A Talent Sourcers day is filled with searching and finding active leads for your open requisitions. It takes an immense amount of time and energy to find someone’s corporate email address. Thankfully, there’s a great extension tool that offers an all-in solution to finding and engaging leads over email called Snovio. The extension has over…
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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…
Bret Feig recently did a review of a new Facebook scraping extension called: DiG. This tool was recently launched in the chrome store and has around 150 active users. It’s exciting to learn about an extension that’s so cutting edge. Unfortunately, LinkedIn continues to decline due to misuse and spam. Many highly qualified applicants don’t…
Talent Sourcing is all about finding the right candidate in a sea of online data. It takes a ton of time to search through places like LinkedIn and there are only so many hours in the day. Luckily for us, there are many ways to find candidates and one of my most essential assets are…
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…
This post was inspired by Holly Mallowes’ presentation at SourceCon, and aims to delve deeper into her suggestion for finding and verifying corporate emails. In some industries, the most effective way to reach a lead is through their corporate email, but what do you do when you can’t find it? There are several options for…
The ability to stay organized is crucial in the recruiting industry due to the multiple tasks and responsibilities involved. Recruiters must effectively schedule interviews with candidates, maintain accurate records of their contact information and qualifications, and communicate effectively with clients. A missed meeting with a candidate could result in a missed opportunity for a successful…
Michael Crouse has been raving about this new email video tool. BombBomb is a tool that allows you to quickly personalize a video message and send that to anyone over email. The majority of users have been using this tool for generating sales leads or in real estate. It’s quite an impressive tool with 33K…
Our Talent Sourcing world continues to change at a high pace! There are endless amounts of ways to find someone’s contact information online. Still, the majority of recruiters do not know how to research and find this type of information. This was one of the main reasons why I started actively blogging on WizardSourcer….
Are you still missing Rapportive? I continually have Sourcers reach out to me on this issue. What’s a good replacement to cross-reference email addresses with LinkedIn profiles? Thankfully, there are about 20 extensions and tools that replace Rapportive’s basic features but none of those really offered a bulk cross-referencing version until now. The Email…
I’ve been a big admirer of Gem for some time now and am excited to finally share my comprehensive review of this amazing tool. Essentially, Gem is an email outreach solution and in my opinion, it performs exceptionally well in this regard. To sum it up, Gem is a fantastic email outreach tool that offers…
There are certainly a lot of tools to find contact information these days! Our Talent Sourcing industry is definitely experiencing a gold rush of recruitment automation tools. I was granted a one-week access (5 Credits) to a new tool called SignalHire. Well, to be fair it was new to me. This company has been around…
Irina Shamaeva and her team at Boolean Strings created a new extension tool called Email Extractor. This extension is a simple solution to extract and collect email addresses from website pages. You can use this extension in two different modes. The first option-mode, collects every email on a page, including hidden emails. There’s a…
AmazingHiring is a powerful search engine for locating technical talent, with over a million profiles in its database drawn from various sources. I had the opportunity to demo the features of AmazingHiring, courtesy of Yulia, without any compensation. I review tools like this solely for the purpose of learning about the latest talent sourcing tools….
Are you searching for the best option to track your emails? If yes, then this post is for you. Recruiting involves a lot of going through back and forth over email with applicants. So, knowing that the recipient is viewing and responding to your emails is important. Communication with applicants is probably the most important…
AI and other automation tools have definitely been on the rise lately. It’s an exciting time to be in the talent sourcing world because we can use these same cutting-edge innovation tools to source, research, and automate certain recruitment tasks. Phantombuster is a tool that was recently mentioned in the SourceCon group and it connects…
In 2015, a secret tool was circulating around the recruiting community called Autopilot for LinkedIn. After hearing about this tool from others I downloaded the extension and soon realized the immense power that it could bring to my LinkedIn network. From the beginning, I was hooked and was using this tool on a nightly basis…
WizardSourcer is dedicated to reviewing the latest sourcing tools in our industry and the Uplead CEO (William Cannon) reached out to me to have us review there prospecting B2B tool. I was granted full accesses to test out this lead gen tool. Wow, was I blown away by this tool. The simplicity and user-friendly dashboard…
We know that candidates who are active in the job market are perusing sites like Indeed or LinkedIn to seek out jobs they are interested in. For hard to fill roles the chances of finding niche skills is not super successful with these boards. Typically these candidates are considered passive and are not likely to…
As a Recruiter, managing calendar appointments can be challenging and time-consuming. With multiple meetings and changes in schedules, it can feel like there are not enough hours in the day. Fortunately, there are scheduling apps that can help manage and streamline the process. Here are the top ten appointment scheduling apps currently on the market…
A Recruiters world revolves around documents, databases, and spreadsheets. We spend an immense amount of time throughout our week updating recruiter data. Airtable has been around for a few years now but you may have not heard of it or how it can impact your recruitment duties. Airtable is a spreadsheet database hybrid tool. It…
This week LinkedIn announced the relaunch of Connectifer extension. Connectifier was a resource for finding candidate information, which can be presented as supplemental to a member’s LinkedIn profile. The information included social media profiles and personal contact information like cell phone numbers or email addresses. What was Connectifier? Connectifier was a talent sourcing and recruitment…
As a recruiter, have you ever come across candidates who may not fit your current role but could be a potential match for future opportunities? This is a common scenario, where you may encounter great candidates who simply do not align with the current opening. What happens to these leads? Unfortunately, many recruiters do not…
I recently came across this tool during a discussion on the Recruiting Leaders group on Facebook. Someone was trying to get more info on Pipl search engines Pro version. I honestly didn’t realize Pipl offered a paid version I’ve been using the free version for a couple years now. As of 2017 – Pipl quietly…
SeekOut is a recruiting and sourcing platform that enables recruiters and hiring managers to find, engage, and track passive candidates. It provides advanced search capabilities, including Boolean search and machine learning-based search suggestions, to help users find the right candidates faster. Additionally, it includes a variety of tools and features, such as email and social…
As a Talent Sourcer, my internet tabs and search history would appear chaotic due to the constant multitasking of searching, prospecting, and screening leads. However, with the fast-paced nature of the job, it is easy for things to slip through the cracks, such as forgetting to update candidates or losing passive leads. To combat this,…
How many places to you use to recruit candidates? If you are only listing one or two places, it’s time to add to your list. Recruiters need to look for various ways to find qualified candidates. We all know about using LinkedIn and other popular sites for sourcing, but what about something a little outside…
Need a way to monitor and multi-task your daily searches? Google Alerts may be the right solution for you! Basically, you can subscribe to your keyword search directly on Google. As soon as something new gets posted online you will receive an update directly in your email inbox. This simple yet useful trick has helped me…
You may have heard of the popular online forum Reddit.com as a go to place to get answers to your questions or find the latest news stories. One area you may not have associated with the fourth largest website online today is it’s potential for recruiting. Yes, you can use Reddit to source and…
Optimizing your job postings for search engines, also known as “SEO,” is crucial in making sure that candidates can easily find your job opportunities online. To increase the number of applicants, it’s essential to ensure that your job postings are fully optimized for SEO. You don’t have to be an expert in SEO, but understanding…
Think LinkedIn and Indeed are monopolizing the job searching market? Yes, that certainly has been the case for the last few years, but Google has it’s own ideas. That’s good news for you – the job searcher! The more sites there are, the better your chances of finding your dream job. Google recently launched their…