I’ve been asked several times over the course of my research career to share examples of my initial email outreach to prospective candidates after … Read more
Creating a Culture of Innovation
— Managers imitate; leaders innovate As a leader, one of the biggest pressures I face is to do more with less. I am constantly being asked to squeeze … Read more
Google Acquires Metaweb
Google announced today that it has acquired Metaweb Technologies, a company based in San Francisco that developed Freebase, an “open, shared database … Read more
HootSuite For Sourcing
For anyone who hasn’t heard of HootSuite, it is quickly becoming one of my favorite social tools for sourcing. To provide some background on what … Read more
Aon Acquires Hewitt Associates
A big shoe dropped today in the world of HR consulting as Aon Corporation announced it was acquiring Hewitt Associates in a nearly $5 billion cash and … Read more
Sourcing and Plato’s Cave Allegory
Plato was was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution … Read more
How #SocialRecruiting Is Changing Sourcing
Yesterday I received a notification from Jobvite that the results to their 2010 Social Recruiting Survey were available. This is a topic of great interest … Read more
Sourcer or Recruiter – The Dividing Line
The evolution of the modern-day recruiting model has totally confused the roles we play as sourcers in the life cycle of the recruiting process. If you … Read more
SourceCon Fall 2010: Registration Is Open
Join the Million Sourcer March on Washington in September! Well…. probably not a million, but there will be a convening of some of the brightest … Read more
Sourcing For Contractors
Regular Contributor post from Kristen Fife I’ve been a recruiter in the Seattle tech market for close to seven years now. I’ve worked for one … Read more