Month: October 2020

October 28, 2020 Jonathan Kidder 1 comment

GitHub is the leading online repository for open-source coding, boasting 28 million users and 57 million repositories. It’s an ideal platform for Talent Sourcers to discover qualified software developers among its active monthly user base.   Here’s how Recruiters can Benefit for Being on GitHub: Searching for potential candidates using specific keywords and skills related…

October 16, 2020 Jonathan Kidder 1 comment

Phantombuster is a powerful automation tool that can assist recruiters in reducing manual work. When it comes to LinkedIn specifically, these automations can save recruiters a significant amount of time. In this post, I have highlighted my top 11 tasks that can be automated using Phantombuster.     Phantombuster is a web automation platform that…

October 14, 2020 Jonathan Kidder No comments exist

There is no doubt that diversity and inclusion initiatives have taken center-focus in the work of most recruiters. Of course, when it comes to finding female candidates specifically, you may find that it takes a lot of manual searching and digging to reveal them in equal amounts.   Luckily, once you learn how to use…

October 13, 2020 Jonathan Kidder 3 comments

As a recruiter, outreach and follow-up are at the core of your position, but they both involve a lot of tedious, manual, monotonous labor in order to do it right. Fortunately, lots of “secret” tools are out there that could help take away some of that touch work. Mail merge from Microsoft Word or Excel…

October 10, 2020 Jonathan Kidder No comments exist

Brian Fink is a huge fan of Evernote when it comes to tracking and note taking candidate updates. Evernote, everyone’s favorite note-taking app, may not come to mind as a recruiter trying to track applicants. However, it actually has a number of features worth considering if you’re looking for a reliable and inexpensive recruiting ATS….

October 1, 2020 Jonathan Kidder No comments exist

I had the opportunity to demo Vettery this week. Jonathan and Brook from the team walked me through the marketplace hiring platform. Whether you’re building out your tech, sales, or business teams, this tool vets talent across a spectrum of skills and experiences.    The team at Vettery attracts and engages candidates to sign up…