Sourcecon 2013: Turbocharge Your Front-End Talent Sourcing Efforts for (Nearly) Free

This Session was on resources for searching and sourcing.

Glenn Gutmacher one of the top sourcers in the country ran this session. He spoke at first about which you would rather do; buy expensive software, use inexpensive tools or build it yourself.

Here are some of the tools that Glenn spoke about during his presentation:

Broadlook Diver: Click here to learn more

Find contacts at companies, find companies in industries, find whatever you want - just do it autmatically

Outwit Docs: Click here to learn more

With OutWit Docs you will find text documents, datasheets, PDF files, presentations from multiple online sources. Docs will automatically explore large series of Web pages or search engine results and download the files for you.

Outwit Hub: Click here to learn more

OutWit Hub breaks down Web pages into their different constituents. Navigating from page to page automatically, it extracts information elements and organizes them into usable collections.

Associations and Virtual communities: see below for examples

Meetup: Click here to learn more

Helps groups of people with shared interests plan events and facilitates off line group meetings in various localities around the world.

Github: Click here to learn more

Opensource development community packed full of coders and developers crowd sourcing ideas and sharing development code. A great way to engage experts in a passive manner.

Other example might include: Alga, Behance and Coroflot.

Distributing your jobs using tools like:

Dlvr.it: Click here to learn more

Social sharing, development, content creation, iteration and analytic's. A great way to stay ahead of content and search marketing.

Hootsuite: Click here to learn more

All over the world, enterprises are using social technology to drive results in nearly every business function. More than just another marketing or customer support channel, social media has become a strategic asset for teams in sales, product development, IT, and other departments.

Bullhorn Reach: Click here to learn more

Bullhorn Reach Social Recruiting Software helps recruiters source and recruit high quality talent quickly and effectively. By leveraging the social recruiting tools offered through Bullhorn Reach, recruiters can easily broadcast open jobs across social media channels, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, and monitor the activity of their social media connections to identify early movers.