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What is the Blockchain and Why Does It Matter?
Why did Bitcoin rise in value? Everyone gets caught up in the bitcoin bubble craze when they could be learning about the technology that enabled the bitcoin. In the cryptocurrency world, Bitcoin, otherwise known as BTC, and the blockchain it…
Recruiters, You Don’t Have Time for Excuses
We all are looking for excuses, some of us just from time to time, and some of us more often than others. Recruitment is full of excuses even if we are not ready to admit it publicly. Many recruiters in…
Sourcing Different – The Intake Meeting
In the last article, we discussed on how to source the all mighty referral tree, with this topic we dive into one of the most critical aspects of our jobs, the intake meeting. The intake meeting is a crucial step…
Why I Love Being a Sourcer
I genuinely love what I do. That’s right; I love what I do. I love being a sourcer. I love being a recruiter. In this time we live in, it is a rare thing even to type or read. In…
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…
Sourcing Different – The Referral Tree
Referrals are some of the best resources on the market. Someone always knows someone, and with a referral, the key to success is closer than ever. Recruiting is a constant rollercoaster of highs and lows. Whether you found a candidate…
Creative Ways to Build your Employee Referral Pipeline
The sourcing and recruitment community continues to see an overwhelming influx of new technologies, techniques, and theories on how to attract and retain top talent. With unemployment at an all-time low, competition for purple squirrels, unicorns, and other elusive forest…
You Don’t Need Dedicated Sourcing If You Do These Things Well
I don’t think a dedicated sourcing function has to be included in a TA organization. The reasons TA organizations hire dedicated sourcers vary, depending on the size and scope of the organization. Some bring on sourcing teams to help offload…
Sourcing Candidates – Ask WHY not WHERE
Every talent acquisition team is tracking various types of information about their applicants, from which website the candidate came, how long the registration process took, how long the candidate is in the process for this particular role, time to fill,…
The War is Over
2018, the year of acquiring the best talent will once again be our primary focus. As always, talent acquisition will be on the hot seat everywhere. Locate, identify, qualify, engage and secure the top performers from the competition and do…
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 Sourcing Tools to Download in 2018
There are a lot of different tools, tips, and tricks in the sourcing/recruiting industry. In this article, we’re going to take a more in-depth look at the top tools for 2018 to add to your sourcing toolbox. There are of…
Need a Sourcing Refresher in 2018? Read This
Sourcing for candidates can be truly overwhelming. Whether you’re new to the industry, or primarily spend your time on the recruitment side, there are a lot of places to find candidates. One of the most common misconceptions in sourcing is…
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: #6 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…
Why You Need a Sourcing Buddy
You can master sourcing, recruitment marketing, recruitment processing, or candidate tracking. However, even if you know all of that, there are many other things that you may have missed. It is almost impossible for one person to track every single…
Grit: The Secret Driver of Sourcing and Recruiting Success
“I like things to happen. And if they don’t happen, I like to make them happen.” – Winston Churchill Make no doubt, sourcing is a tough game, especially in this market where unemployment is at record lows in many markets. It’s…
How Are You Assessing Cultural Fit?
A friend of mine was recently interviewing for a sales role at a hot tech company, and, in one of the interviews, a person who would be his peer looked him up and down, in his blazer, slacks and button…
Sourcing Quality vs. Quantity?
What’s more important in a search, quantity of candidates reached or quality of candidates reached? Well, sometimes the answer is both. Reaching out to people who will NEVER either want or get the job is pointless (unless you are sourcing…