The Recruiting Animal posed an interesting question to the guests on #SourceCon Live today. His question was, “Which LinkedIn account should an … Read more
Sourcers and Recruiters: Please Take the 2014 State of Sourcing Survey
Last year, we conducted the first annual “State of Sourcing” survey. The results were shared on the blog and at the 2013 Fall SourceCon … Read more
New Sites Offer Employee Referrals and Job Screening Tools
Believe it or not, not everyone’s been at the Hamptons, Martha’s Vineyard, or running around getting the kids’ school supplies this month. Canon Europe … Read more
Properly Equipping a Future Generation of Excellent Sourcers
I don’t know a single person whose goal upon graduating either from high school or college was to become a recruiter or a sourcer. To the best of my … Read more
Free Tool Friday: The Leaf Chrome Addon Gives Data About Twitter Users
Note: This is a part of the Free Tool Friday series with Dean DaCosta. Each Friday during July and August, Dean will provide a short description of one of … Read more
How to Use FeedDemon to Track Sourcing and Recruiting News
How do you stay up to date on sourcing and recruiting news? In this short video, Tony Stemen of the Novo Group walks viewers through how he uses FeedDemon … Read more
Startup Spotlight: TalentBrowser Scores and Matches Candidates to Jobs
This week, the Startup Spotlight shines on Talent Browser. Below is a conversation with Founder Janet Dwyer. What is your background? For the past 15+ … Read more
Contextual Search Engine Vurb Lands $8mm Round of Funding
Vurb, the contextual search engine we reported on back in May, has secured $8 million in funding from Redpoint Ventures. Redpoint outlined the potential … Read more
National Average for Time to Fill Open Positions Longest Since 2001
The time to fill open positions has reached a national average of just about 25 days, the lengthiest job vacancy period in the 13 years covered by the … Read more
Data Extraction Not Data Distraction
Every candidate that is hired is discovered in some capacity. They apply for a job, they are sourced from a career website like Dice or Monster, pulled … Read more