Knowledge sharing is a cornerstone of human civilization. A concept as old as time, passing knowledge from generation to generation allows for stories to … Read more
Amybeth Quinn began her career in sourcing working within the agency world as an Internet Researcher. Since 2002, she has worked in both agency and corporate sourcing and recruiting roles as both individual contributor and manager, and also served previously as the editor of The Fordyce Letter, FordyceLetter.com and SourceCon.com, with ERE Media. These days she's working on some super cool market intelligence and data analytics projects. You can connect with her on Twitter at @researchgoddess.
You Don’t Need Dedicated Sourcing If You Do These Things Well
I don’t think a dedicated sourcing function has to be included in a TA organization. The reasons TA organizations hire dedicated sourcers vary, depending … Read more
SourceCon Orlando, Day 2: Workflows and Whys
For anyone who is currently attending SourceCon Orlando and is a first-timer – whether live or via Twitter – the amount of information being … Read more
SourceCon Crowdsourced: Best Tips of Day 1
This afternoon’s sessions consisted of golden nuggets of search tips and techniques. From the brain of Shally Steckerl, one of the most well-known … Read more
SourceCon Orlando, Day 1: Patterns And People Skills
As promised, SourceCon All Stars has delivered a power-packed session lineup with some of the best sourcing minds in the business. Orlando welcomed … Read more
Why Critical Thinking is So Important for Sourcing by @ResearchGoddess
The recent news of LinkedIn’s acquisition of Connectifier sent the world of recruiting and sourcing into a frenzy. It’s been interesting to watch reactions … Read more
How To Be a More Productive Sourcer in 2016: Knowing Your Time by @researchgoddess
Inevitably, at some point in your sourcing career, you’ve looked up from your screen with 32 tabs open at all stages of search and thought this very … Read more
3 Action Items for Sourcers and Recruiters by @ResearchGoddess
I am a SourceCon veteran – in fact, since the conference began in 2007, there are only two events I’ve missed. I’ve enjoyed watching the content evolve … Read more
Properly Equipping a Future Generation of Excellent Sourcers
I don’t know a single person whose goal upon graduating either from high school or college was to become a recruiter or a sourcer. To the best of my … Read more
Best of 2013 #4: Is Sourcing the New Recruiting?
Editor’s note: Between now and the new year we will be counting down the top 20 SourceCon posts of 2013. This post was the 4th most read post of the year. … Read more
Finding Personal Email Addresses on the Internet, Part WHOIS
Earlier this week, we shared a few resources to find business email addresses online. In part 2 of the series, Amybeth Hale shares a technique to find … Read more
Is Sourcing the New Recruiting?
Over time, our roles evolve and change to fit with the present needs of the companies for which we work. The saying goes, “If you’re not green and growing, … Read more
Initial Outreach For Sourcers
Editor’s note: There are new readers discovering SourceCon all of the time. With that in mind, we run popular posts from past years on occasion to … Read more
There’s No One “Right” Way to Source, and Learning is the Key to Finding Yours
I started my career in the world of recruiting as an Internet Researcher over ten years ago, and while my work has evolved over the years to include a lot … Read more
QR Codes and Sourcing – Is It Social?
Editor’s note: There are new readers discovering SourceCon all of the time. With that in mind, we run popular posts from past years on occasion to … Read more
The Sourcing Body
I am not #SourceCon. We all are. As someone who has been in sourcing for nearly a decade now, I’ve watched the function ebb and flow through … Read more
Guess Where the Next SourceCon Will Be..
We just announced the location for the 2012 Fall SourceCon conference! Check out the following video to get a sneak peek and register early! Read more
Sourcing Through Adversity
Life isn’t always rainbows and roses. And neither is sourcing, as attendees and livestream viewers learned today from Yahoo!’s Senior Manager, … Read more
Sourcing Salary Survey: Results
The topic of sourcing compensation is a hotly contested one. It always has been, and I suspect that it always will be. There are some who feel that … Read more
How Sourcing Fits Into the Sales Funnel
The sales process is a step-by-step layout of what actions must be taken to turn prospects into customers. Regardless of how you look at it, recruiting is … Read more