Comments on: How to Become a Boolean Black Belt or E-Recruiting Expert

By: How I Learned What I Know About Candidate Sourcing

How I Learned What I Know About Candidate Sourcing — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:02:51 +0000

[...] is no gene for sourcing and recruiting. Besides, Talent is Overrated – deliberate practice is where it’s at. I literally come into work every day to get better at what I do. Most [...]

By: Top 10 Candidate Sourcing Best Practices | Boolean Black Belt

Top 10 Candidate Sourcing Best Practices | Boolean Black Belt — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:03:12 +0000

[...] “Most fundamentally, what we generally do at work is directly opposed to the first principle (of deliberate practice): It isn’t designed by anyone to make us better at anything. Usually it isn’t designed at all: [...]

By: Anyone Can Learn the “Art” of Sourcing : Cruiter Talk

Anyone Can Learn the “Art” of Sourcing : Cruiter Talk — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:28:45 +0000

[...] Ideally, a team with at least 1 sourcing expert can leverage that person to assimilate (Borg-style, if you will) all training materials, strategies, and tactics they are exposed to and incorporate them into an effective training program involving interactive feedback that is critical for learning and lots of deliberate practice. [...]

By: JOshi

JOshi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:29:34 +0000

Very good post regarding Boolean Black Belt, I have been reading you posting and always wish to ask you if you have any material for Recruiter Training. if you wish to share any Training material for recruiters like Boolean Search, Technology Training, Head Hunting, etc.

I aprreciate if you email me to joshi@amtexsystems.com

Regards,

Joshi

By: Why Boolean Search is Such a Big Deal in Recruiting | Boolean Black Belt

Why Boolean Search is Such a Big Deal in Recruiting | Boolean Black Belt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:22:48 +0000

[...] recent posts I’ve explained the Boolean Black Belt concept and exposed what I feel is the real “secret” behind learning how to master the art and science of leveraging information systems for talent [...]

By: Emily Russell

Emily Russell — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:48:47 +0000

Great post! If you like Geoff Colvin’s book, you will also enjoy Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers. He maintains that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to truly master any given skill. Very interesting read!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:48:13 +0000

By: Bill Vick

Bill Vick — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:43:50 +0000

The path to becoming a Boolean Black Belt is so similar to achieving most things in life and was eloquently pointed out by Malcolm Gladwell in his recent book The Outliers. Much of the same process and steps as Glenn talks about in his excellent article.

Sound advice and a must read by ‘anybody’ serious about using the web, particularly sourcers in the recruiting industry.