Pinterest has been in the news for all of the right reasons lately. The social pinning site has had big time traffic gains, users signing up left and … Read more
Too Good for Job Boards? Try Using Them in Tandem With LinkedIn
I cannot believe how many of my clients/followers tell me that they don’t or won’t use job boards because their clients either won’t pay for job board … 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
Which Industries Are LinkedIn Users In? Majority Are In Higher Ed, IT, Financial Services, & Retail
LinkedIn is still a major player when it comes to finding and sourcing potential employees. But among those 150 million users, who is highly represented on … Read more
Should Your Job Title Really Be “Phisher”?
If you are one of those recruiters that uses a keyword search resume bot in conjunction with a mass email to every result that gets returned, you are NOT a … Read more
The Sourcing Body
I am not #SourceCon. We all are. As someone who has been in sourcing for nearly a decade now, I’ve watched the function ebb and flow through … 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 Through Adversity
Life isn’t always rainbows and roses. And neither is sourcing, as attendees and livestream viewers learned today from Yahoo!’s Senior Manager, … 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