“Everything that helps information flow is good for society.” Words spoken by Wang Xing, founder of the site known today as RenRen, a Chinese … Read more
On Lazy Sourcing
In a recent article on Forbes, Dan Schawbel wrote, “Job boards are becoming more irrelevant to the corporate recruitment process every single year. … Read more
Sourcing: Choose Your Own Adventure
Being a young kid in the ’80s, I remember reading a bunch of books from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. For anyone who doesn’t know what these … Read more
The Sourcing Bull’s-Eye – Are You Using Your Resources or Wasting Money?
Whether or not you want to admit it, we all use some paid resources for our recruiting efforts. This could include any of the following products: job … Read more
SourceCon’s Email Subscription Gets a Facelift
We have been working diligently to revise our email subscription option for you, and we’re pleased to let you know that it is now ready and available … Read more
How To Make Meetings More Efficient
You’re sitting in a(nother) meeting. You’re getting antsy because you have prospects to source, lists to scour, people to research, and … Read more
Somebody’s Watching Me (and You!)
In 1984, a new Motown artist named Rockwell debuted a single featuring backing vocals by pop artist Michael Jackson. The most famous lyrics of this song … Read more
The Future of Search
Can we ever truly know what the future holds? Not really, but we can certainly provide theoretical predictions based on previous knowledge, contextual … Read more
Sourcing Evolution: What’s Next?
Every year, someone comes along and declares that ‘sourcing is dying.’ It’s usually someone who is a recruiter, or someone who … Read more
#SourceCon NYC: Sourcing From Multiple Viewpoints
Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian biochemist and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, once wrote, “Research is to see what everybody else has seen, … Read more
Top 10 Candidate Sourcing Best Practices
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2011. Due to the timeless nature of the content, it was the most popular post of 2013. I firmly … Read more
Happy Holidays from #SourceCon
My boss is a great guy – he has given us a few days off around Christmas to celebrate with our families. But before we go, we wanted to wish each and … Read more
SourceCon.com Has A New Look!
Happy Monday, SourceCon readers – yesterday afternoon, we quietly did an overhaul to the website and we proudly present to you the new SourceCon.com! … Read more
Why Robots Shouldn’t Replace People In Sourcing
I read an article from AdAge yesterday titled Why Robots Shouldn’t Replace People For Social Media Monitoring, by Darrell Jursa. The article is … Read more
Interview with Dan Schawbel – LIVE at 12pm Eastern
At 12pm noon today, the video player below will show a live interview between SourceCon’s editor and Dan Schawbel, Managing Partner of Millennial … Read more
The Importance of Cross-Functional Learning
When you went through school, I’ll bet at some point in time you asked your teacher, “When am I EVER going to need to use this in real … Read more
Look Beyond The Obvious
As researchers and sourcers, we are tasked with generating leads for our recruiting colleagues or our clients. But, as the slogan goes for my favorite … Read more
What if there weren’t telephone numbers?
Over on TechCrunch late last week, the co-founder and CEO of voice-application startup SayNow, Nikhyl Singhal, wrote a very interesting post titled Phone … Read more
Conducting a Quality Search: Let Keywords Be Your Guide
That title is kind of a ‘duh’, isn’t it? But it’s amazing how often developing a good list of keywords, and then putting them to … Read more
Data, Information, and Knowledge
Data: a collection of facts Information: data that have been processed into a format that is understandable by its intended audience Knowledge: … Read more