In today’s market, there is a gap between open job positions qualified candidates. Further still, the customer landscape is becoming more diverse and as a … Read more
Must be Able to Drive a Zoo Vehicle
Your company has implemented a diversity initiative, and you are ready to go. You flip on your computer and see great candidates yet, none of them seem to … Read more
How To Source On StackOverflow
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
Candidates On Vacation? Connect With Them Using These 4 Methods
Traditionally, summer hasn’t been considered the best time to source and recruit new job candidates: as people take time off to travel and vacation, … Read more
Should Your Job Title Really Be “Phisher”?
If you are one of those recruiters that uses a keyword search resume bot in conjunction with a mass email to every result that gets returned, you are NOT a … Read more
The Best of SourceCon 2011, #5 — Boolean in Disguise: LinkedIn Recruiter’s Cure fo...
Editor’s note: John Childs’ article was the 5th most popular article on SourceCon in 2011. It originally ran in June. Boolean in Disguise is a … Read more
PNC Case Study at SourceCon: Four Steps to Developing a Successful Sourcing Team
Jillian Snavley has built a phenomenal sourcing function at PNC Financial Services. And she has the data to prove it, as she very effectively demonstrated … Read more
10 Reasons My Sourcer Rocks
It’s that time of year when many of us are able to get in that last vacation before the end of the sunny days of summer. The Sourcer I work with, Arati, is … Read more
Making Hiring Hits Out of Near Sourcing Misses: Running an Internal “Open House”
A frequently recurring frustration of a good sourcing recruiter is the ‘laissez-faire’ attitude of many hiring managers. We dedicate ourselves to finding … Read more
Successful Sourcing Outside of Your Industry
What do the food industry and sporting goods industry have in common? They both need to understand their consumers — and they both have sensory … Read more
Boolean in Disguise: LinkedIn Recruiter’s Cure for the Common Boolean Blues
Boolean in Disguise is a prescription for easing the pain some experience when wrestling with Boolean strings. The Rx consists of a way of formulating and … Read more
Recipe for Recruiter-Sourcer Partnership Success
Sourcing great candidates is more than just creating a Boolean search, cold calling, or posting jobs. Just like any good recipe, sourcing is the balance … Read more
Sourcing Military Talent
One of the best places, often overlooked, when looking for candidates is the military. Often times, a client or hiring manager will have specific needs for … Read more
Cirque du Sourcing
Karine Larocque is a Montreal, Quebec resident and a 10-year veteran of the recruiting industry. She studied Psychology at Concordia University and had … Read more
#SourceCon NYC: Going From Good to Great in Sourcing
Getting SourceCon NYC kicked off today, Megan Holte, Sourcing and Pipeline Manager at ADP, showed a video of TCU’s Amon G. Carter stadium demolition … Read more
Podcast – Meet the Speakers for #SourceCon NYC: Megan Holte
You’ve all heard the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” Well, we aim to shake up that notion at SourceCon this year. … Read more
Collaborative Sourcing: The Merits of Exercising a Team-Based Approach
In a 1963 speech, John F. Kennedy said, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” He was referencing the economy, and this quote has been used in support of many an … Read more
Sourcing in 2011: What We Learned at #SourceCon D.C.
Year 2010 was a year to initiate an enterprise wide change in Capgemini India’s recruiting process. “Sourcing” has been a decisive and driving component … Read more
At Microsoft, “We Still Serve”
I found out that proper etiquette for veterans is to thank them for their service. I have developed the habit of asking if there are any veterans in a … Read more
From LinkedIn’s Talent Connect conference: Talent and Social Media Trends for Sourci...
Corporate recruiting and sourcing leaders gathered from around the world this week for LinkedIn‘s very first user conference in San Francisco. … Read more