On Tuesday, September 28 at the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. Shally Steckerl gave an interesting presentation at SourceCon, one that covered competitive … Read more
Video: Meet the #SourceCon Attendees!
Whew! Now that the dust has settled, we wanted to share some video clips from SourceCon last week in Washington, D.C. Here are some of the folks who … Read more
Jeff’s On Call!: MIA Sourcing Partner
This post’s inquiry comes from Michael Sayles: “Dear Jeff, As a longtime subscriber of The Fordyce Letter and great fan of your Placements and … Read more
#SourceCon Live: Hewitt’s Global Sourcing Lessons
Chris Gould and Tim O’Connor have built a successful global sourcing function at Hewitt Associates. But they didn’t get where they are today by … Read more
#SourceCon Live: Glen Cathey
“Boolean search doesn’t do what we do justice. It doesn’t describe everything that we are capable of.” Glen Cathey kicked things off at SourceCon letting … Read more
Look Beyond The Obvious
As researchers and sourcers, we are tasked with generating leads for our recruiting colleagues or our clients. But, as the slogan goes for my favorite … Read more
Sourcing Strategy: One Size Does Not Fit All
Scott Pitasky, Corporate VP at Microsoft for Talent and Org. Capability, shared today at the SMA Staffing Symposium in Seattle that at Microsoft, he feels … Read more
Social Media complements sourcing, it doesn’t replace it.
Sourcing has changed over the last several years. It has gone from searching paper files, phone directories, and in-person events to including internet … Read more
Twitter’s Hiring Strategies
Last week, SourceCon ran the first part of an article series on Twitter’s Hiring Strategies, outlining some of the significant new hires Twitter has … Read more
Sun Tzu on Sourcing
Is there nothing new under the sun? Sun Tzu was an ancient Chinese general. His Art of War is the oldest military treatise in the world. He thought spies … Read more