PODCAST - Is Name Sourcing worth the cost?
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SGA Executive Tracker Pro presents…
Is Namesourcing really worth the cost?
In this edition of The Recruiters Lounge Podcast, Jim and Karen are joined by Josh Letourneau in a free for all around the practice of Name Sourcing (aka Phone Sourcing aka Name Generation). Is it worth the money? Can it be outsourced? Should it be outsourced? How can you tell if your Name Sourcer is worth the price they are charging you? Plus shout-outs to our Recruiting homies. Expect the unexpected with this one!! (And click here to fill out our 30-second survey. We really appreciate it.)
00:01 - The Recruiters Lounge Podcast Survey
00:36 - Sit back and relax…
01:08 - And now, a word from our Sponsor
02:11 - Name that tune
03:57 - Hey, I was looking through this magazine and I saw you on page…
05:10 - Why the name, “Kenny the name sourcer?”
08:32 - We have access to every name just by pulling out the white pages
12:14 - A lot are not on the internet as much as you think they are…
14:05 - So you have a client and you charge $20 a name… $50 a name…
18:07 - So you have more a personal relationship with them and they connect with you?
24:23 - How do you judge quality of hire on day one? Simple…
29:04 - Funny thing, the girl in Vietnam told the person in the US that they took the same training
33:48 - What is gatekeeper slang? Like they speak in some cryptic, sanskrit language…
37:30 - I mentioned earlier that someone asked me how to evaluate a Sourcer
40:15 - I live in my own little world with my own little database of candidates. That’s the problem
42:47 - Those same people, I call the “Fab 5′ today
44:12 - I want to give a shout-out to my peeps at SourceCon
44:30 - Shout-outs from Josh and Karen
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Josh Letourneau is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of LG & Associates Search / Talent Strategy, where he assists companies establish strategic talent-sourcing programs that create competitive advantage and help companies “win” among those highly pivotal talent pools that most drive their organization’s success. As the former VP of an early-stage technology consulting/venture capital firm, he brings a unique sales and marketing strategy background to bear on the Talent Acquisition space.
Letourneau is a former Sergeant of Infantry in the U.S. Marines, is current Careers Community Manager for Fast Company magazine, member of the Human Capital Institute’s “Executive Acquisitions” Expert Panel, contributing blogger for FistfulOfTalent.com, Six-Sigma and NPDP-certified, and holds an MBA from Mercer University’s Stetson School of Business & Economics in Atlanta, GA.
Twitter Josh at http://twitter.com/jletourneau or find him at http://www.lgexec.com.
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ABOUT THE HOSTS
Karen Mattonen CAC, CSP
Karen is an experienced, successful recruiter who operates her own business and is actively involved in many industry organizations and activities. Her recruiting career began with Snelling Corporation. In 1998, after a successful tenure as a recruiter with Snelling, Karen struck out on her own, founding Advanced Career Solutions (ACS). ACS focuses on recruiting for the HVAC Industry. Karen has achieved accreditation as a California Accredited Consultant (CAC) through California Staffing Professionals. She has also gained her Certified Staffing Professional Certificate (CSP) through American Staffing Professionals. (www.americanstaffing.net)
Karen has a new and future-oriented vision of what recruiting can and should become: a profession we can be proud of for its ethical standing, professional conduct and ability to build great organizations. Her doing-well-by-doing-right philosophy is shaking up the status quo in an industry that needs to be shaken. She does this with conviction, leadership, and a distinctive voice that cries out for change.
Karen was a co-creator of the landmark webinar event – “EEOC Discrimination Debate.” This event featured senior members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and staffing industry experts discussing and debating difficult issues about discrimination in today’s workplace environment. Company executives, hiring managers, recruiters, and human resource professionals from across the United States were invited to participate in the free Webinar and live panel discussion. Karen also served as one of the panelists on the discussion team in the March, 2006 event.
As co-host of the popular podcast “The Recruiters Lounge,”Karen discusses her frank opinions on the recruitment industry with her co-host, Jim Stroud
Jim Stroud
Jim Stroud is a Searchologist with an expertise in the full life-cycle placement of Executive and Technical personnel, Recruitment Research and Competitive Intelligence. He has consulted for such companies as Google, Siemens, MCI and a host of start-up companies. He presently serves Microsoft as a Technical Sourcing Consultant and is a regular contributor to Microsoft’s Technical Careers Blog.
Jim Stroud was nominated (and a top 10 finalist) for a Best Blog Award for his blog “Jim Stroud 2.0, by Recruiting.com in 2006 and cited in Bullhorn’s Research Report: Tools of The Trade 2007 as being among the best blogs on the recruiting industry (50,000 staffing and recruiting professionals were surveyed). His podcast series “The Recruiters Lounge” recently aired its 100th episode. His comicstrip series - “The Recruiting Life” has also celebrated its 100th edition and was nominated for Best Ongoing Comic Series and Best Newcomer of 2006 by Gnomz, a community of Comic creators. Jim Stroud also trains recruiters on how to source the internet for passive candidates and has trained recruiting organizations worldwide. His experience in using the internet to find hidden talent spans a decade. Jim Stroud can reached via his website: www.jimstroud.com
Jim Stroud can reached via his LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimstroud
Follow Jim Stroud on Twitter: www.twitter.com/jimstroud
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
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The theme music “Baja Taxi” by Brian Buckit and “A German in New York” by Monika Herzig is courtesy of Podsafe Music Network.
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