Most recruiters don’t know this but a telephone follow-up call to a prospect is often more challenging and more significant than a cold call! Typically, … Read more
The Candidate Experience And Sourcing: It Matters And Here’s Why
Last week, I was able to sit in on a presentation that Gerry Crispin gave about the candidate experience and the awards that he helps run called The … Read more
Do Your Own Job: I’m Not Your Researcher, Sourcer or Contact Database
Quite frequently I get contacted by people searching for something or someone. Normally, I don’t mind that. Actually sometimes it is flattering that … Read more
The Sourcer’s Role for Recruiting Women in Technical Fields
I caught an interesting study courtesy of our sister publication ERE.net called Solutions to Recruit Technical Women (PDF download) from the Anita Borg … Read more
Call, Call, and Call Again!
I saw an interesting discussion posted in one of the LinkedIn groups I belong to. It asked: When “cold calling” on a company for the first … Read more
Relationships: Your Ticket to Recruiting Success
What’s the common denominator in successful organizations? Access to the right talent when and where it’s needed. But even with a large pool of unemployed … Read more
Some Thoughts on Sourcing Skills vs. Tools
I talk to a lot of sourcers –I ask them about their work and which tools they use. You might say as a marketer, blogger, and speaker within the industry, … Read more
Sourcing Salary Survey: Results
The topic of sourcing compensation is a hotly contested one. It always has been, and I suspect that it always will be. There are some who feel that … Read more
Show Your Sourcer the Love (and by Love, I mean Money!)
Sourcers are highly specialized, experienced, and on-demand professionals — yet compensation doesn’t seem to follow along. Here’s something I don’t … Read more
Sourcing Education: Philosophy First, Then Training
In 2010 I had the opportunity to put a sourcing workshop together for a group of local recruiters. As I began to formulate a sort of “wire frame” for my … Read more