Ever met anyone who majored in recruiting? Who used to say, “I want to be a recruiter when I grow up.”? How crazy is that, considering when I just searched the word “recruiter” in people on LinkedIn, I had over…
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The Importance of Value Add Metrics
Time to fill, cost per hire we are all familiar with the “standard” recruiting metrics but have you ever considered highlighting your value to the business? In his recent keynote speech at SourceCon Glen Cathey said, “sales 101 is sourcing…
What Separates the Best Talent Sourcers from the Rest?
This question is often asked on many different recruiting groups on Facebook. How do I become better at talent sourcing? Of course, it’s good to highlight the importance of having the latest recruiting tools and also the ability to master…
5:30 AM at #SourceCon
It’s 5:30 AM on Monday on the first day of whatever time zone this SourceCon might be located and I’m walking the halls of the event. The venue looks so large before sunrise before most of the attendees have left…
A Different Reason for Appreciating #SourceCon
Not many people have attended more SourceCons than I have. I had the honor of presenting at the very first one in 2007 and many since. And the further honor of SourceCon accepting my proposals to add two different tracks…
The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 15
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 wonderful world of Chrome extensions. Each volume will feature eight Chrome extensions that Da Costa recommends…
SeekOut Sourcing Assistant Looks to Differentiate Its Chrome Extension With Export Functionality, Candidate Recommendations
There’s no shortage of Chrome extensions that help recruiters extract profile data from sources such as LinkedIn. Nymeria, AmazingHiring, WebClipDrop and HiringSolved’s Prophet are just a few, and there were probably a few others that launched in the time it…
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 every recruiter is a habit. Habits are far worse than any mistakes we…
How to Explain to Your Friends and Family That You’re a Sourcer
“So, what do you do?” is one of the first questions you will hear in every conversation with your relatives, friends you haven’t seen for a long time or people you just recently met. The question seems simple, but sometimes…
We’ve Created a Monster – Bad Recruiting
I read recently in a random article that there were 6,900 open jobs within Talent Acquisition in the United States currently. Wow. For the people that think AI (artificial intelligence for those living under a rock) will take over the…
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 web-based variant on traditional desktop-based office suites, like Microsoft Office. Google Apps users…
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, Google for Jobs officially launches today. Now, when you visit Google and type in “marketing jobs,” “jobs near me,” “teaching jobs”…
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 very real need. Every day we go without hiring a sourcer, puts recruitment…
Do You Want Fries with That Shake? Oops! I Mean Intake!
How often do sourcers and recruiters find themselves in the midst of being categorized as an order taker? Hiring managers rarely reach out to the recruiter or sourcer with expectations of sharing responsibility for the recruitment cycle. However, they anticipate…
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…
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…
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…
What Happens At SourceCon Doesn’t Stay At SourceCon
At least from a knowledge and sharing standpoint, what happens at SourceCon doesn’t always stay at SourceCon, and it shouldn’t! This was my first official SourceCon. I did crash a dinner and the Hackathon during the Fall 2016 edition, but attending…
The Top 10 Sourcing Tools You Need To Download This Month!
If you’re a sourcer, the number of tools available to you are just about limitless. From Chrome extensions to productivity and email management tools, your options can be overwhelming and understanding which sourcing tools are the best can be daunting…
Invest In Your Best Sourcers
Managing a team of any size, you have a finite amount of time. You keep investing your time and energy to get the new person up and running, or another person out of a performance management plan. While doing so,…