing Approach
Each new conference season yields new product and company launches. As attendees flock to several different events scattered throughout the next few weeks, … Read more
Unusual Search Engines for Sourcing
We all know the usual suspects: Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Is that it? Are those the only options? Let’s try these unusual search engines for sourcing. … Read more
Why Modern Talent Sourcing Is Not an Entry Level Function
My roots in talent acquisition are humble, but they run deep and wide. Over the years, I have worked in just about every function you can imagine in talent … Read more
Sourcing Strategy: Helpful or Over-Analyzing? Part 2
This is a continuation of our two-part series that will take a look at six different steps in examining and building your sourcing strategy. Sourcing … Read more
LinkedIn Loses Appeal Over Scraping Public Profile Data
Two years ago, LinkedIn a federal judge issued a considerable setback for LinkedIn, ruling that it can’t block the startup hiQ Labs from accessing public … Read more
Sourcing Strategy: Helpful or Over-Analyzing? Part 1
This two-part series will take a look at six different steps in examining and building your sourcing strategy. Sourcing without strategy: my story What is … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 26
SourceCon is pleased to partner with the Dean Da Costa, the human encyclopedia for all things “tool-related,” to produce a series of e-books into the … Read more
Sourcing with Reddit
Reddit is an aggregator of websites that can be ranked by users. It contains subreddits to categorize topics and users can comment on these. Reddit … Read more
How the Sausage Is Made – a Trick to Impress Your Hiring Manager
We all occasionally love instant meals, and clients and hiring managers are no different. Sometimes they want their meal (in this case, the perfect … Read more
Sourcing with Metasearch Engines
In simple terms, a metasearch engine is an aggregator of data. It uses another search engine to produce results. In most cases, it uses either several … Read more
Being Genuine as a Sourcer
These words: Authenticity and Transparency get thrown around A LOT and not just our industry. In today’s recruiting social media frenzy, these words get … Read more
Two Mental Triggers That Will Help Candidates Trust Recruiters
There is a love story between candidates and recruiters/sourcers. Google SEO tells us that we are searched as stupid, waste of time, liars, lazy, and many … Read more
It Takes Just Five Minutes a Day
It is difficult to stand out from your competition as a recruiter or sourcer. We are continually being asked to be creative, be strategic, and connect … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 25
SourceCon is pleased to partner with the Dean Da Costa, the human encyclopedia for all things “tool-related,” to produce a series of e-books into the … Read more
4 Habits of a Successful Sourcer
Have you ever thought about how your professional experience forms your habits, and then – affects your everyday life? In this post, I want to share … Read more
The Top 10 Email Finding Tools
Finding emails is one of the most important things we can do as sourcers. If you can’t contact them, what good is their resume? Seventy-five percent of … Read more
Entelo Purchases ConveyIQ
Continuing a wave of acquisitions in the recruiting-technology field that includes iCIMS buying Jibe, the sourcing-tool Entelo is acquiring ConveyIQ, which … Read more
When Your Chrome Extensions Ghost You
Over the last few years, I have had the opportunity to teach recruiters how to use Chrome extensions to help find contact information, highlight keywords, … Read more