For those of you that don’t know, Tron is a Sci-Fi movie in which humans enter the computer world. These humans are known as “users,” while the residents of the computer world, or The Grid, are deemed “programs.” The Users…
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A Sourcer’s Chamber of Secrets: Finding Competitors and More
Many people have asked me, “how did you find that site, was it advanced Boolean or some secret hack?” Well, the answer is no, it’s a series of strategic keywords often. So I wanted to break down how I get…
Chrome Tool Crisis! Don’t Worry Sourcers, We Have Jedi Mind Tricks
LinkedIn and its user agreements, yes they make some recruiters and sourcers uneasy, but I always tell my cohorts, there is always another way to the information. LinkedIn has been on top of the professional social networking sites, but monetizing…
Talent Sourcing in a New Reality: A Story of Human Kindness
Downsizing, restructuring, workforce reduction, realignment, these are words that pull at all emotions: anger, sadness, disappointment, fear, and feeling lost. I felt the same years ago when it happened to me. I didn’t know where to begin looking, or how,…
Healthcare Greatest Hits: Our Growing Voice in the Sourcing Community
When I first started writing about sourcing in healthcare, my goal was to write a total of three articles. Over the last few years, I’ve come to realize there is a lot more to say about this topic. In fact,…
Source Like a Mad Scientist: Targeting Innovators Through Free Patent Sites
Patents can be a fantastic identifier of niche talent, particularly if you are looking for innovators or inventors. Transformational talent lives here, and pulling candidates who work on an original idea that turned into a patent can bring your candidate…
Circle of Sourcing: Top Websites To Locate Directories
At SourceCon Fall in 2016, Lori Schifman shared with our roundtable this URL to find nurses: http://www.rncentral.com/nursing-library/careplans/100_really_useful_web_sites_for_nurses/ That was a “wow” moment for the entire table! I asked how she found it and she informed me she typically looks for…
Sourcing Tips – The Science Behind The Syntax of Publication Websites
As I mentioned at SourceCon Spring, publication websites can be a tremendous resource in producing supplementary information and scientific skill sets to the forefront. Many scientists have “skeleton” LinkedIn profiles that do not include the full representation of who they are, what…
Sourcing Yelp and YouTube with a Circle Of Sourcing Thinker: Stephan Kim
I first met Stephan Kim at SourceCon 2016, where he had mentioned he had read some of my articles. He had told me about Manta.com, a site he used to pull master electricians. We caught each other on Facebook the…
That’s a Wrap! Closing Thoughts From The 2017 Spring SourceCon Conference
This doesn’t happen every day. I wanted to give a big thank you to SourceCon, the presenters, the ERE crew, and most of all you amazing attendees. You make this conference exceptional. Your thirst for knowledge and seeing the “wow” moments happening…
Circle of Sourcing – My Journey To Speaking At SourceCon
Sourcecon and the sourcing community has been an amazing thing for me. Whether it is the speakers I’ve learned from, the SourceHouston Crew’s teachings, the roundtable discussions and hacking sessions full of ideas, or the random conversations I’ve had with…
Controlling the Robots: Using Mailto to Unlock a Listserv
The other day I was having some fun with mailto. It’s used to produce hyperlinks on websites that allow users to send an email to a specific address without first having to copy it and enter it into an email…
The Art Of Building A Google Custom Search Engine – Bonus: Adding Complex Refinements
A major aspect of Custom Search Engines (CSE) is choosing and creating effective refinements. Refinements can hone in or focus your search engine on specific areas or aspects. To Review: A refinement is an extension of your site search/xray we…
The Art of Building a Google Custom Search Engine – Part 3: Site Searches With a Side of URL Manipulation
In the first entry of this series, we went over some basic methods in building a Custom Search Engine (CSE) to search a specific site (like Manta.com). There are a few ways to build a CSE this way, but you…
The Art of Building A Google Custom Search Engine – Part 2: Searching the Entire Web
After countless hours list diving with various strings using filetype, list, and inanchor operators, I found some strings I like to use regularly. However, when I attempted to build a custom search engine (CSE) around the concepts, the search would…
The Art of Building a Google Custom Search Engine – Part 1
In my constant exploration of sites to pull information from, it’s easy to get lost in the syntax and forget how to properly site search each and every database I come across. I’ve gotten in the habit of building Custom…
Inaugural SourceCon Hackathon 2016
During the first keynote session, my Chrome was on the fritz, and I was freaking out. Anyone who knows me would confirm my anxiety was high, and when my technology breaks I get super stressed, but here’s what ended up…
The Night Before #SourceCon
Every time I attend a conference I take a moment to look out on the city and reflect. As I look down on the lights tonight and experience the California air, slightly chilled but a good chill, I await the…
Sourcing For Good: Preston Peery
A message from the Editor: SourceCon is starting a new series, #Sourcing4Good. We want to share and highlight the GOOD stories in our industry. We want us all to be reminded of why we are doing what we do, and also…
Healthcare Hunt Bonus: Finding Doctors
I was talking to one of my friends about hunting medical doctors the other day, and through our discussion I came across some pretty interesting ways to find this profession. For example, many colleges and universities have a public “find…