Remember that “little known Fortune 100 company trying to become a talent factory“? The IT products-and-services company has launched a new career site, talent community, mobile site, and CRM. Blake Wettstein is the lead on the new site; he and…
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Turns Out, Millennials Actually Don’t Want Your Feedback
It’s conference season and I got a chance to see the ever-popular, Marcus Buckingham. Marcus has the great English accent, high energy and great leadership content to share. He’s strong every time I’ve seen him, going on way too many…
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SourceCon Presents – The Wonderful World Of Chrome Extensions – Volume 5
It’s obvious that most recruiters and sourcers have a love affair for sourcing tools. Why wouldn’t we enjoy a shortcut or a little assistance in finding information faster? There has been a high demand for sourcing tools and extensions. Many…
LinkedIn Unveils New Features for InMail, Mobile Job Search
LinkedIn announced enhancements to its InMail product and mobile job search functionality today. “The introduction of these two features reinforces our commitment to bring job seekers and companies closer together making LinkedIn a destination for all things jobs,” the company…
When Is the Best Time to Contact a Candidate?
I recently did a study to see if I had a change in response based on the day or time that I contacted candidates. Should I reach out to candidates between 5-8 a.m. before work, should it be during lunch…
Google Announces New Jobs Search, Google For Jobs
Google is weeks away from launching a job search that will give jobseekers unusual control over how to filter the results to best meet their needs. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the forthcoming Google for Jobs at its developer conference…
Questions to Ask When You Are Interviewing a Sourcer
Interviewing sourcers is tricky, we’re all people, people. We made great first dates and knew how to engage in easy conversation. We have a sales outlook, so we sell ourselves well. And therefore we can bond, engage and like each…
Building Up a Google X-Ray Search
As sourcers, there’s a lot we can do that often gets overlooked for the fanciest new tool or data scraping technology. Using the Google X-Ray technique (site:), as Dean Da Costa recently wrote about, is one of those old school…
LinkedIn Unveils New Features for InMail, Mobile Job Search
LinkedIn announced enhancements to its InMail product and mobile job search functionality today. “The introduction of these two features reinforces our commitment to bring job seekers and companies closer together making LinkedIn a destination for all things jobs,” the company…
What the Future of Sourcing Should Look Like
“It’s all up to you, kid. The dinosaurs are dying out. Become a Bird…” ― Scott Snyder Evolution happens in every industry, sometimes it helps and creates a flourishing environment, and sometimes it unravels to total disrepair like Enron going down…
7 Similarities Between Recruiting College Athletes and Business Professionals
As a former college athlete and lover of sports, I am always looking for ideas to integrate my passion for athletics into the professional setting. There are many similarities between recruiting college athletes and sourcing professions to fill our jobs. To…
Quick Tips for Sourcing Finance Candidates
As we, sourcing professionals, continue to improve upon our research and sourcing skills, it’s important to understand that specific industries require different sourcing skills and therefore, utilizing certain tools are of the utmost significance. When searching for financial services and…
GlossaryTech Expands Its Catalog for Tech Recruiters
GlossaryTech is an excellent resource for understanding and knowing tech terms. There was a great article previously posted on SourceCon by yours truly. GlossaryTech is the first online; live tech dictionary established for recruiters and sourcers. It’s kind of like Wiki…
