I am trying to refrain from using the term “Big Data” as it’s become so overused. However, there’s no denying the power of using data as part of your … Read more
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Don’t Go Overboard! Distilling Down an Ocean of Research to Create “Actionable Insight”
Flooded by jobseeker stats and workforce numbers, white papers, articles and poll results? Here’s how to plunge in and quickly evaluate research online, so … Read more
How to Source and Recruit Candidates Using Academic and Scientific Journals by @Kazanjy
Editor’s note: This post is part of our Source the Web series here on SourceCon. It features articles on how to mine particular online data resources from … Read more
Another Set Of Challenges To Keep Your Search Skills Sharp
One of the things I try to do as an editor is to read and write things I wouldn’t normally read or write. It’s a convenient excuse to check out … Read more
Do Your Own Job: I’m Not Your Researcher, Sourcer or Contact Database
Quite frequently I get contacted by people searching for something or someone. Normally, I don’t mind that. Actually sometimes it is flattering that … Read more
Doing Due Diligence In Research
For those who are pure researchers – how do you do due diligence when you are doing a research project? Research by definition is “the systematic … Read more
Effective Management of Your Sourcing Projects
When I first started my career as a sourcer, I realized quickly that a big secret to being a good researcher was developing an efficient project management … Read more
Stalking, Sourcing, and Social Intuition
In the 1985 Robert Zemeckis’ classic Back to the Future, Marty McFly saved George McFly from being hit by an oncoming car which set a tailwind of strange … Read more
A Holistic Approach to Search
How phone research and Internet sourcing work together Every now and then, a debate flares up in our business…or should I say, the embers smolder … Read more
Recruiters Are Hypocrites
We recruiters tell candidates to do their homework before contacting any potential employer, and what a bunch of hypocrites I am finding out there. … Read more
Editor’s Pick: The Sourcing Plan – Selling the Hiring Manager on Smart Sourcing Tactics
Editor’s Note: This week, SourceCon.com will be sharing a few of our favorite past posts. We’ll continue to do this through New Year’s Eve and will return … Read more
Podcast: Sourcing In the UK vs. the U.S. – A Chat With DeeDee Doke of Recruiter.co.uk
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting DeeDee Doke. Doke is the editor of Recruiter.co.uk, the ‘web home’ of Recruiter, the UK’s … Read more
Artificial Intelligence Resume Matching vs. Human Cognition
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to evaluate several of the “big name” resume and job matching applications that claim to use artificial … Read more
The Value of Library Information Science In Sourcing
My journey from the Library and Information Science world to that of the names sourcing / recruiting world has been exciting. Bringing the two worlds … Read more
#SourceCon Live: Glen Cathey
“Boolean search doesn’t do what we do justice. It doesn’t describe everything that we are capable of.” Glen Cathey kicked things off at SourceCon letting … Read more
Look Beyond The Obvious
As researchers and sourcers, we are tasked with generating leads for our recruiting colleagues or our clients. But, as the slogan goes for my favorite … Read more
Social Media complements sourcing, it doesn’t replace it.
Sourcing has changed over the last several years. It has gone from searching paper files, phone directories, and in-person events to including internet … Read more
The 5 levels of Talent Mining
Curious to learn more about my upcoming keynote at SourceCon 2010 in DC? My session will essentially be a follow up to the keynote I presented at SourceCon … Read more
Conducting a Quality Search: Let Keywords Be Your Guide
That title is kind of a ‘duh’, isn’t it? But it’s amazing how often developing a good list of keywords, and then putting them to … Read more