I’m incredibly fortunate to welcome Liliana Correia, a Sourcing Partner at Kandidate, as a guest blogger. I was particularly interested in having her share insights on diversity and inclusion, as well as her approach to talent search in our native country of Portugal. Liliana Correia is currently employed as a Full-time Embedded Sourcing Partner….
Tag: Talent Sourcing
With Good Friday and Easter coming up this Holy Week, I would like to emphasize how Christians can use there faith principles within talent sourcing. As a follower of Christianity, I adhere to its core fundamental principles. You may struggle to understand how to use your Faith in your professional. However, many of these core…
Having a great leader on a recruiting team is crucial for the long-term success of the team. A great leader can establish a clear direction and vision for the team, ensuring that everyone is working towards the same goals. They can also provide mentorship and guidance to team members, helping them develop their skills and…
To become an ally in your talent sourcing field, it is important to be intentional, advocate for diversity, create a supportive community, and ensure diverse voices are heard. Recognize that everyone has a unique background and perspective. You might ask yourself – how can I make a difference or impact in the talent acquisition space?…
Talent sourcing involves more than just securing an accepted offer; it requires strategic thinking and data-driven decision-making. The process can be compared to cooking a meal, where various factors such as ingredients, time, management, and tools are crucial to achieving the desired outcome. However, talent sourcers often get stuck in the behind-the-scenes process of candidate…
As you progress in your recruitment career, the next step is to transition into a leadership role, which involves mentoring team members and ultimately managing a team of recruiters or sourcers within your organization. To progress towards this role, there are several steps you can take. Once you assume a leadership position, I can provide…
With the recent launch of ChatGPT and other AI software tools we are just beginning to scratch the surface of our understanding of how AI can revolutionize the recruiting and talent sourcing industries. The use of AI technology in recruiting is set to experience significant growth in the coming years, and below are some potential…
Neurodivergent professionals often encounter obstacles in finding long-term employment due to a lack of understanding from companies. However, many industries are experiencing a shortage of qualified applicants, and neurodivergent individuals can be a valuable source of talent to meet market demands. Neurodiversity refers to variations in brain functioning that result in unique patterns of…
In the past, traditional recruiting heavily relied on luck and intuition as opposed to data, which was often time-consuming to gather and analyze. This made it difficult for recruiters and hiring teams to determine the effectiveness of their hiring methods. However, with the abundance of software and analytics tools available in today’s market, anyone can…
To ensure the success of a recruiting team, having a pool of qualified and interested candidates is crucial. Therefore, it’s essential to have a clear understanding of what talent sourcing entails. Talent sourcing involves both internal and external searches for potential candidates, with the ultimate goal of identifying candidates who are willing to participate in…
At some point in their career, every Recruiter and Talent Sourcer will encounter a challenging, hard-to-fill role. To help facilitate the hiring process, it’s crucial to create a talent sourcing plan that can effectively address the unique needs of such roles. This plan should be created in collaboration with the hiring manager to help find…
A company should establish a talent sourcing function and team to enhance its recruitment efforts by actively identifying, attracting and engaging top-notch candidates. A sourcer’s skills in finding, researching and approaching potential candidates can lead to a more streamlined and effective hiring process. The sourcer can also help save time and resources by filtering the…
Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly and its impact on talent acquisition is yet to be seen. AI-powered tools can streamline the recruitment process by efficiently screening and assessing candidates, providing objective data on qualifications and skills. However, limitations exist in AI’s ability to evaluate interpersonal skills and cultural fit, which are crucial in many job…
During economic downturns, recruiters can use the opportunity to establish a talent pipeline for future candidates by utilizing various internal and external online resources. Use this valuable time to create and build a Talent Pipeline. I had this recent thought: how could I quickly build a Talent Pipeline since we don’t know when the…
Jobin is an all-in-one automation platform used to make sales and recruiters LinkedIn efforts more productive. There are so many features within this tool: webscraping, email verification, finding and enriching data, bulk mail-merge email automation, and MUCH more. What is Jobin exactly? Are you in search of an automation tool that not only streamlines…
Recently, I had the opportunity to lead a session on tools at the SourceCon digital conference where I highlighted the platform HackerRank. It is a coding assessment tool that verifies a software engineer’s coding skills and overall technical abilities. The platform offers a wide range of technical roles and skill sets to test for during…
Talent sourcing is a crucial aspect of recruiting that requires significant time and effort. However, with the availability of advanced tools, sourcing quality candidates no longer necessitates extensive manual labor. Still, finding top talent in this market is more important than ever, and it’s not easy. Besides the fact that 2021 has been a candidate-driven…
I decided to compile a list of innovative talent sourcing hacks and strategies for finding candidates online. Many recruiters are searching for new and unique ways to connect with both active and passive candidates online. To achieve this, I consulted with several of my sourcing colleagues and have put together an updated list of hacks…
The team at Hunter has recently created an email tracking tool. I was fortunate enough to demo this tool and I’m excited to share its benefits with my readers. There are many tools that allow the tracking of email opens, both free and paid. One of the most popular ones is MailTracker by Hunter. It’s…
Diversity Recruiting has always played a key role in the success of a business. From a personal standpoint, we learn early on the benefits of having diverse sources of income, diverse skills, and a diverse knowledge of topics, views, and so on. When diversity is practiced in business, an array of opportunities is made available….
Talent sourcing is a skill that sets apart the average from the exceptional. As a recruiter or sourcer, it’s crucial to not only please your employer but also maintain positive relationships with colleagues and candidates. The following skills are key traits that successful recruiters possess, allowing them to achieve long-term success. 1. Marketing skills…
SourceWhale replaces all the sourcing tools you currently use, delivers personalized automated outreach and follow-ups, and provides detailed analytics throughout your recruiting process. Eliminate the need for multiple sourcing tools with SourceWhale, the comprehensive recruiting solution that offers personalized automated outreach and follow-ups, as well as in-depth analytics throughout your recruitment process. I recently had…
Roboscraping is a free extension tool that parses data from published job openings. It helps to scrape data and give Recruiters detailed information on any company. The tools helps parse for contact details, employee names, location details, and much more. 1. Simply download the extension and search for a job opening on Indeed.com or…
Webbtree is a free recruiting SaaS solution with the goal of empowering recruiters to source talent more efficiently in this digital age. This CRM solution enables you to find, enrich and nurture talent from across the public web. This tool has many different features that include: contacting finding, message automation, and tracking CRM leads. …
I had the opportunity to demo a fairly new recruiting software tool called Jobsoid. This tool is an all-in-one recruitment software that aims at simplifying the lives of busy hiring teams. It helps you find, engage and hire top talent for your job roles. Building your dream team is a piece of cake with Jobsoid. …
ChatterWorks is a fairly new contact finding search extension tool. The market for contact-finding tools is quite fierce and competitive. The tool aggregates from multiple data sources and was simply built to help Recruiters find contact information fast. This includes cell phone numbers and email addresses to save you time and allow you to focus on…
Native Current is a fairly new extension tool that helps find diverse (BLNA) talent online. With the help of Boolean, it auto-generates Boolean strings to help find diverse niche groups online. This helps Talent Sourcers tremendously by uncovering new talent pools. Native Current empowers Sourcers and Recruiters to creatively expand their talent search capabilities. I…
developerdb is a great extension to find and source tech talent online. Reach more passive candidates & sales prospects with a database of 30 million tech workers. This database consists of a wide range of tech people, many not found elsewhere, along with tech-specialized data that enables better targeting. I’ve had full access to this…
Hireflow.ai is a new all-in-one AI recruiting platform that helps source and engages candidates online. The tool was recently launched within the chrome store and I was lucky to get a quick demo from Eda Topuz. At the core Hireflow is an AI automation tools that helps find contact information on potential leads and then…
Seamless.ai is a contacting finding, lead generation, & search engine tool. It encompasses many features for prospecting in sales and it can also be used in recruiting. The tools have a search engine and CRM tool as well as a chrome extension to help research and find leads online. Seamless.AI clams to be the…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
Hiring may be slowing down for most companies, but that doesn’t mean a recruiter’s work should come to a halt. In fact, now is the perfect opportunity to begin building a future talent pipeline. During this down time you can be meeting with stake holders and hiring managers to start game planning a talent pipeline…
Diverse teams lead to better outcomes in projects. However, recruiting women in the tech industry can be challenging. To address this, companies need to invest in diversity and inclusion efforts from the top down. This includes updating mission statements, holding hiring managers accountable for bias, and fostering an inclusive culture. Leadership must be committed to…
Facebook is an untapped gold mine when it comes to recruiting and sourcing talent across the web. Basically, it’s a massive database of millions of people. The trouble is, many recruiters don’t know how to approach using it for such. I wanted to create a basic guide into the world of sourcing Facebook. …
I wanted to start the decade right off by highlighting my favorite recruiting tools that I’m using throughout my week. This year my goal has been to focus more on “personalization” by telling a compelling story to attract candidates. There’s a lot of tools that I use to help improve my communication skills when…
I recently got access to this sourcing tool called Hired.com. It’s a massive database of active tech candidates across the globe. The Hired team actively pursues available talent online and gets them to join this database. Honestly, it’s what LinkedIn recruiter used to be like when developers actively responded to messages. They have a variety…
I’ve been recruiting engineers for roughly a decade now. The need for Software Engineers is in high demand and finding the right technical talent can be difficult. With hiring in this division being so competitive, it is important that you know how to attract the best people and also ensure that you position yourself as…
Master Sourcer Jung Kim introduced me to a hack for finding a user’s email address on GitHub. By adding (.patch) to the end of a URL for a repository, the user’s email address, which is required for uploading on GitHub, becomes visible. What is GitHub exactly? GitHub is a web-based platform for version control…
Are you having trouble finding qualified talent to submit to your technical job reqs? These candidates are not as engaged in typical sites like LinkedIn and don’t apply to job openings on career sites as frequently. Because of their reclusiveness, it takes a bit of work to find them. To help yourself stand out as…
As a Talent Sourcer in the tech space, I’m always looking for certain keywords on profiles. For example, I’ve been searching for Back End Developers with Java, RESTful, Spring, Hibernate, and Agile experience. When I’m viewing profiles on GitHub and Stack Overflow I sometimes struggle with searching for every keyword. Thankfully, there’s a browser extension…
Blockspring is a tool that most Talent Sourcers or Recruiters are probably not aware of. It’s similar to Phantombuster, Zapier, IFFTTT, and Airtable – which connect API’s and automate certain tasks. Blockspring was founded by three entrepreneurs Kasten, Pinkus, and Tokoph and there goal was to turn a billion non-technical users into software engineers across…
What Is Social List? Social List is a tool to instantly build lists of target social profiles, matching your search parameters, such as locations, employers, and job titles. The search is precise and more powerful than traditional search engine X-Ray methods and helps to overcome various social sites’ search limitations. Social List consists…
Recruiting on social media platforms is essential if you want to land those hard to find candidates. The biggest social network of them all is Facebook. With over 2.3 million users, if you aren’t tapping into this platform, you are missing a ton of potential connections. So how exactly are you supposed to recruit…
“Demand Generation Tools” are a game-changer for recruiters, providing a way to automate the time-consuming task of searching for candidates. With a plethora of options available, it can be overwhelming to choose the right one. To make it easier, I have compiled a list of my top 18 favorites to help streamline your recruiting efforts…
I stumbled upon this lead generation website while looking for more web scraping tools several months back. I was amazed at all the free lead generation tools that this company GrowthPacks has created. I know there’s better scraping/auto-enriching tools out on the market but they are premium and require licensing. These (Google Sheets) tools are…
Recruiters and Talent Sourcers are finding it more difficult than ever to find talented candidates for their open positions. It isn’t about just the difficulty in finding candidates, it’s the fact that most niche candidates don’t want to be found. Despite the beliefs of hiring managers, applicants do not grow on trees. With such a…
Despite the advancement of technology with the invention of AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics, hiring is still a pretty painful process for many. According to the State Of Sourcing Survey, increased hiring volume coupled with stagnant recruiter headcount means that the most important trends for recruiters to learn about are tools and technology….
I find it beneficial to reflect on my past experiences, both the successes and the failures. Recruiting can be a roller coaster ride, with constant changes, heavy workloads, and tight deadlines. It can be challenging to meet the high expectations placed on us, and failure is an inevitable part of the process. However, it is…
Recruiters have a ton of extension tools available to them in 2019. So how do you decide which ones will work the best for you? To help you determine the extension tools that will bring your recruiting game to the next level, I put together a list of trending browser extensions that you should review…
Maybe you noticed recently that SignalHire has added some new features? They slowly started rolling out these updates over the fall, but I still wanted go over all of them in a quick recap. This week, I had the opportunity to speak with Ross Farr founder of SignalHire. He was excited to showcase all the new…
Red Dead Redemption 2 Photo Credit Google (Alphabet), Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are the five most valuable companies in the world. A recent article written by The Economist highlights the plight that we are facing. The most valuable resource is no longer oil– it’s data. The data that companies acquire from us as consumers…
Photo taken at our Airbnb house in Kauai. I took a vacation to Hawaii with my wife for two weeks this past month. We saved up for months after wedding to go on a honeymoon trip to the islands. For weeks prior I felt worried about going and leaving my work duties. Do you ever…
The facts are straight forward: around 80% of candidates don’t have an active LinkedIn profile. Globally, the World Bank puts the available workforce at roughly 3.453 Billion people. This means that at most, less than 17% of professionals are on LinkedIn. Taking into consideration the fact that many profiles on LinkedIn are fake, duplicated, or…
Have you ever submitted an application and never heard back from that company? Did it feel like your application got sent to a black hole? Have you ever received a message from a recruiter, completed a screen, and never heard back from them on next steps? Well you’re not alone – the majority of…
In 2018, I set out to really master my personal brand as a Talent Sourcer. This past year has been the most success I’ve had finding and hiring candidates. I sourced 36 cold/passive candidates for our niche positions across North America. It was a tremendous undertaking for me personally, as I only focus on niche…
The talent sourcing industry is a small world and I have been fortunate enough to have had a long career in it. If you were to ask me if I know any Talent Sourcers who could be a great fit for a role, I could easily come up with a list of more than a…
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…
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…
GitHub is the worlds largest open-sourced repository coding sites online today. Currently, it has over 28 million users and over 57 million in repositories. With so many monthly active users sharing and learning about coding it’s a fantastic place for Talent Sourcers to find qualified talent. With the recent encouragement by Susanna Frazier, I wanted…
As the holiday season approaches, recruiters and sourcers may experience a slowdown in activity. This is a common occurrence during the holidays as applicants tend to focus on preparing for the break and may not have extra time for calls. Additionally, with the end of the year approaching, many applicants may be waiting for bonuses….
What does talent sourcing mean exactly? Talent Sourcing is the method used to find applicants who aren’t applying directly to open roles. This is accomplished by building boolean strings and searching for leads, among other things. Not only are they finding candidates, but they are also actively screening and submitting leads to roles. Sourcers…
A new show on Netflix called Black Mirror highlights the negative impacts of technology on the future. Although this show is fascinating and entertaining to watch, I feel that technology will make more of a positive impact on our way of life in the future. Of course, sometimes technology has a double side effect on…
Bret Feig recently recommended this extension that automates certain Facebook tasks called Toolkit for FB. This tool is a collection of over 20+ tasks that helps simplify Facebook. Just doing a quick overview the tool offers a massive amount of opportunities to use in research sourcing and it will take a few hours to fully…
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,…
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….
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…
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…