“Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you’re put here on earth to do, with such passion and such … Read more
Honeit Brings Audio Intelligence to Phone Interviews
Why do recruiters conduct phone interviews? Communication style is one main reason, but it’s more than that. It’s because we can hear talent. A good … Read more
To Text Candidates or Not to Text Candidates?
Al technology keeps progressing and with its progression comes more HRIS and ATS platforms. But one platform that is interesting, and is showing up often … Read more
Thinking like a Navy Seal Sourcer
Does the idea of making cold calls give you a pit in the bottom of your stomach give you the chills? Do you worry about how people will react if you email … Read more
The Phone Screen
You’ve plumbed the deepest depths of the internet. You’ve written, rewritten practiced and perhaps perfected your search string. You’ve assembled a list of … 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
A Recruiter’s Worst Enemy
The worst enemy of any recruiter or sourcer is not the candidate, hiring manager or competitor. Not even time is our biggest enemy. The worst enemy of … Read more
The Top 17 Articles of 2017: #1 Sourcing on Google Suites – Docs, Drive, Sheets and More
Google Docs, Sheets and other tools that Google offers their users are very popular, free and millions use them every day. They are much more than a … Read more
The Top 17 Articles of 2017: #2 It’s Happening – Google Launches its Jobs Search Engine
After nearly a year of speculation, a search engine optimizer in Australia capturing screenshots in the wild, and an official announcement from the CEO, … Read more
The Top 17 Articles of 2017: #3 Google Quietly Launches ‘Badass’ Hiring Tool For Employers
It looks like Google isn’t taking Facebook’s move into the employment space lying down. The company is quietly introducing a new product called Google … Read more
The Top 17 Articles of 2017: #4 15 Signs You Might Be a Sourcer
1. You hack the Eventbrite site for the local soccer league and cross reference it with your child’s elementary school roster (downloaded from the school’s … Read more
Jenny I’ve Got Your Number, Not! Sourcing Tricks for That Hard to Find Phone Number
Remember that catchy phone number from the song by Tommy Tutone in the 80’s 867-5309/Jenny? The song was popular as it caused a fad of calling the phone … Read more
I Can’t Keep Calm, I Got The Job! Interviewing for a Sourcing Job
Take a glimpse into the hiring manager’s world; the unemployment rate is back down to pre-recession rates of 4.4% and the demand for skilled sourcers is a … Read more
Time Management – Candidate Conversations
Now that we have our schedule planned for the day, we have reviewed resumes and have calls scheduled with potential candidates we step into Time Management … Read more
Rules for Contacting a Candidate
Give it a Google, and you’ll find article after article on the rules for conducting yourself in an interview – as a candidate. But a good impression … Read more
Rules for Contacting a Candidate
Give it a Google, and you’ll find article after article on the rules for conducting yourself in an interview – as a candidate. But a good impression … Read more
Spider-Man Puzzles – Hiring the Right Pieces for Your Own Team
I’ve got four awesome kids! They are ages eight, six, two, and seven months. I know, that’s a lot of kids, and let me tell you, they are a handful. But I … Read more
Refining Your Sourcing Approach
Have you ever found that search, where you feel like you, have tried everything but then need to recalibrate half-way through? Have you found yourself … Read more
Sourcing References: Mining Your Database
In my last article, titled Sourcing References, I outlined my go-to approach for using references as a source for finding candidates. In this article, I … Read more
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 … Read more