For a long time now, I have been finding new ways to search on Twitter. In fact, I also tried contacting Twitter to find one reason why they do not have a … Read more
Phone Sourcing Basics
How many of us remember the days before Google, LinkedIn, and other social media sites… When sourcing was a primary function of recruiters, who … Read more
Candidate Pipelines vs. Just-In-Time Recruiting, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I explored and challenged the practice of traditional candidate pipelining. Some people may have interpreted my last post on the … Read more
A New Year’s Resolution: Stop Talking Nice About Your Company …
(…and start asking questions instead). Why? Simply stated: Because people need to know they’ve been heard and understood. Today’s top sales performers know … Read more
Candidate Pipelines vs. Just-In-Time Recruiting, Part 1
Last year I wrote about how I learned to use Boolean search to leverage information systems to quickly source candidates, and I challenged the concept and … Read more
The Names Sourcer in 2011 & Beyond
Effectively Create and Grow a Recruiting Firm’s Web Brand Presence via the Efficient Use of the Growing List of Communication Tools When I assess … Read more
A Checklist for Sourcing and Recruiting Top Talent
In his book Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande contends that good people underperform largely due to errors of ineptitude — not doing what we know … Read more
Sourcers Should Look East
With unemployment rates hovering at record highs of between 8% and 11% in North America and major European countries, coupled with sluggish economic … Read more
Why Robots Shouldn’t Replace People In Sourcing
I read an article from AdAge yesterday titled Why Robots Shouldn’t Replace People For Social Media Monitoring, by Darrell Jursa. The article is … Read more
“Real Recruiting”: Talent Identification AND Acquisition
As you might be able to tell from the name of my blog, I’m passionate about leveraging information systems for finding candidates. Unless you’re running … Read more