Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. In this article, we’ll be talking about talent sourcing, recruiting being worthless, culture at Rackspace, a CTO with a heart, social network statistics, does of crazy in recruiting and employer branding.

I’d also like to remind any corporate recruiters reading this, the deadline to submit an application for the Candidate Experience Awards is May 1st.  You can find more information here.

Now onto the articles!  This week I splurged so here are the 7 articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order), enjoy!:

The Current & Future State of Talent Sourcing by Glen Cathey (@GlenCathey)

Be warned, this will take 15-20 minutes to read.  But if you are in recruiting or sourcing, it’s well worth your time.

Recruiting is Worthless by Tim Sackett (@TimSackett)

A simple concept with some great takeaways.  Well worth a read.

Be the Bird by Kirby Cole (@KirbyCole)

A great recap of Michael Long’s Keynote at TalentNetLive in Dallas.  Great takeaways on building your corporate culture on what makes your company special.

Recruiting 3.0: Today it’s all about making meaningful connections by Ron Thomas (@Ronald_Thomas)

Really nice post on LivePerson and their interesting campaign to find their next CTO.  I encourage you to watch the video down the page as well.

Lies, Damn Lies and Social Network Statistics by Lance Haun (@thelance)

Lance shares why it’s important to go to the source when looking for what truly works in social recruiting.

Employment Branding Redux by John Sumser (@JohnSumser)

Some interesting takes on Employment Branding from three different viewpoints.

Are a few doses of crazy ruining your ability to hire? by Kathy Rapp (@KatRapp)

Really like this straightforward piece on improving your recruiting process and candidate experience.

Hope you enjoy the list.  If you have any articles I should add to the list feel free to add them to the comments or follow us on Twitter @smashfly.