I continue to see well respected thought leaders in the staffing industry make claims that the value of the job boards is waning and that the quality of … Read more
Sourcing: A Passing Fad Or A Strategic Move?
"Strategy" is a longer-term investment, and it isn't appropriate for all companies, all industry verticals, or even all recruiters. A strategy is about … Read more
What You Wish You Could Tell Candidates
I’m always hearing recruiters say they want to be more helpful to candidates. I wonder. I wrote the following with the idea that it might help some express … Read more
Red Flags: Mistakes Phone Sourcers Make in Their Calls
Normally the flags go up when phone sourcers ask me, especially when they’re new at it, “What do I do/say if/when she asks me why I need the information I … Read more
Direct Candidate Sourcing in Asia – Quirks
In my fourteen years of involvement in both corporate recruitment and agency search/contingent work in the Asia Pacific region, I’ve seen some quirks in … Read more
How to Become a Boolean Black Belt or E-Recruiting Expert
I wrote an article last year that definitively defined the “Boolean Black Belt” concept. In this post, I explain how to become one. The good news is that … Read more
How I Learned What I Know About Candidate Sourcing
When it comes to my theories and best practices for leveraging information systems for quickly finding highly qualified candidates, I am often asked, ”So, … Read more
Top 15 Common Secondary Sourcing Mistakes
I’ve had the opportunity to assess, train, and coach hundreds of recruiters from corporate and agency environments responsible for performing sourcing … Read more
The Value of Library Information Science In Sourcing
My journey from the Library and Information Science world to that of the names sourcing / recruiting world has been exciting. Bringing the two worlds … Read more
Sourcing for Customers
On Tuesday, September 28 at the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. Shally Steckerl gave an interesting presentation at SourceCon, one that covered competitive … Read more