A friend of mine (hello, Keadra!) wanted to figure out who were the attendees of the Society of Forensic Toxicologist conference in 2018. Here is their … Read more
How to Locate the Person Behind an Email Address
When you are searching for candidates via search engines, sometimes you will find lists of attendees that are not connected with the names. You know that … Read more
SeekOut Takes X-Ray Searches to the Next Level
Finally, there has been an update to our Boolean searches. Yes, you read that correctly! Boolean is not dead, especially if you’re using SeekOut. The … Read more
Scraping Bing Efficiently – a Match Made in Chrome
So you don’t have a LinkedIn Recruiter license? Don’t worry, neither do I! I typically do the bulk of my sourcing through search engines like Bing, … Read more
Clash of the Scrapers – Data Miner vs. ZAPinfo
If you aren’t familiar with scraping the web, it is the art or ability to gather information off of a website in an organized way. There are several … Read more
#SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 20
There has been a high demand for sourcing tools and extensions. Many sourcing tools come and go, yet the market is undoubtedly hot for an extension that … Read more
Closing out 2018 With Lessons Learned on the Job
The year 2018 has come and gone, and it’s been an interesting year here at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. We’ve shifted gears, changed the status quo, and … Read more
Elevating the Sourcing Game (Zangief Style) With the Scraper Warehouse
I was digging around Reddit the other day looking (okay I was building a CSE to extract profiles), and I came across this nerdy article about video games. … Read more
Web Scraping Videos to Watch Before #SourceCon Atlanta
Bret Feig and I have been talking since around May 2018. Since that time, we’ve both had new babies, posted multiple videos on YouTube about tools … Read more
DIY FREE Sourcing Automation Tools
WebClipDrop is a pretty cool tool by my free trial expired. SeekOut is an excellent tool, but my free trial expired. SocialList has brilliant search agents … Read more
Conference List Gold: A #SourceCon Royale Keynote from Aaron Lintz
Most people agree that conferences are fantastic places to source for engaged and interesting candidates. Regardless of industry, people who attend … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
#SourceCon Las Vegas 2018 Day 3 Recap
Gold, Diamonds, Respect and a New Grandmaster! Day three kicked off quickly with Aaron Lintz, and his keynote on how to hack conference lists (please … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more