For every two million lobsters, there is one blue lobster. The blue lobster would taste exactly the same as the other red lobsters if it was cooked. There … Read more
Is this the End of XRay Search on LinkedIn?
Something’s happening on LinkedIn, recruiters. If you have a basic LinkedIn account and you regularly do X-ray searches on Google to find candidates on … Read more
Working AROUND the NEAR Truth! Who Offers Proximity Search?
Finding several terms that are close to one another is a way to make the search results more relevant, i.e. make the search more semantic. This feature is … Read more
5 Tips For Sourcing Success When Your Employer Brand is Poor
All sourcers, on the agency or corporate side, encounter a bad employer brand throughout their sourcing career. Although this common concern of recruiters … Read more
The 3 Simple Rules For Following Up With Candidates
Following up can be tricky business – you want to make sure that you’re doing absolutely everything you can to get potential candidates to respond to you, … Read more
Pokemon Go is like stealing home! My journey toward being a Sourcer
One of the most exhilarating and pulse-pounding plays in baseball is stealing home. It does not happen much, but when it does, and it works, it is like … Read more
So You Want to Recruit for Startup? Here are Five Things You Need to Know
Many recruiters are excited to have startups as clients. It is the adventure and attraction to candidates that seems to lure recruiters. It’s the … Read more
7 Talent Community Truths That Took Me Years to Learn
Ten years ago, I realized that the worldwide web had turned social. I wasn’t certain when it happened, but suddenly it became a reality. The social … Read more
The Top 10 Reasons to Attend #SourceCon
Here are 10 reasons you need to sign up for Fall SourceCon Anaheim right now! 1 SOURCING SECRETS SourceCon is THE place to SHARE your sourcing secrets. … Read more
How To Build A High-Performance Sourcing Department – Part 5 Leading by Example
Sourcing requires a skill set that includes expertise in a variety of areas; such as cold calling, SEO, branding, social media and technology. Although … Read more