Here in 2018, things move fast. We reach people quickly. It’s the age of instant gratification: you get a ‘like’ of your tweet or a reply to your sourcing email, and it’s an instant win. Scientists tell us our bodies…
Retention & Engagement
Time Management – Work-Life Balance
Time. We don’t ever have enough of it, so be critical with each second of every day as we don’t get any do-overs! Now that we have our schedules down, ability to quickly read through the resume, identify and maintain…
Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Staying Power
I am 42 years old. My first “grown up” job was at the tender age of 22. I have had 12 jobs since that first job. That’s means I average a job change every 1.83 years. Some, I left because…
Interviewing Sourcers – Hire The Person, Not The Skill
You’ve just completed your interviews, and now it’s time to decide. Which candidate do you hire as the new sourcer for your team? I have gone back and forth on this debate, teetering between choosing technology expertise and industry experience,…
It’s Not the Recruiter, It’s the Role
A recruiter’s job is tough. With the power in the job seekers hands, a recruiter has to dig deeper and think of innovative ways to fill a role with the perfect candidate. As the talent pool shrinks the task of…
The Secret Sauce of Candidate Engagement
Candidate engagement is one of the most difficult things to master. Recruiters and sourcers have different takes on what makes a good candidate engagement program and several different best practices have worked. While candidate engagement isn’t a one size fits…
SourceCon Fall 2016 – A Sponsors Perspective
Conferences are always slightly different for sponsors. There is usually a fair amount of dead-time at the booth, you’re charged with throwing around business cards like confetti and you often get a nagging suspicion that people are only talking to…
How to Build a High-Performance Sourcing Department – Part 4 Rewarding Performance
Nothing motivates high-performance more than rewarding success. In order for a sourcer to feel truly validated, some type of reward is needed. The renown psychologist David McClelland states, in his Achievement Motivation Theory, that people are more likely to be…
As Jobs Continue to Expand, More Workers Start Looking
Recruiters and sourcers may find their job just a little easier this month, as more workers who have been sitting on the sidelines for months or even years, are now rejoining the labor force. The U.S. Labor Department reported this…