I’ve had the pleasure of working with Dan Harten for more than six years in the talent sourcing industry, and it has been an absolute honor. He recently launched his own recruiting firm called: Succession Search Partners LLC based in Minneapolis. Dan Harten is an exceptional full-cycle recruiter, bringing an abundance of knowledge and…
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For several years now, I’ve had the privilege of knowing David Puente, whom I met during my time at Amazon. I was deeply impressed by his exceptional sourcing skills, and I’m grateful that he agreed to be interviewed by me on WizardSourcer. Introduction David is a devoted husband, father, son, brother, and an…
I am honored that Marc Hamel, my sourcing mentor, graciously accepted my invitation to be interviewed for my recruiting blog. I have had the privilege of knowing Marc for several years and he recently presented at HRTX in March 2023. His presentation on essential tools to master as a talent sourcer was truly impressive and…
I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Gershon Goren, who is one of the co-founders of Cangrade. This company’s mission is to help companies make smarter hiring decisions quickly by using a data-driven approach that is up to 10 times more accurate than any other method. Their Pre-Hire Solutions leverage the…
Throughout the past few years, I have had the pleasure of getting to know Marvin Booker, an esteemed member of our community. I have been thoroughly impressed by his presentations at SourceCon and HRTX, and he has been an invaluable source of knowledge for me. It was an honor to interview him, and I feel…
I have had the privilege of knowing Dan Wang for many years, and right from the start, I was impressed by his exceptional technical knowledge and talent sourcing abilities. He was an invaluable member of my team at Amazon, consistently delivering outstanding results as a top-performing recruiter. What’s more, Dan was always eager to…
I have had the pleasure of knowing Cody Horton for several years, and he has been an exceptional leader in the D&I sourcing field. When writing my Diversity guide book, I drew much guidance and inspiration from Cody’s work. Currently, Cody is the founder of the Cody L Horton Group, which focuses on assisting companies…
I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to interview Maisha Cannon for my blog. I have been fortunate enough to know her for several years and have seen her speak at SourceCon. Maisha is a passionate, innovative, and respected leader in our community, and it takes a combination of expertise and dedication to…
I feel incredibly honored that Balazs graciously agreed to be interviewed for my blog! He is widely regarded as a legendary sourcing trainer within our industry, and I have had the pleasure of hearing him speak on multiple occasions. Balazs infuses the talent sourcing space with excitement and creativity, and I greatly admire his contributions….
It has been a wonderful experience getting to know Gabi Preson-Phypers, co-founder of The Tooled-Up Raccoons, a recruiting-tech company based in the UK. Gabi’s passion and creativity in our field caught my attention, and she has shared a wealth of talent sourcing trends on social media. I was thrilled when she agreed to be…
It is with great honor and fortune that I have had the pleasure of knowing Angie Verros for the past few years. She is an active member of the SourceCon community and I have had the privilege of hearing her speak on multiple occasions. With over two decades of experience in recruiting, Angie is an…
I had the chance to network with Sandra Felmann, a Talent Acquisition Campaign Manager at the unicorn startup Scandit based in Zurich. What stood out to me was her enthusiasm for sharing helpful tips and sourcing strategies on her Instagram and Facebook pages. Her presentations and visuals are incredibly imaginative, and I’m thankful that she…
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Carrie Collier, a highly successful recruiting leader in our industry. I feel fortunate that she was willing to participate in my blog interview. Carrie Collier is an enthusiastic talent advocate and engagement expert for software, product, and quality engineering professionals. She builds strong relationships with potential…
I was privileged to interview Michael Vroman, a Talent Sourcing Manager at Maxar Technologies and US military veteran. Michael leads a team and has been an active member of the Sourcecon community for years, contributing to the blog on various topics. I found his series on sourcing military veterans particularly interesting. Michael has given…
Sofia Broberger is a freelance consultant specializing in IT/Tech recruitment and sourcing. With a background in teaching, she blends her experience in education with her passion for sourcing to offer customized workshops and lectures on sourcing, tech recruitment, and employer branding. She is also available to speak at events on these topics. I’m honored that…
😺🦞🍣🦪🧶🐿 💻 I had the opportunity to interview Trish Wyderka for my blog, a highly skilled sourcer who has made significant contributions to our recruiting community. I was lucky to connect with her over the past few years and benefit from her extensive knowledge in recruiting tools and overall technical sourcing knowledge. She is a…
I had the opportunity to interview Srinivasa Raju a Sr. General Manager & IT Recruitment Head from Live Connections based in Bangalore. He has been very active in our recruiting community – sharing his advanced Boolean strings and recruiting tools recommendations. I was honored that he would consider getting interviewed by our team at WizardSourcer….
I had the opportunity to interview Glenn Gutmacher he currently works at State Street as a Talent Sourcing Manager. I’ve been looking forward to this interview for a while now! I hope you enjoy learning more about Glenn and his journey into sourcing. 1. What are the unique talents you bring to the sourcing…
I had the opportunity to interview Amy Miller. Currently, Amy’s a Senior Tech Recruiter at Amazon. She has 20 years in recruiting, hunting everything from truck drivers to CFOs. She’s spent the last several years in big tech (Microsoft / Google) after many years in various agencies learning how “real” recruiting is done. She’s passionate…
I had the opportunity to interview the legendary Katrina Collier from The Searchologist. She describes herself as an author, speaker, and facilitator. I would also add Wizard of Sourcing to the list. She is the author of: The Robot-Proof Recruiter: A Survival Guide for Recruitment and Sourcing Professionals. Which comes highly recommended by many recruiting…
I had the opportunity to interview the legendary Vanessa Raath. I had the chance to see her speak at SourceCon in 2019 and I was very impressed by her sourcing presentation. She has over 13 years of recruitment experience, 10 years focusing on the South African Technical IT market, she then decided to launch…
I had the opportunity to interview the legendary Aaron Lintz. He’s currently Senior Sourcing Specialist at Thoughtworks based in Florida. He’s been in the industry for many years and has presented at many recruiting conferences across the globe. Overall, I’m grateful and honored that he was open to getting interviewed for my blog. Tell…
I had the opportunity to interview the legendary Guillaume Alexandre. He’s a Talent Sourcing Lead at Gates Solutions based in Switzerland. He recently did a fantastic presentation at SourceCon digital this past week. Overall, I was really impressed by his presentation and I hope you enjoy reading his interview below. 1. Tell us about…
I had the opportunity to interview Marcel van der Meer a legendary Sourcer within our community. He is the founder of BadAss Recruiters & Sourcers group on Facebook. Currently he’s a Global Sourcing Lead at Rabobank based in the Netherlands. He’s been very active within the sourcing and growth hacking space. Honestly, I can’t wait…
I had the opportunity to interview Erin Mathew. She is currently a Talent Sourcer for Maxar Technologies in Illinois. She’s been actively involved with content creation for SourceCon, RecruitingDaily, The Sourcing 7, Recruiting Brainfood and CareerArc. She’s definitely a wizard at sourcing and I was excited to interview her for the blog. 1. Tell…
I had the opportunity to interview Josef Kadlec. Without a doubt he is a wizard at the craft of talent sourcing! Josef is a former ethical hacker, digital forensic examiner and hardcore Linux engineer who went head over heels into the talent sourcing and recruitment industry utilizing his cross-field experience. Along with Milan Novak, the…
I had the opportunity to interview Jeremy Bonewitz the Manager, Global Talent Acquisition Infrastructure at Stantec. I’ve been really impressed by his work in recent years and hope you enjoy reading this interview. 1. Tell us about your work experience in recruiting – how did you get your start, how did you progress, where…
I had the opportunity to interview Carmen Hudson. She’s currently a Principal Consultant, Recruiting Toolbox, and co-founder of the first-ever conference focused on tech recruiting, Talent42. Carmen draws from over 15 years of recruiting experience, with a strong focus on helping organizations attract, source and recruit top talent. She recently launched Recruiterhunt to help recruiters…
I had the opportunity to interview Will Sims a Talent Acquisition Manager from Plural Strategy. He runs a very active group on Facebook called: UnRecruitment (Recruitment Hacks, Productivity, Automation). Overall, I’ve been really impressed by what Will has been sharing on sourcing in recent months and I was excited that he was open to…
I had the privilege of interviewing Sarah Goldberg, a highly respected Talent Sourcer in North America. I have been impressed by her contributions to the sourcing community through her presentations and articles on SourceCon. Sarah graciously agreed to be interviewed for my blog, WizardSourcer. I am excited for you to read this Q&A and for…
I had the opportunity to interview Martin Freeman from Medallia. He’s been a very active and positive voice within our community. He recently launched a website that highlights all the latest talent sourcing and recruitment tools. Overall, I love getting a Talent Sourcers perspective from Sydney, Australia and I hope you enjoy reading this interview! …
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Doug Berg, the creator of ZAPinfo, and received a live demonstration of the tool. I was thoroughly impressed with all of the features and integrations that ZAPinfo offers. In my opinion, it is one of the best scraping tools available for sourcers to use. As a…
I had the opportunity to interview the legendary Shally Steckerl about talent sourcing. He’s definitely a leader in our space and I was overjoyed when he finally allowed me to conduct a full interview. He just recently wrote a new book about sourcing called The Sourcing Method. So, I recommend checking out that book and I…
I’ve learned a lot from Bret Feig on our Talent Sourcers Facebook group over the past few weeks. Through his passion for sharing within our community, I was able to learn about a new Facebook extraction tool called Toolkit For Facebook by PlugEx and it’s really blown me away. I was devastated to hear the news…
I had the opportunity to interview Jaward Sabra from Cruits Consulting about Talent Sourcing. It was a real pleasure getting to interview him on his perspective from Europe on the future of Talent Sourcing. There’s been a lot of recent changes – GDPR to new technological advances. So, there was recently a lot to discuss! Overall,…
I had the opportunity to interview Chris Russell from RecTech. I was really impressed by my conversations with him over the phone on the state of recruitment marketing. I hope you enjoy reading this interview! How did you get into recruitment marketing? I got my start back in 1999 when I launched my own…
I had the opportunity to interview Katrina Kibben from Three Ears Media on the future of employment branding. A couple weeks back Katrina was looking to network with other employer branding professionals out there and I offered to connect over the topic. We chatted a few days later over the phone and I was really impressed by…
If you’ve been staying active in recent Facebook groups (Sourcers Who Code) and discussions for the past few months you would know that Michael Crouse has been very active in our community. He’s definitely someone that I have admired and I decided to take the chance and reach out to him directly. What a thoughtful,…
I had the opportunity to interview Greg Hawkes a Strategic Talent Sourcer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It was an honor to speak with Greg about the future of sourcing and talent acquisition. I hope you enjoy reading this interview! How did you get into Talent Sourcing? I was a full-cycle recruiter several years back…
I had the opportunity to interview Pete Radloff – Talent Acquisition Operations @ comScore and Principal at RecruitingIn3D. I appreciate him sharing his thoughts and observations on the recruiting industry, and I hope you’ll enjoy this fun interview! How did you get into recruiting? Probably the same way that 90% or more of us…