I recently reread Michael Gerber’s business best seller The eMyth and found that many of the principles he suggests for growing a business apply directly … Read more
Referrals Lead; Social Media Thrives; Job Boards Survive as Hiring Source
Job boards are far from dead. For the second consecutive year, internal transfers and promotions were the primary source of hire. A quarter of the … Read more
Kettlebells and the Parallels to Sourcing and Recruiting
My Introduction to Kettlebell Training Three years ago I had a bone spur ground out of my right shoulder. I waited longer than I should have to move … Read more
LinkedIn InMaps: A Sourcer’s Perspective
Earlier this year, LinkedIn launched a lab project they’ve called LinkedIn InMaps. According to the post on their blog, InMaps is an interactive … Read more
Thorough Sourcing Part VII
The class question from last week asked what things are at work that would cause Lisa our Gatekeeper to drop her defenses in the statement below. “Lisa? … Read more
How to Make a Phone Call
I have a sense that a real yearning is emerging for information about how to communicate. I mean about how to communicate face to face or over the phone … Read more
Sourcing Leaders – Have We Been Our Own Worst Enemy?
As background, I spent the last two years leading the global sourcing team for Hewitt Associates so the finger I am pointing is directly at me. As the … Read more
Thorough Sourcing Part VI
First off, I’d like to hand out the “extra credit” to last week’s Sourcing Test. The extra credit goes to nobody because nobody answered the specific … Read more
Should You Source eBay for Candidates?
According to a blog post by Andy Headworth, you just might want to keep an eye on eBay for job seekers in the future. Headworth brought to my attention an … Read more
Sourcing with P.O.S.T. Planning
The book Groundswell by Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li was written in 2008 for the purpose of unpacking business relevance and use of social media in modern … Read more