Archive for December, 2009
Thank You, and Happy Holidays from Boolean Black Belt!
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to you, whether you’ve visited www.booleanblackbelt.com just a few times or if you are a regular reader. If you’ve told someone else about my site or recommended it to others – thank you very much!
With all of the sourcing, recruiting, and social media blogs out there, I know it’s [...]
LinkedIn Sourcing Tip: Industry Search Issue
Do you ever use social networks to such as LinkedIn to search for people with experience in a specific industry?
If you do, I can almost guarantee you that you are not finding everyone you’re looking for.
How?
There are intrinsic issues associated with any user generated content, especially when it comes to how users of social media identify themselves, and they [...]
Candidate Pipelines vs. Just-In-Time Recruiting Part 4
In Ben Franklin’s the Way to Wealth, he talks about the issues associated with carrying unnecessary inventory, “You call them goods; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you…You expect they will be sold…but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you.”
If Ben [...]
Candidate Pipelines vs. Just-In-Time Recruiting Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 in this series, I explored many of the intrinsic limitations and hidden costs of traditional candidate pipelining – sourcing, screening, and “keeping warm” candidates for which you do not have a current need.
To recap, traditional candidate pipelining:
Is a “push” based strategy that is not based on an actual customer [...]
