Wow. I am sleeeepeee, but I wanted to get this special shout-out to everyone I met at SourceCon. More (lots more) SourceCon info coming up next week. And oh! For those who asked about the t-shirt I was wearing during the cocktail reception, here is the link. (Click here for even more t-shirts.) Twas the night after SourceCon from Jim [...]
Click here to fill out the 2008 Reader Survey. (Thanks!) — Five Barriers to Phone Sourcing Success By: Moises Lopez Today I thought to muse about phone sourcing and the growing difficulty in finding the qualified candidates we seek. As sourcers/recruiters, perhaps the most critical initiative we can undertake is to develop an effective phone sourcing strategy. The key to [...]
The Morning After SourceCon 2007… SourceCon – The Morning After from Jim Stroud on Vimeo. Related PostsScenes from SourceCon 2007 (Part4)SOURCECON – PHOTOS – Poker Tournament for CharityScenes from SourceCon 2007 (part 1)Scenes from SourceCon 2007 (part 2)Scenes from SourceCon2007 (part 3) Download article as PDF
*** How A Little Guanxi Makes Talent Communities Better . By Marvin Smith Talent Community Development Microsoft . [guan-shee] the basic dynamic in personalized networks of influence in Chinese society Building a 21st century talent community requires using the right mix of recruiting art and science. A big take away from our talent community development experience at Microsoft has been [...]
*** The Power of Networking for Yourself I know, you’re asking, what does this have to do with Research and Sourcing? In my opinion, lots! Continuing to keep your competitive intelligence is a key marketable criteria in keeping up with your peers by being associated in several online and offline societies. When I started in this field many moons ago, [...]
Remember, what happens at SourceCon, stays at SourceCon… The Recruiters Lounge – Live at SourceCon2007 – Part 2 from Jim Stroud on Vimeo. Related PostsSOURCECON – PHOTOS – Poker Tournament for CharityScenes from SourceCon 2007 (Part 5)Scenes from SourceCon 2007 (part 1)Scenes from SourceCon 2007 (part 2)SourceCon2008 – Its Official! They’re bringing sexy back Download article as PDF
*** Making the Offshore Recruitment Process Work By Masood Sayed Director, Business Operations OS2i, India The Million Dollar Question “What make offshore Recruitment Process Outsourcing (oRPO) work?” has a relatively simple answer: Communication!! Its 5:00 AM in the morning and my colleague, Yusuf wakes up to the tune of his mobile ringing. Bob, the recruiter on the other side has [...]
*** Where Do I Start? By Jeff Versluis Internet Recruiter Management Recruiters of Grand Rapids . If you’ve been in the sourcing industry long enough, you’ve undoubtedly come across a situation when a recruiter comes to you to help with a search, and you have no idea where to begin. Whether it’s an industry you’re not familiar with, or acronyms [...]
Brilliant! The Recruiters Lounge – Live at SourceCon 2007 from Jim Stroud on Vimeo. Related PostsScenes from SourceCon 2007 (Part4)VIDEO – Behind the Scenes of College Sports RecruitingSourceCon 2007 Congratulates Mr. Michael Notaro as the Winner of its first of three Sourcing ChallengesSourceCon 2007 Congratulates SuzyTonini as the Winner of Sourcing Challenge #2VIDEO – The Recruiters Lounge – Live at [...]
*** Dinosaur Recruiters-Back from Extinction in the Age of Web2.0 By Marvin Smith Talent Community Development Microsoft . . When I became a headhunter, my heroes and mentors were more like artists than recruiters. They had honed their craft to such a level that it was almost magical watching them work. These men and women could take this routine search [...]
