Great people don’t make a job change for money. Great people have to be enticed to talk to a great organization. How I overcome this is by arguing that my … Read more
Dice Offers Searchers Something Extra, Passive Candidates
Two new tools have debuted recently. One will help with your sourcing research and the other promotes the passive candidate who may be overlooked by tech … Read more
Leverage Your Own Social Network
Social networks are so hyped right now among recruiters that it is hard to separate their real value and purpose from often overblown marketing promises. … Read more
Now Source Candidates Anywhere, Boolean Not Required
A new mobile sourcing application is having its coming out party tomorrow. AutoSearch Mobile for the iPhone and iPod Touch became available on the iPhone … Read more
Who’s Responsible for Quality of Hire?
Over the past few months I’ve been describing a new approach for determining quality of hire, and using changes in this to justify any new expenditures on … Read more
What We Hope for SourceCon
The Recruitosphere is undergoing significant change, and one of those changes just announced was the acquisition by ERE of the only sourcing conference … Read more
ERE Acquires SourceCon
I’m proud to announce that ERE Media has acquired SourceCon, the only live, in-person event for sourcing professionals in the world. SourceCon is … Read more
A Recruiter’s Guide to Boolean Searching (and the World’s Largest Free CV Database)
Carmen Hudson recently highlighted SearchOnTheGo as an iPhone application with real value for recruiters. While it is a handy tool for completing CV … Read more
Call or Email or Use Social Media?
Many aspects of a recruiter’s job remain the same as in the past, before the arrival of social media. We all review resumes, assess the matches, interview … Read more
Jobvite Offers New Standalone Sourcing Tool
Jobvite is introducing what I hesitate to call a new sourcing tool, only because the term doesn’t really do it justice. Google is a sourcing tool, … Read more