LBS (Location-Based Services) are the new ‘black’ when it comes to shiny new sourcing tools. Everyone (including me!) talks about how we can … Read more
Making Your Case to Attend #SourceCon Fall 2010: Proving the Value to Your Organization
Many of you have shared with us that while you would love to attend SourceCon in September, you’re not quite sure how to pitch it to your boss. … Read more
Fear Leads to Failure – Building Trust within your Team
— Managers rely on control; leaders inspire trust My sons and I were watching a Star Wars movie marathon last weekend when Yoda (my favorite … Read more
Talentag: the Social CV Site for “Friends” Only
There’s an FAQ on the new site, Talentag, that asks the right question: “What is Talentag and why do you need it?” Precisely what I was wondering after … Read more
Tools & Techniques for Writing Strategic SEO Job Postings
I get it; typically someone in sourcing gets called in when ad response just isn’t getting the job done. As most sourcers do when they get a new req, we … Read more
“Reading the Tabloids” vs. Sourcing
Last week, Raghav Singh wrote an article on ERE.net titled ‘Catch Me If You Can‘, where he discussed the use of online data found via social … Read more
Initial Outreach For Sourcers
I’ve been asked several times over the course of my research career to share examples of my initial email outreach to prospective candidates after … Read more
HootSuite For Sourcing
For anyone who hasn’t heard of HootSuite, it is quickly becoming one of my favorite social tools for sourcing. To provide some background on what … Read more
A Sourcer’s Obligation to a Company’s Brand
I was cleaning out my office the other day at home and my AIRS manuals from 1999 fell out onto the ground. I stared at the faded covers and then picked … Read more
Sourcing and Plato’s Cave Allegory
Plato was was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution … Read more