Previously I detailed the justification for adding Facebook as a sourcing method for passive candidates in local markets. The sheer volume of users and … Read more
Sourcing Through Social Media Communities – How to Bridge the Gap Between Remote Recruiting and the Locality of Your Markets – Part 1
Telecommuting has become incredibly common in the workplace in the last decade, and trends indicate that the number of remote workers will continue to … Read more
Another New Update For Our Favorite Facebook Sourcing Tool
At SourceCon, we love our free tools! After each SourceCon conference, the news of the latest and greatest free tools are spread quickly over social media. … Read more
How To Scrape Data From Facebook Pages
This is a tutorial to scrape data from Facebook pages for research purposes. I have been working with Facebook pages for a long time to create audiences. … Read more
The 2017 State of Sourcing Survey – The Persona
Each year, hundreds of sourcers participate in SourceCon’s annual State of Sourcing Survey. This survey helps us take a look at patterns, trends and the … Read more
Facebook Updates Its Status, Tests New Resume Posting Feature
If there’s anything more interesting than Facebook’s foray into recruitment, it’s the speed at which it is moving. This year … Read more
Is Facebook Just a Sourcing Fad?
As the world’s largest social network platform with over two billion people monthly users, it’s time we talk about Facebook as a sourcing tool. It may not … Read more
The Stroudification of Artificial Intelligence – Engagement
It’s been long overdue, and also, long-in-the-works: no one has quite complemented, mimicked, or successfully copied the Jim Stroud recipe for candidate … Read more
How Facebook Could Destroy LinkedIn In a Year by @jimstroud
[This article is a transcript from my latest podcast.] Let me begin by saying that I am a big fan of LinkedIn. I’ve watched its evolution with keen … Read more
What’s so wrong with recruiting on Facebook? by @WinningImpress
Did you know that recently Facebook had 1 billion users log in on the one day? That’s a staggering 1/3rd of all Internet users and 2/3rds of their own … Read more
A Short rebuttal to the article- How Should Sourcers Use Facebook In A Post-Graph World?
On a recent Monday 1 billion people used Facebook. 1 BILLION…. Facebook is a VERY viable tool for sourcing. As sourcing /recruiting professionals we … Read more
How Should Sourcers Use Facebook in a Post-Graph World? by @RandyBailey
Last week I wrote a post about Radaris and Pipl. When I finished, I realized that using these tools became more important and necessary after Facebook … Read more
A Quick Experiment With the New Facebook Messenger Web Interface by @thecandidategen
With the news of the new Facebook dedicated web interface for messenger, I wondered what I could do with this new offering. I did a quick test with an … Read more
The Ultimate Guide to Sourcing and Recruiting on Facebook in 2015 by @thecandidategen
The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change ? Heraclitus Facebook has moved to a KISS model, “Keep It Simple Stupid.” Search has been made “easier” but as … Read more
Recruiting on Facebook – The Professional Network? by @FindSouth
By now, every recruiter interested in online sourcing is aware of Facebook Graph search, most are probably less aware Graph Search has now disappeared … Read more
Infographic: Snapchat vs Facebook
Are you a Snapchat user? I downloaded Snapchat early on but I have to admit that I’ve never used it. I think I’ve sent a total of three … Read more
A few details from Facebook’s Q2 earnings report and conference call
Facebook held a quarterly earnings call yesterday. For those interested, the Wall Street Journal has provided a complete recap of the call. Our more … Read more
Facebook Allows Users to Request Connections Add Contact Details to Profiles
As sourcing and recruiting professionals, we spend our days on the hunt for candidate information. Identifying a candidate profile is only one step of the … Read more
Case Study: How One Company Filled Hard-to-Fill Positions With Social Referrals on Facebook
When it comes to hiring efficiency, performance, fit, retention–or almost any metric to which a recruiter or HR department can be held … Read more
Video: Facebook Graph Search for Sourcing – Search, Extract, Build via @thecandidategen
Todd Davis’ SourceCon Seattle session about sourcing on Facebook received great reviews. He took time this week to make a recorded version of his … Read more