Research - To find it, you must understand it!!!!!

Research Comes First – Research is the key to success for any great sourcer. Research to learn what you are looking for, what it might be called or known as, and where it might be found. Research is the beginning step for all great…

For those transitioning out of the military into the civilian world, it may be very stressful and downright scary. How do you take all you learned and accomplished, done and transfer it to a civilian occupation. It is tough and very daunting, but it can be done. I am ex-military and I did…

Words and Phrases to recruit by!!!

In no particular Order

1. Take control!!- This means to come in and establish yourself with your client. You must establish credibility, in order for them to truly work with you and for you to have the type of presence needed to be viewed as the…

So one thing I have been hearing a lot of is Proactive vs reactive vs just in time vs pipelining. Or more specifically what do they mean. So here we go;

Proactive; when someone, usually a staffing professional, proactively goes out and searches for candidates. Of course you are still publishing the position every…

That’s right; I said it, “The dumbing down of Staffing”. As much as we all love technology, and tools, I mean one of my monikers is “the Tool Guy”, technology and tools are dumbing us down. What I mean by that is we have a breed of staffing professional, that all they know is checking their ATS, checking the Monsters, LI, Dices, CareerBuilder’s,…

Recruiters can suffer from the same negative effects of success that anyone else does. The main issue is complacency. Sometimes a recruiter or anyone who has great success can become complacent. Sit back on their laurels so to speak. Sometimes with recruiters, it can also happen because they think they know the business they support too well, or they…

Leaders VS Managers

Recently I was asked by a fellow professional what is the difference between a leader and a manager. I thought long and hard about it, and came to several realizations. Now keep in…

We all know there is a requirement for a certain amount of administrivia as a staffing professional. Whether it is; writing to contact a candidate, writing a job description, or writing up your interview notes, there will always be some administrivia.

However there comes a point when administrivia becomes counterproductive and even…

This is a repost of an earlier post I did. This report is by request from numerous people so here we go

For those of you that have been following me, you know whenever I post about lesser sites, I always say at some point use your social detective skills. Well while I Have spoken about it, showed it, and perhaps did a video about it, I…

The Lawyers of Distinction is an organization that recognizes lawyers who have shown explementary

Skills, and humanity while doing their jobs. In other words, the best of the best. It is also a great place to

source, however, few recruiters know about it or how to source from it. Well to do this without you need

go no further than…

The Amazon Builders' Library authors are long time Amazonians and are delighted to share the learnings

on each one of topics they've written about various topics. However few recruiters know about it or how

to source from it. Well to do this without you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out

an old…

Facebook is huge Social site that everyone knows about. However few know about its Developers

Blog section which boasts a huge number of blogs written by developers for developers. And even

Fewer know how to source from it.  Well to do this without you need go no further than into your

bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and…

More people than ever are working remotely and they’re finding they like it. If you’re hiring for a remote working position, this is good news. You may have access to job candidates that are searching for a more permanent remote or at-home work position.

Screening candidates for remote positions, however, can be challenging — especially if the interview process will take place remotely as well.…

CodeMentor is the largest community for developer mentorship and an on-demand marketplace for

software developers. CodeMentor is not a well known site and as such few have tried to source in it. Well to do

this without you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool,

called…

"The Great Resignation" -- How did we get here? How to professionally quit your job. Should you quit your job? …

It seems in person events will be back in the recruiting agenda of a lot of recruiters. Have a look at a recent Nace report on Spring Quick Poll on Internships and Fall 2021 Recruiting. Out of 296 responses, 44% of recruiters said they are likely to attend both virtual and in-person events this fall of 2021.

With the…

Black Duck Open Hub, formerly Ohloh, is a website which provides a web services suite and online community platform that aims to index the open-source software development community. Black Duck Open Hub is not a well known site and as such few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without you need go no further than…