As many of you may have heard, I’m leaving the healthcare industry to join the Sourcing team at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. I know, shocker right? As I exit an industry that has been so great to me, I realized I had…
Greg Hawkes
Greg Hawkes
Sourcing for Hurricane Harvey – Ways to Donate and Support Houston Residents
I’ve lived in Houston for a while now, and hurricane season has always been a nervous time for many of this city’s residents. However, this week has been a swirling world of chaos for Houston. We’ve all been affected in…
The Game Has Changed: Building A Grid of Sourcing Alternatives
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…
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…