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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…
Sourcing Like a Detective
Lately, I have been feeling like a detective. Some in my office fondly refer to me as Detective Wyderka, and it had me thinking of some famous detectives. Remember those awesome detective stories you might have checked out at the…
When Managers Want More Resumes; the Three Enchilada Dilemma
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. Jonah Goldberg There are few things that I enjoy more than a good meal, a good drink, and…
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…
The 90s Called. They Want Their Job Postings Back
Oh, the 90s! I am eternally grateful to have experienced the decade that brought us Jennifer Aniston’s “Rachel” hair, Zima, and platform shoes with really fat heels. And the music! Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, oh my! It was…
How I Won The Fall 2017 #SourceCon Hackathon
Warning! This article contains answers and insanely impressive sourcing hacks to Sourcing Games. Reader discretion advised. The 2017 fall SourceCon conference was my third time attending and was as exciting as ever. It was SourceCon’s tenth anniversary, the largest SourceCon…
Meetups and “In Person” Sourcing
As sourcers and recruiters, we often spend a lot of time trying to find out where the people are – that is, where the qualified candidates like to hang out. There are plenty of online solutions to this – LinkedIn,…
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 goes both ways when it comes to contacting a candidate. You don’t want…
Everything You Need to Know About Google’s Move into Talent Acquisition
Google has done it again. They saw an opportunity to flex their authority as the number one purveyors of all things search, and are taking the talent acquisition world by storm. Earlier this year they unveiled Google for Jobs. A…
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 goes both ways when it comes to contacting a candidate. You don’t want…
How to Make Your Experience at #SourceCon Austin Awesome
We are only four days from the big event. Are you ready to get the most of SourceCon? I attended THE first SourceCon in Atlanta. I am not quite certain how I heard about the event. As I recall, since…
What if LinkedIn Disappeared?
If LinkedIn disappeared tomorrow, depending on the day, it honestly might take me a few hours to notice. Not to diminish LinkedIn as one of the number one platforms to source from, but it’s just one of many tools sourcers…
The One Follow-up Question You’re Missing That Could Cost You a Future Prospect
Hey, I get it. We’ve all done it. When we experience that initial rejection of “No, I’m really not looking right now,” or “I’m actually really happy where I’m at,” we thank a candidate for their time and try not…
Why Diversity Sourcing is so Hard
Promoting cultural diversity via talent acquisition has been an initiative we’re all writing into our strategic goals. We know organizations that have broadened cultural diversity have the potential to outperform competitors by 35%, creating a huge opportunity for HR to…
Using Videos to Source
When you think of video use in recruitment you probably imagine some kind of career videos. But the usage of videos for staffing purposes could go far beyond that. At the last Sourcing Summit Europe, and more thoroughly at Sourcing…
When Searching for A New Job Beware of the Bait-and-Switch
Looking for a new job has a lot of emotions behind it. Depending on your current situation, it can have a whole different set of emotions attached to it. If you are currently unemployed, your search probably has a bit…