Sourcing Mistakes
LinkedIn Sourcing Tip: Searching by Company? Beware!
Recently, I wrote about the intrinsic issues associated with searching LinkedIn for potential candidates with specific industry experience, and how using the “Industry” field can actually prevent you from finding the people you’re looking for.
A number of readers responded by suggesting a logical solution to the issue – searching by specific company name(s) instead of using LinkedIn’s ”Industry” [...]
The Cardinal Rule of E-Sourcing
When I was working on the LinkedIn Search: What it COULD and SHOULD be post, I noticed a couple of things in the video of Esteban Kozak searching for Lucene Open Source Engineers and I realized it would make for a perfect example of the importance of the Cardinal Rule of E-Sourcing. I know Esteban was just giving a demonstration [...]
Sourcing and Recruiting Resources Page
It’s been a long time coming, but I have finally gotten around to creating a resources page that essentially contains a “best of” compilation of Boolean Black Belt articles. It contains 10 “How-To” posts ranging from how to search Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, and Google for candidates, as well as articles on semantic search, Boolean, extended Boolean, [...]
Top 15 Common Secondary Sourcing Mistakes
Top 15 Common Secondary Sourcing Mistakes
I’ve had the opportunity to assess, train and coach hundreds of recruiters from corporate and agency environments responsible for performing sourcing functions, and I’ve been exposed to many myths, misconceptions and mistakes when it comes to leveraging information systems for sourcing and recruiting. I’d like to take a moment to share [...]
The Sourcer’s Fallacy
A significant step on the path to secondary sourcing enlightenment is becoming aware of, and not falling prey to The Sourcer’s Fallacy.
The Sourcer’s Fallacy is the conscious or unconscious belief that:
#1 If you haven’t found what you’re looking for in a particular database, social network, or on the Internet – that it’s not there,
And/Or
#2 After you’ve run searches in a [...]
