I often hear about new HR software and I always secretly hope it will turn out to be tedious or irrelevant so I can safely ignore it. However, it is … Read more
The Seven Highly Effective Habits of Sourcing by @JimStroud
Here are a few ideas for you to consider to make sure you’re a highly effective sourcer. Be curious / when I started I had no idea what I was doing … Read more
How do People Like to be Contacted by Recruiters? by @GlenCathey
Have you ever wondered how the potential candidates you reach out to on a regular basis actually prefer to be initially contacted? Would you like to know … Read more
Infographic: A Detailed Guide to Advanced Search Operators
This post originally appeared on SocialTalent.co. Sometimes when you’re looking for really hard-to-find talent, the information you need just isn’t in the … Read more
Composing and Playing the Boolean Search String Song of Hires
Have you ever heard Yo Yo Ma play Bach’s Cello Suite number 1 – Prelude? If you haven’t, I suggest it’s worth the 5 minute investment of time to do so. I’m … Read more
Boolean is Not Dead by @MarkNexus
I always see blog posts about how Boolean is dead for sourcing and that we can really source for candidates with a single job title. These aren’t new … Read more
3 Resources to Help You Scrape the Web for Candidate Data
Scraping the web is a favorite pastime of many sourcers. In fact, a recent SourceCon Denver session about web scraping was one of the most popular sessions … Read more
Free Tool Fridays: Scraping the Web With Mozenda
Happy 4th of July to the US based readers! Here is a tool for you to play with in between barbecue and fireworks displays! What is scraping? Web scraping, … Read more
How to Scrape Public LinkedIn Groups Into an RSS Feed (For Free)
LinkedIn is inching toward 2 million user groups. Passionate people create these communities to engage people with common interests. Nearly half are … Read more
The Complete Guide to Recruiting and Sourcing Candidates on Github
This post is part of our Source the Web series here on SourceCon. It features articles on how to mine particular online data resources from experts like … Read more