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
Quitting Twitter
Our friend (and yours!) Jerry Albright made a brazen announcement yesterday that he is quitting Twitter, and that as of June 30th his account would be … Read more
How #SocialRecruiting Is Changing Sourcing
Yesterday I received a notification from Jobvite that the results to their 2010 Social Recruiting Survey were available. This is a topic of great interest … Read more
The Ladders Begins Offering Sourcing Service
With the latest Business Roundtable survey of CEOs saying 39 percent of America’s biggest companies plan to hire in the next six months, recruiters … Read more
Sourcer or Recruiter – The Dividing Line
The evolution of the modern-day recruiting model has totally confused the roles we play as sourcers in the life cycle of the recruiting process. If you … Read more
SourceCon Fall 2010: Registration Is Open
Join the Million Sourcer March on Washington in September! Well…. probably not a million, but there will be a convening of some of the brightest … Read more
Sourcing For Contractors
Regular Contributor post from Kristen Fife I’ve been a recruiter in the Seattle tech market for close to seven years now. I’ve worked for one … Read more