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 … Read more
No School Like Old School, Especially in Sourcing
When I was a young sourcer, I had to walk 15 miles in the snow to find a candidate! Just kidding, but in al seriousness, times have changed. Nowadays there … Read more
The Stroudification of Artificial Intelligence – Engagement
It’s been long overdue, and also, long-in-the-works: no one has quite complemented, mimicked, or successfully copied the Jim Stroud recipe for candidate … Read more
Sourcing Yelp and YouTube with a Circle Of Sourcing Thinker: Stephan Kim
I first met Stephan Kim at SourceCon 2016, where he had mentioned he had read some of my articles. He had told me about Manta.com, a site he used to pull … Read more
Viral Sourcing
I recently had lunch with the owner of Gigg.com, Scott Warner. He uses creative digital media to take businesses’ social media viral. Wow! Do we need … Read more
A Sourcer’s Love-Hate Relationship With Social Media
Social recruiting in the past few years has become a force to be reckoned with. From the tools that help source and to the types of information that are … Read more
Talent Sourcing In The Digital Era – What Makes Your Target Talent Tick?
Talent sourcing has become strategic. Talent sourcing is no longer a conversation about the latest tool or the best Boolean string that will extract your … Read more
How To Find Almost Any GitHub User’s Email Address 2.0
By now, unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years you have seen or used the Github hack to find user’s email address. If you … Read more
A Brief Overview of the LinkedIn User Interface and Functionality Changes
Last week, there were some heated discussions from many voices on different social channels in the sourcing community of fundamental functionality changes … Read more
One Interview Question Is More Important Than a Resume?
I recently read an article entitled: “85% Believe an Insightful Interview Question Is More Important Than the Application or Resume.” Sounds reasonable … Read more