I recently read a post that claimed that generalist recruiters and sourcers were ruining the talent acquisition industry. I could not disagree more with what that author was implying. In order to become successful in recruiting you need to start as a generalist. You need to get your feet wet within full-cycle recruiting before you …

Google Chrome extensions are a vital part of a Talent Sourcers tool belt. Chrome extensions help Talent Sourcers and Recruiters simplify a variety of different tasks. Chrome extensions are (most often free tools) that you can download directly in your chrome browser. You can then easily navigate to these tools when searching across the web. On …

Talent Sourcing automation tools are certainly becoming a new trend. A recently launched tool in the chrome store called: Recruiter Nerd – claims to help automate LinkedIn. LinkedIn continues to be the best place to find and source talent. So, having a tool that helps automate certain tasks and duties within this social network is …

As a Talent Sourcer, I’m constantly creating different Boolean strings for my searches. My day can easily get chaotic if I’m unorganized. I have hundreds of different search tabs open throughout the day. So, staying organized and having a place to store all my Boolean strings is important for my success. Thankfully, there is a …

Searching for talent is a tedious process so it’s nice to have tools to help find leads quicker. Findera is a new free search engine to help find professionals online. It has over 140 million profiles of professionals and over 125 million email addresses in their database. It was launched in September and was recently …