“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to them their own.” – Benjamin Disraeli I … Read more
Hiring Managers Who Don’t Want to Talk to You
I gotta be honest; my favorite hiring managers started off our relationship by telling me to “F*ck off.” Two of them, and to this day they are both still … Read more
The Astonishingly Simple Growth Hacking Secret that Guarantees Engagement
The best growth hacking secret I learned in 2018 as my journey into growth hacking thickened is so simple to implement and works on every social media … Read more
Why You Should Do Your Homework Before Keynoting in a New Country
I am sitting on my patio back in South Africa, and I keep on having to pinch myself as last week’s SourceCon Seattle seems like it was a dream. I have that … Read more
Keeping Sourcing Open Source
A not too long ago in an agency setting I once got axed in… I left the cubical life for something different. Something different turned into ideas, … Read more
Another Tool for Finding Information on Potential Candidates on Social Media
For today’s recruiter, there can’t be enough talk about extensions and other ways to find potential candidates’ information. I mean how many tools are … Read more
Honesty in Phone Sourcing
Phone sourcing is probably where most of us are uncomfortable. I know I was when I started. How do you ask for the “Engineering Manager” without their name … Read more
It’s Time to Bring Artificial Intelligence Into Candidate Assessments
Candidates are quickly learning that with unemployment at 3.7%; jobs are easy to come by. In fact, in a recent survey, 72.8% of employers are struggling to … Read more
I Heard It at SourceCon Seattle
It was a packed house at SourceCon this week in surprisingly-good-weathered Seattle. Here are a few things I heard in the hallways, session rooms, at … Read more
Go Where You Have Never Been – A #SourceCon Seattle Purple Squirrel Track Preview
It was a year ago I presented to an enthusiastic crowd at SourceCon Royale in Vegas, when I discussed Proactive Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Strategy to … Read more