One of the most common questions I get asked by recruiting firm owners and recruiting managers is, “What should I look for when I want to hire a sourcer?” … Read more
How Ministry Health Care Improved Its Recruiting Digital Footprint
Ministry Health Care is a health care system of clinics and hospitals, primary and specialty care physicians, home care and related services, in Wisconsin … Read more
Breaking Down the Sourcing Function, Part 1: What’s A Sourcer To Do?
There seems to be a mysterious fog surrounding the responsibilities of sourcer. We are viewed as anything ranging from a “junior recruiter,” a data entry … Read more
Sourcing: Cost vs. Value
Over the years, the question of how one defines sourcing has been one that never seems to die. It is almost always accompanied with follow-up questions, … Read more
How To Find Contact Details, Part 2: The Pros and Cons of Contact Search
When we talk about finding someone’s contact details, what we are normally trying to achieve is a way to directly communicate with the candidate. The … Read more
What Is a Sourcer Worth?
I am worth $1.83 million. No, seriously, I am — at least, that’s what www.humanforsale.com told me. I took their survey and the resulting value … Read more
How I Am Implementing New Skills Learned at the SourceCon Conference
If you had told me five years ago that I would be in a role where I get to geek out by using mathematically based principals to do my job, stalk people … Read more
Ask Jackye: Three Million Networking Contacts and Counting
How do you source for high demand diversity professionals? Great question! I had a boss who always told me, “You have over three million people to choose … Read more
High Volume Sourcing Trends: Creating a Pool, Not Sinking
Think you have a stressful sourcing job? What if you had two weeks to fill 20 positions, and then were asked to repeat that demand over and over again? … Read more
The Unique Mind of a Sourcer
A couple of weeks back I saw an article on SC about Rob McIntosh’s Brain Is For Sale. Being an inventor of various sourcing contests like Rob’s dog and a … Read more