This seems to be a frequently asked question: how to search for people in Europe using LinkedIn? I have decided to share my suggestions on the blog. To search for people in Europe (or anywhere across a large territory), you can do a radius search around a (sort-of) a center point in Europe and cover many countries at once. I …
Sourcing: Five Key Trends
Below are the five trends in Sourcing-2013, which I feel are important, that I’d like to discuss. (I presented them as a slide in a presentation at the Sourcing Summit NZ; I will write a separate post about the event, which was great in many ways!). I’ll start with some background explanations. With the points ONE and TWO below I …
Contest Announcement – Win a Seat in the People Sourcing Certification Program!
Hey Sourcing Community! We are giving away TWO free seats (one Level 1 seat, and one Level 2 seat) for the People Sourcing Certification Program (http://sourcingcertification.com/). Two lucky winners will be randomly selected from the top 10 people who score the most points. Here is how you can earn points: 1 Point – Share/+1 the Program event on Google Plus …
Aaron Lintz: Diamonds Are Forever
This is a guest post from Aaron Lintz. He shares some innovative ways of using LinkedIn Recruiter to support efficient sourcing for his team of recruiters. No matter whether you are a LinkedIn Recruiter user or not, this is a worthwhile reading as a lesson in strategic thinking, creativity, and working around the system limits. Thanks to Aaron for sharing! – Irina …
Easy Sourcing with NO Boolean: May 8
Join us for a Webinar on May 8: Sourcing with NO Boolean In the context of searching for professional backgrounds “Boolean” usually means Google’s language with the use of advanced search operators. In my teaching experience, the “Boolean” seems to be a cause for frustration and a blocking factor, generating “the wrong” search results and preventing some of our colleagues …
Upcoming Events
I am not a fan of the airline travel, but some events are so interesting, it’s hard to resist going! The next few months are going to be the seriously “eventful” for me, packed with both in person and online events. Here are some events that are coming up. April 30, 2013, Tuesday (virtual) People Sourcing Certification Program – Free …
#Bing Snapshot
Who likes extra mouse clicks? Who likes a zillion windows open at the same time? It’s key for people sourcing productivity to see some previews of the search results, to make quick mini-decisions about opening those extra windows. Seeing informative previews leads to staying focused, saving the sourcing costs, and enhancing the search experience. (I’ve long wanted to design and …
The Sourcing Tools Survey Summary
The first ever Sourcing Tools Survey has been completed. We had 633 participants from 36 countries! About 60% of participants were US-based. These countries had a strong representation: Australia, Canada, India, and the UK. About 90% of those who participated were people in recruiting and sourcing: about ½ from agencies and ½ from corporations. We also had a number of sales, business …
Matching
Since searching all over the web with the raising complexity of sourcing is difficult, it seems to be desirable to ease the searching pains with auto-matching. Several vendors provide that, including Bright.com and LinkedIn. I have recently talked with the folks from Bright.com and was amazed to learn that they are getting some serious active candidates’ traffic: around 3.5 MLN resumes submitted or refreshed within the …
Webinar: Sourcing For Diversity
Join us for a Webinar with Irina Shamaeva on April 10 There’s no question about the positive effect diversity plays at corporations. If you make your goal to include diversity profiles in the talent pool, there are some straightforward ways to achieve that. When we discuss specific sourcing tips with recruiters in the People Sourcing Certification Program, they are often …