As reported on Monday, hiQ had a nice little victory in their court battle with LinkedIn. “A federal judge issued a huge setback for LinkedIn on Monday, … Read more
Sourcing in A Panic! But Why?
The latest in the LinkedIn User Agreement/Terms of Service and its anti-add-on saga has people sharing a list of add-ons that LinkedIn is supposedly … Read more
The Email Recruiting: Battle Plan a Digital Era Email Strategy- Part 3
The purpose of this series is to illustrate how to double your email recruiting results. Your battle plan is the foundational strategy for the battle of … Read more
Batman’s Seven Steps for Sourcing Success
I grew up reading The Hardy Boy’s, Boxcar Children, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, Batman comics, and watching Scooby Doo. On some level, it probably … Read more
Judge Rules in Favor of hiQ – LinkedIn Can’t Block Startup from Scraping Public Profile Data
A federal judge issued a huge setback for LinkedIn on Monday, ruling that LinkedIn can’t block the startup hiQ Labs from accessing public profile … Read more
Combining Common Sourcing Tools to Create a Sourcing Solution – Part 5
Many tools come and go, but some have become very reliable in our efforts to better source talent. Sourcers are keen on the advantages of sourcing tools, … Read more
Non-Sourcing Tools to Help Sourcers Who Code Excel
Data hygiene is not sexy, but it is necessary whether you are getting data from manually typed, scraped, or coded sources. Microsoft Excel’s looks … Read more
How to Learn Programming for Sourcers, Part 2: Excel VBA’s Outlook Folders Emails Lifter
Several sourcers and recruiters contacted me after my last post in this series in frustration about having tried some of what I showed to grab email … Read more
Be Ready to Act When Opportunity Knocks
“Can you make the connection for me? I would love to get an opportunity with them based on this article.” The other email read, “Could you send a copy of … Read more
Is Unconscious Bias Driving Conscious Bias?
I was watching a rerun the other day (OK, it was The Office!), and Dwight was quizzing Ryan on those old-school brain teasers (i.e., A man builds a house … Read more