After 15 years in the career services, human resources, and candidate recruiting business, I have a pretty good “nose” for which candidates will get the … Read more
Beyond the Keyword and Past the Social Media Referral to Find Purple Squirrels
Rob Dromgoole had a search worthy of a SourceCon Challenge. One of the teams at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where Dromgoole’s director of … Read more
Is Content Searching the Future of Social Recruiting?
Rob Dromgoole had a search that would challenge any recruiter. He needed to find a purple squirrel who also spoke Japanese. Dromgoole is director of … Read more
‘Who Do You Know?’ Is the ‘Post and Pray’ of Employee Referral Programs
At the Fall ERE Conference, Sean Rehder and Craig Campbell shared the secrets of their employee referral program. I was excited to see how they had applied … Read more
New Dice CEO Says Open Web Sourcing Tool Is Key to Future
Dice Holdings, operator of multiple niche job boards, changes leaders next week, when current CFO Michael Durney takes over as CEO and president. Chairman, … Read more
How to Sound Like A Sourcer
If you really want to tell how good at sourcing someone really is, the first task to assign them should be to find a recent, relevant and comprehensive … Read more
LinkedIn Sued Over Alleged Hacking, Spamming
In a blog post Saturday, LinkedIn denied charges in a federal lawsuit that it hacked into users email accounts collecting addresses of their contacts in … Read more
Let’s Be Honest: You Can Automate Sourcing
When the “as-a-service” concept launched, it caused a major disruption as it took tasks that are common within an industry vertical and offered it in a way … Read more
If You Think Everyone’s Sourcing On LinkedIn, You’re Close to Right
If it seems like everyone is sourcing on LinkedIn, you are almost exactly correct. With 94% of corporate recruiters using or planning to use social media , … Read more
Hackathons Are Today’s Most Powerful Recruiting Tool
The secret weapon in tech recruiting today is the hackathon. Most notably on college campuses the mega-hackathon has emerged as the top event for sourcing … Read more