Playing with LinkedIn today I stumbled on a helpful link to a feature that does not currently exist. Until they take this down you see for yourself from … Read more
Aaron Lintz has architected and implemented ATS systems, recruiting processes and reporting/analytics systems. Aaron is known for innovative sourcing methods, having presented at SourceCon many times, including a keynote session at the Spring 2018 conference. Aaron also serves as an advisor for SourceCon and volunteers his time speaking at many other significant events around the world. Understanding his approach and tactics will be beneficial to all recruiting practitioners and managers.
Non-Sourcing Tools to Help Sourcers Who Code Excel
Data hygiene is not sexy, but it is necessary whether you are getting data from manually typed, scraped, or coded sources. Microsoft Excel’s looks … Read more
Social Content Army Powered By Excel
The year is 2012. We had Taleo Enterprise with all of its intricacies, applicant source data picked from a mile long drop down, and the term “social … Read more
It’s Time For A Contact Cleanse
As the warm days of summer are coming more scarce, its time to start thinking of your yearly contact cleanse. I just completed my annual cleanse of my … Read more
Let’s Hack Together an Attendee List
Back in the good old days of internet talent sourcing, you could find all kinds of amazing attendee lists and org charts data armed only with Boolean and a … Read more
Typpos Happenn: But what are they worth?
I credit Johnny Campbell as the first person to address all the valuable people that can be uncovered with a few commonly misspelled job titles on … Read more
Add Web-Scraping Service Kimono to the Deadpool by @aaronlintz
Your inbox has likely been filled with announcements of start-up pivots, mergers, and acquisitions lately. The one that hit hard the other day still has my … Read more
Tech Tips: How To Visualize Sourcing Data With @Silkdotco by @AaronLintz
Lately I’ve been testing some tools to help better understand the often large amounts of data that I source from. I live in spreadsheets and while I can … Read more
Firefox is Blocking Unsigned Extensions by @AaronLintz
Sourcers tend to be fans of extensions and addons. If you’re a Firefox user, this is valuable information you should know. It has been reported and … Read more
Canary is dead – Long live Chromium by @AaronLintz
Rumors of the death of homegrown Chrome extensions have been greatly exaggerated! A few months ago, I was overjoyed when I wrote about the Canary chrome … Read more
Google Contacts Grows Up by @AaronLintz
Earlier this week, Google announced some long overdue changes to their Contacts platform. On the surface, it’s a complete overhaul to the look and … Read more
The Anatomy of Google Search by @AaronLintz
Have you ever wondered what all of that information in the URL of a Google search result means? Google search engine results have always been minimalist … Read more
A Canary in a Coal Mine Can Help You Source More Candidates by @AaronLintz
Like many sourcers, I found joy the day that Firefox came into my life. In 2009 that odd looking fox had looks to die for, performance improvements, tabs, … Read more
Not the same ‘ol XING
Sourcers need to fish in more than one pond. Most have mastered LinkedIn and have tinkered with other social networks, but even the best of us become … Read more
Is Reality TV an Oxymoron?
Recruiter chatter this week has been wild about the toprecruiter.tv program. I’ve never watched the show, so I can’t comment on it’s … Read more
Which LinkedIn Groups Should You Join?
How do you determine which LinkedIn groups to join? Since we are limited to 50 groups, recruiters and sourcers should spend time each month making sure … Read more
How to Scrape Public LinkedIn Groups Into an RSS Feed (For Free)
LinkedIn is inching toward 2 million user groups. Passionate people create these communities to engage people with common interests. Nearly half are … Read more
The Epic Tragedy of Snapchat
Greek tragedies were seeded in the legends passed on through generations long before written language. This folklore evolved with books and theatre. Themes … Read more
Sourcing is a Full Contact Sport by @AaronLintz
One of the most common frustrations for sourcers is when a perfect profile is identified, but there is not enough contact information to reach out to them. … Read more
RSS Horticulture for Sourcers
This year has been a rough one for fans of RSS. LinkedIn eliminated RSS feeds for groups in March. Twitter depreciated feeds in July breaking many hearts … Read more