So back in the dark ages of sourcing, before social media, before job boards, before wide use of the internet, one of the ways you would source would be to try to find out were the people from a company would congregate after work. You would go there and try to connect with them, figure out what they do and see how they fit what you need. This was called Live…

Day 2 started with opening remarks by John V, which as with Day 1 really go things rolling.

First up was “Using Data to Fuel Growth” by Neal Narayani and Jim Baaden for Uber. This was about Uber and how they grew to over 6k employees in over 425 cities in 70 countries in 6 years, this growth destroyed what Google did in its first 6 years. The biggest…

The 4^th of July is a huge date in the history of our country. It is the day we became a free, new nation, it is the date we adopted the “Declaration of Independence”. IT is a date that we as Americans should hold sacred, because it is the date when we actually became Americans. While we celebrate this huge event and date lets also remember those that…

This is my account of Day 1 “The Afternoon” of Talent 42 2016.

Right after lunch we were back at it with a QA moderated by John V. and with Lisa Nakashohi of Oculus, Annie Rihn of Zillow and Jennifer Boulanger of Booking.com.

Some good stuff came out of it mostly how each company handles recruiting. It was great to hear the different…

This is my account of Day 1 “The Morning” of Talent 42 2016.

It started with checking in, and a meet and greet. I was great to see so many people and to catch up with some friends that I have not seen for a while.

John Vlastelica started it off with his opening remarks. As usual, John did not disappoint as he was funny, engaging and really got us…

Well Talent42 2016 has come and gone, and it was spectacular. 2 days of speakers covering the entire spectrum of the Staffing Lifecycle. This is just a general overview with a full breakdown to follow. So subjects ranged from interviewing, contacting candidates, the future, Best practices, Tools galore, Using Data, Leadership track, Talent Advisor track,…

So this is the 13th presentation of the conference and the 3rd Labs of day 2. It’s also the last for this series. There were 2 titled “Practical Tips to Identify and Engage Talent” By Shannon Pritchett and “New tools Every Sourcer needs by me.

In the first lab Shannon talks a lot about finding and engaging.

TIPS

1. The hiring manager…

Talent42 2016!!

As most of you know Talent42 is coming in Seattle, June 7-8.  The agenda is jam packed with great stuff. Amongst those speaking are:  Brendan Bank, Annie Chae, Rich Simon and many many more.  And of course the highlight of Talent42,  the labs with Glen Gutmacher,…

Memorial Day is a day set aside for us to honor those who died so we might enjoy the freedoms we have. This holiday started a long time ago to honor those who died during the Civil War. How later on it was realized that anyone who served and died for their country deserved this honor. Throughout history, whenever our country, its ideals, its…

So this is the 11th presentation of the conference and the first Lab of day 2 titled “5 Behaviors of an Agile Sourcer!!” by Luke Doubler.

We start with a comparison of Agile vs Waterfall.…

Armed forces day is a day to celebrate, appreciate those who serve. You know the ones that served, and fought so we could be free. As our life’s get busier, things move quicker, and our choices increase, it is easy to forget those that allowed us to have these choices. On this Armed Forces day I would challenge you to reach out to a veteran or active duty…

So this is the 10th presentation of the conference. Titled “Sourcing for Retention” by Jim Stroud.

Jim starts out with some serious stats. “35% of employees will look for a new job if they do not receive a pay raise in the next 12 months”. “32% of leaders at companies with 100+ employees are currently looking for jobs”. 78% of business  leaders rank…

So this is the 9th presentation of the conference. Titled “The Best Kept Secret in Boolean Search” by Mark Tortorici.

First Thing Mark made clear that despite what some say, Boolean is far from dead and probably not going any place soon.  Below are the secrets to sourcing and making a good string.

• Natural language
• Verbs…

First off Stacy is amazing, one of the best speakers I have ever heard. The first thing she discusses in the intake meeting with the hiring manager, she says be more than an order taker. Ask questions, go over the job description, and make sure you have all the info you need and that you set the rules of engagement.

She then talks about the search,…

So this is the 7th presentation of the conference and the 2^nd set of Lab. Titled “Implementing the New Hotness” By Matthew Ferree and “Whats a Webscraper and how do they work” by Kameron Swinton.

First implementing the new Hotness. Matthew talks about souring in Source Code repositories such as; Krugle, Ohloh, Searchcode, Codeade, and…

So this is the 6th presentation of the conference and the first Lab. Titled “Lose the Fluff: Gain Authority & Credibility through a Deep understanding of your Reqs” By Carmen Hudson. 

First she goes into the fact that sourcing is more than just Boolean search. She specifies you also need to be good at marketing, Internet, Data retrieval,…

So this is the 5th presentation of the conference. Titled “Rapid-Fire Tips&Tricks”   BY Jim Schnyder. So this was basically Jim showing a few tools and then an open forum for everyone to chime in on tools.…

So this is the 4th presentation of the conference. Titled “Four Easy steps that turn any recruiter into a World-Class Cyber Sleuth”  BY Shally Steckerl.  Shally starts with a new Facebook hack to find people from a particular company.…

So this is the 2nd presentation of the conference. Titled “Speed & Quality: How to Win at Both” by John Vlastelica. John begins talking about his 10 keys to delivering speed and quality.…