Talent Sourcing is defined as the process of identifying, searching, screening, and submitting candidates for an open job requisition. Talent Sourcing is the first step within the recruitment process which involves in depth research on keywords, knowledge of skill sets, and analytical data. Recruiting for a niche role requires additional time and effort to attract…
Month: December 2020
Facebook has roughly a billon active user every month. That’s why it’s a great place to post a job that your company might have. A Recruiter primarily focuses on the standard job boards like Indeed, CareerBuilder, and LinkedIn but it’s good to think outside these standards. You need to get more creative and go where…
A lot of work goes into the recruiting process and it’s important to stay organized during every step. The full cycle process includes: sourcing, screening, submitting, and setting up final round interviews. Every part involves various steps and procedures depending on your organization. You will need to coordinate with recruiting coordinators, internal teams, and applicants…
Diversity sourcing requires both practice and patience as a recruiter. LinkedIn is an excellent platform to discover diverse (BLNA) candidates. In this post, I will discuss the main features of LinkedIn Recruiter and provide examples of Boolean strings to locate diverse profiles. First, I wanted to cover some basics and tips and tricks on…
The best way to understand your recruiting process is to first map out the entire process on a flowchart. A recruitment process flowchart maps out the entire process your team does to find and hire an applicant. You will need to visualize every piece and step within your process to make adjustments and continuous improvements….
Enneagram personality model is used to understand someone’s unique personality type. The origins of this assessment has been disputed but the main ideas started in the early 1950’s. Enneagram is based on 9 different personality profiles. Why would you need to assess and score someone’s personality you may ask? Have you ever wondered why…
Talent Sourcing Sprint is defined as a short, timed period for which scrum or agile teams can complete a given amount of work. The Sprint methodology is used in the software development fields to draft, prototype, design, or build a workable solution into a project deliverable. Each Sprint has a goal to complete or accomplish…
Starting a new Recruiter job can be exciting and stressful all at the same time. You will want to hit the ground running starting on day one. You will be meeting and connecting with the whole business right away. It will be good to create a plan and set some goals that you will want…
(hireEZ) aka Hiretual AI Sourcing tool is by far one of the best talent sourcing tools out there. The tool is an all encompassing software platform that can do so much. For example, AI search/ranking, contact finding, Boolean building, and email outreach. There’s so many features and that will allow Recruiters to speed up there…
Every Senior Recruiter will face this obstacle through their career. How can you advance your talent sourcing abilities when you are in the game for awhile? How can a seasoned Recruiter excel and advanced in the craft of talent sourcing and research? You are taught to be agile and learn on the fly while…
AI Automation will never be able to take over the human connection within Talent Acquisition but it may automate certain processes within recruiting. This is a scary concept to discuss in our community. Many Sourcers do not like to consider what will happen in the recruiting industry within the next decade. A question that I…
DNNAe is a fairly new automation extension tool. It uses state of the art Machine learning and AI to understand all the job requirements. It then helps you search on LinkedIn to build an active list of prospects and finally it helps you send those leads an email or inmail message. What really makes this…
It takes a lot of up front investment for a company to recruit and hire a candidate. On average it takes my team around 130-150 days to fill an active position. It takes a lot of time and effort to search, screen, and to get an applicant through the full-cycle process. For certain niche roles,…
I get a ton of positive feedback from my recruiting blog. One common question that I do receive is from new Recruiters and Sourcers wanting to learn more about Talent Sourcing and where to start. Being new to the field can be challenging especially in the Talent Acquisition space. Sometimes it can get overwhelming because…