So this is the 2nd presentation of the conference. Titled “Sourcing for Diversity: one recruiter’s Journey” by Johnny Campbell. Johnny begins talking about Unconscious Bias. He talks about System 1 or automatic response, and system 2. System 1 sees…

So Sourcecon Spring 2016 has come and gone. It was amazing, some of the best presentations I have ever seen. Over the next few weeks, I will be breaking down all the session and giving an overview.  There were 12 labs, 8 general sessions, The AllStar…

As most of you know Spring Sourcecon 2016 coming in Orlando, Fl on March 1-2. I am speaking at it, running a lab as well as helping to MC all the labs. This year is the year of the Sourcecon All Stars. In an attempt to bring you the best ever the folks at Sourcecon have brought together the best…

Lanyrd is an event management site, were you can find out what conferences are being held and where. Lanyrd is well known in the staffing community and few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool, called x-raying.

So to source within…

Moz is a SEO orientated site were SEO type people live, talk, and show their skills. MOZ is not well known in the staffing community and few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool, called x-raying.

So to source within MOZ you simply…

As most of you know I preach “Research, Research, Research”. I believe you should not even start sourcing, go to your intake meeting or pretty much anything without doing some research. The thing is research never stops. Not if you are good any way. Even after you have done your initial research, you will end up seeing things that make you wonder, reading things that…

A Mentor is experienced adviser and supporter: somebody, usually older and more experienced, who advises and guides a younger, less experienced person. The question is why doesn’t everyone have one? I do not care how much experience you have there is always someone with more, someone who know something you do not. I have a mentor, in fact I have 2, one within…

So many people are seeing the need to have social presence. For obvious reasons, whether to find a job, do their job better or just have fun. However jumping in and just getting on all the sites are once can lead to trouble. When I started to become “Social”, I had a staged plan. Today I will outline that…

Coroflot is a Career and community site hosting individual creative portfolios, a global design firm directory, and a database of job and project openings.  Coroflot is not well known in the staffing community and few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and…

Bitbucket is a web-based hosting service for projects that use either the Mercurial or Git revision control systems. BitBucket is semi known in the community and some have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool, called x-raying.

So to…

WordPress is a WordPress is a personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, Web standards, and usability. WordPress is known in the community and some have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool, called x-raying.

So to source…

“The Sourcing Foundation” is a foundation whose mission is “To provide sourcing & recruiting training and education to military veterans and spouses, the disabled, the unemployed, and underemployed. “  Simply put they are out to do MORE. Anyone who knows me, knows I am a huge Veteran advocate. I myself am a Veteran, and…

The last Fundamental track for day 2 was, “How to: Stop Wasting Time in Talent Acquisition” by Holly Fawcett and Jubal Ince.

So this presentation was a lot about using Social Talent and their awesome Boolean sourcing tool, which handles the identify metric below.…

The 2^nd Fundamental tack for day 2 was, “Sourcing for Fit, Not Just for Skills” by Craig Fisher, Andres Traslavina, Adam DiBiase, and Howard Reed. 

So I am going to begin this with this picture, think of it as the things to consider when looking at a candidate.…

This is part 9 in my Fall Sourcecon roundup, highlighting the presentations at Sourcecon Oct 2015.

This post is on the 2^nd Keynote of the 2^nd day of Sourcecon  entitled “Personas: A Key Component of Your Recruitment Strategy By Allsion Kruse.

Allison says “Candidate personas are fictional, generalized representations of…

This is part 8 in my Fall Sourcecon roundup, highlighting the presentations at Sourcecon Oct 2015.

This post is the opening  Session of the second day entitled “ A look to the Future: Machine Learning and Talent Sourcing” By Dave Copps.

This session is his view of a look into the future for sourcing.  It focuses on the coming…

So last week I wrote about how some seem to feel the usage of tools in staffing and sourcing is un needed. I went on to explain why they are wrong and said I would layout my methodology for determining which tool to use and when.…

Veterans Day, is a day to say thanks to all those who served, so we could be free. During this time I would ask everyone to go that extra mile to help a Veterans find employment. While Veteran unemployment is down, it is still way to high. So I would ask we go the extra mile, I would ask you to do “MORE”. I know some might think we do not have to do anything,…

So I am going to take a short break in my Sourcecon Oct 2015 series to address something that has been bothering me for some time now.

So recently there have been a few people talking about staffing tools, extensions, apps, etc. Some have questioned the need or use of these tools. These tools are designed, and shown to help staffing…