Many tools come and go, but some have become very reliable in our efforts to better source talent. Sourcers are keen on the advantages of sourcing tools, but many are still learning the power behind combining sourcing tools to achieve optimal…
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Check Yourself – Common Sourcing and Candidate Outreach Mistakes
Today we are not going to repeat the well-known rules of Boolean search or to teach you to use these commands. We are hoping that you understand Boolean and how to use all the possible combinations and elements of syntax….
How to Find Candidate Contact Information – Back to Basics
In the digital age, we recruiting professionals have become a little spoiled by all of the tools available to us. We now have fancy extensions and apps that, when applied correctly, greatly aid our ability to find people, contact information…
New to Sourcing? This Article Will Help.
So finally you have decided that you want to make a career in sourcing. Congratulations, you have selected one of the most exciting and rewarding careers. Not surprisingly, numerous challenges need to be overcome to be successful in this fast-paced…
The Email Recruiting Campaign: The Inbox is the Battlefield in the Digital War for Talent
Three seconds. Count them out. One thousand one! One thousand two! One thousand three! I have Three seconds to entice you to read my email. Have I three seconds to grab your attention? Reacting a hyper speed is a core aspect of the…
Why Candidates Are Ignoring Your Emails
As a recruiter or a sourcer, do you ever wonder about methods to get qualified candidates to respond to your messages? In today’s competitive candidate market and with the rise of AI, aka “the robots,” we tend to forget about…
When Is the Best Time to Contact a Candidate?
I recently did a study to see if I had a change in response based on the day or time that I contacted candidates. Should I reach out to candidates between 5-8 a.m. before work, should it be during lunch…
A Step by Step Guide on How to Personalize an Email
I’ve been getting spammed by a vendor who starts every email “Hi Deepak” and continues to tell me why I should meet with them. But my name isn’t Deepak. It’s not even close. It’s not even the right gender. So…
18 Extremely Intelligent Women Sourcers Share Their Favorite Search Strings
Boolean logic will always captivate me. The art of manipulating a search string to retrieve results will never get old. Our use of Boolean commands has certainly changed over the years. We may not be spending hours each day refining our…
LinkedIn Continues Its Upgrades – Introduces a Smarter Way to Message
LinkedIn continues to implement changes to its website. Today, the professional networking juggernaut announced an overhaul to its evolving messaging service. According to the release on their blog, LinkedIn is rolling out a smarter messaging experience with the ability to message…
2 Friends, a Few Cocktails, and 10 Years of Sourcing History – Reminiscing the Early Days of SourceCon
I remember SourceCon 2007 like it was yesterday. Yet, here we are, nearly ten years later, taking a look back at when the magic all began. Everyone that was there will have a story to tell, and I was lucky…
5 Rules For Contacting Sourced Candidates
It seems, at times, that those of us in the recruiting profession can be slow to catch on to trends or common sense norms. It’s not something that is unique to only this industry, and it likely has more to…
Find More Candidate Contact Information In 2017 With ContactOut
If you’re looking for a new data scraping tool to play with in 2017, consider kicking the tires on ContactOut. In talking with CEO Rob Liu, he elaborated on some of their key features and pulled the curtain back a…
7 Core Truths That Evolved in 2016 and How They Will Impact 2017
The end of a calendar year has always been a time of reflection for me. Nestled between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is my birthday; that annual reminder that it is time to take stock of life, career, and profession. When…
The Top 16 Articles of 2016: #8 – The 3 Simple Rules For Following Up With Candidates
Editors Note: For the last 16 days of December, SourceCon will be resharing our most popular articles from the year. Following up can be tricky business – you want to make sure that you’re doing absolutely everything you can to…
Add RocketReach To Your Expanding List of Sourcing Extensions
The competition for retrieving contact information from candidates on LinkedIn just increased. Sourcers can now add RocketReach to their fastly growing toolbox of sites that find contact information. The RocketReach Companion allows sourcers and recruiters to look up email on…
The Top 16 Articles of 2016: #15 – Don’t Be That Sourcer – Improve Your Subject Line Skills
Editors Note: For the last 16 days of December, SourceCon will be resharing our most popular articles from the year. Most sourcers know that one of the most important components of a well-crafted email lies in the subject line. In…
Don’t Be That Sourcer – Improve Your Subject Line Skills
Most sourcers know that one of the most important components of a well-crafted email lies in the subject line. In fact, 35% of email recipients open email based on the subject line alone. Given this statistic, you can imagine the…
Sourcers Can Improve Their Communication Skills With Textdiver
Every sourcer should know the importance of writing a well-crafted email, job description, and even a text message when communicating with a prospective candidate. SourceCon has covered some of these tools and techniques that can help improve communication with candidates in…
SourceCon 2016 Presents How to Engage Candidates
What is the best way to engage others? If you’re in recruiting, you can probably agree that there is no absolute answer to it. Talent acquisition has quickly evolved with new technologies and automation tools, but one thing has been…