By the end of your work day, if you’ve sourced a dozen hard-to-find candidates, your passive talent pipeline is full, shiny, and healthy, and you’ve still got enough energy and time left over to go do that thing you love. Congratulations! We hope the two of you have a great evening. For everyone else, check… Read more »
There’s no doubt that AI-powered tools are changing how talent sourcers and recruiters operate across the entire recruitment cycle. AI’s machine learning capabilities and pattern recognition are advancing how we identify, engage, and hire candidates. So, what are the big AI recruiting trends for 2024 and beyond? As AI innovation accelerates, it could be anyone’s… Read more »
It’s easy to spot a happy, healthy hiring professional. Inevitably, they’ll be that possibly-slightly-smug person sitting on a rich, productive talent funnel powered by an endless supply of quality, passive candidates. What’s their secret, you ask? It’s all about engagement. Engaging passive candidates is continents apart from engaging active ones. The same ideas and efforts… Read more »
Diversity matters. It’s been proven time and time again that, from backroom to boardroom, a diverse workforce offers a multitude of advantages and opportunities, like boosting innovation, productivity, financial performance, reputation, and more. Although making the business and ethical case for diversity isn’t much of a challenge, understanding how to source diverse talent certainly is…. Read more »
On average, talent acquisition professionals spend nearly 1/3 of the workweek (about 13 hours) sourcing candidates for a single role. While organizations continue looking for new and creative ways to source qualified candidates, outbound recruiting has become an increasingly popular choice in today’s tight labor market. By shifting your recruiting strategy from reactive to proactive,… Read more »
When most people think about sourcing, they probably picture active candidates – on job boards, social media platforms, and employee referral programs. But using another route to find top talent — passive sourcing — targets passive candidates. This approach enables you to expand your pool of potential employees and improve your chances of finding the… Read more »
Once upon a time, I ran a sourcing program from Abu Dhabi that was well-funded and gave me access to any tool I wanted. It afforded me one of my most incredible career moments yet: SourceCon in Anaheim. I went to Black Hat in Las Vegas, held a cyber symposium and met incredible people from… Read more »
This article about remaining active between recruiting jobs first appeared in August 2020. All copy and sources have been updated to reflect new information as of June 2022. For everyone, recruiters included, being between jobs can be a very stressful experience. Aside from the obvious detriments of not being employed, you can also lose the… Read more »