Hiring technical recruiters or sourcers with agency background experience has always been a trend. Why is this? What are the skills that agency recruiters … Read more
How Many Phone-Sourced Names Do I Need to Make a Hire?
The short answer: It depends. The long answer: It depends on a lot of things but the biggest qualifiers are what and where the job is. If the job is one in … Read more
A Recruitment Revolution Is Upon Us
I am seeing a revolution happening in recruitment. Read more
Strategic Sourcing: Should I Wear a Lab Coat or Deerstalker?
Strategic sourcing is the process of continuously improving and re-evaluating the candidate pipeline against the position you’re trying to fill. When … Read more
When the Boss Asks for the Inconceivable: Sourcers Must Call Candidates!
If you’re a sourcer thinking about this headline you might start having an anxiety attack, sweating profusely, talking like Porky Pig, or begin … Read more
Sourcing: Art or Science?
Editor’s note: There are new readers discovering SourceCon all of the time. With that in mind, we run popular posts from past years on occasion to … Read more
3 Profiles to Consider When Hiring a New Sourcer
Hiring a good sourcer is difficult. Identifying new sourcers who do not have experience in the recruiting function is even more difficult. If you’re trying … Read more
Are We Nearing A World Without Passives?
Getting the cold shoulder from your LinkedIn prospects? Maybe it’s just bad luck that you’re sourcing for high demand candidates who may be in … Read more
Leveraging Your Employment Brand to Boost Your Sourcing Strategy
As employment branding becomes an increasingly popular discussion in talent acquisition, I’ve seen more companies embracing the concept. During the last … Read more
New Year’s Recruiter Resolution #1: Be a Hunter, not a Trapper
Sourcing for candidates takes skill and strategy – it’s not something that just happens overnight. In order to successfully attract and retain candidates, … Read more