This is part 7 in my Fall Sourcecon roundup, highlighting the presentations at Sourcecon Oct 2015.

This post is going to cover The last Session of the first day entitled “The Secrets of a Sourcecon Grandmaster Sourcer” By Jim Schnyder.

So Jim starts out with 15 tips, tricks, tools or methodology.

1. Using…

This is part 6 in my Fall Sourcecon roundup, highlighting the presentations at Sourcecon Oct 2015.

This post is going to cover all 3 of the tracks for this time period. So we will start with the Fundamental track which was “Social Media Sourcing- Not just a Marketing Tool” by Chris South and Katrina…

Post Sourcecon Fall 2015!! Part 3

This is part 3 in my Fall Sourcecon roundup, highlighting the presentations at Sourcecon Oct 2015.

The 3rd Keynote was Shannon Pritchett’s “Don’t Let Automation Ruin the Candidate experience”

One of the first things she states is that we…

This is part 2 in my Fall Sourcecon roundup, highlighting the presentations at Sourcecon Oct 2015.

The 2^nd Keynote was Chris Westfall’s “Get to the Point, Secrets of the New Elevator Pitch.”

As you can imagine he is trying to help us create and use better candidate messaging. Some of the element she…

Post Sourcecon Fall 2015!! Part 1

So Sourcecon Fall 2015 has come and gone and it was off the hook. Over 600 people attended and from all the social chatter it was considered to be the best yet. Some of the things said are below:

“If you've been to a SC conf, u know you're a SourceConer for…

As most of you know Fall Sourcecon 2015 is coming in Dallas on Sept 17-18. I am speaking at it, running a lab as well as helping to MC all the labs. This years Labs are going to be exceptional, perhaps the best ever. We have paid a lot of attention to what you want, and have a great list of…

Labor Day in the United States is a holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. It is a celebration of the American labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of workers.

As we approach this holiday time, let keep in our payers, minds and hearts all of those who have served. Let’s go out of our way to…

Pearltrees refers to itself as "a place for your interests". Functionally the product is a visual and

collaborative curation tool that allows users to organize, explore and share any URL they find online

as well as to upload personal photos, files and notes. Pearltrees is not well known in the community

and few have tried to…

Recently there has been a discussion of how you should start your search. Should you start narrow and then broaden or start broad and then go narrow. Everyone has their opinion and here I am going to layout reasons to go either way and then explain my choice. 

So starting narrow and then going broad or expanding gives you certain good points. 1…

Referral Key is a set of Business Referral Network tools, by Referral Key, lets small business owners

easily share leads with  trusted business associates. Referralkey 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…

So we are going to take a short break on our series on lesser sights to address 2 issues, 1 is meta search engines the other is

starting Searches narrow or broad. First up Meta search engines.

MetaSearch engines are search engines that allow you to search multiple search engines from one engine. Example is Zuula.

However there are…

Spiceworks is free network management software and help desk software designed for networks

with up to 1,000  devices .  Spiceworks is not well 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…

How to source on the lesser known sites!! Spoke

Spoke is a business directory and intelligence website mainly used for professional networking. The

site collects and aggregates information from public sources as well as user generated content.

However sometimes doing it from within the tool can…

ON the 4^th of July we celebrate our great nation, but lets no forget those who have fought and are fighting to keep the ideals of our great nation alive, our Military and Veterans.  Below are links to sites that can help our veterans and companies find and hire vets.

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How to source on the lesser known sites!! Pipl

Pipl is a comprehensive people search tool that can show you a lot of information about people.

 However sometimes doing it form within the tool can be hard and frustrating. Pipl is well known

 in the community and some have tried to source in it.…

How to source on the lesser known sites!! Hi5

Hi5 is a social networking site were you use games, suggestions, and shared interested to connect

With others. Hi5 is well 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…

How to source on the lesser known sites!! Zoominfo

Zoominfo is a vertical search engine focused on people, companies, and the relationships among

 them. Zoominfo is well known  In the community and some have tried to source in it. Well to do

 this without worry you need go no…

How to source on the lesser known sites!! Tech.pro

Tech.pro is a professional network built for developers and tech folks. Tech.pro is not well known in

the community and few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry…

Plaxo is a Naymz.com is a professional social networking platform that allows users to network with other professionals

and manage their online reputation. Naymz is a known in the community but 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…

As we approach this holiday time, let keep in our payers, minds and hearts all of those who have served. Let’s go out of our way to help, acknowledge, and appreciate those who fought to provide the liberties that we live under. If you know of any who are looking for work, direct them to my Vet page below, to any of the links below and also please…