Author: Evelyn Egan

Director of Sourcing Operations at Visage, Evelyn has experience in agency, RPO, and in-house roles spanning 12 years in the recruitment industry. Evelyn has built and oversees a 4000-member global freelance sourcing community. Every Christmas in Ireland, she enjoys putting up her THREE Christmas trees. 

How To Source Diverse Talent: 6 Expert Tips

Learn how to source diverse talent, illustrated by a photo of a businessman reviewing online applicants as holographic resumes that float above a laptop keyboard.

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 »

8 Passive Candidate Recruiting Strategies

Passive candidates may be unaware of better opportunities, but these recruiting strategies can boost your passive talent sourcing.

They’re out there, somewhere: talented, experienced, and qualified candidates, perfect for filling an open role in your company. Many, however, are happy at their current jobs with heads down, and definitely not on the hunt for new opportunities they’re exactly right for. These folks represent just one drop of perfect talent in a huge passive… Read more »

Use Outbound Recruitment for Shorter Hiring Times

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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 »

Passive Sourcing: Everything You Need To Know

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 »

How to Source for International Talent Effectively with AI

International Talent Sourcing

Joss Leufrancois, who has recruited for talent in over 22 countries as head of his own agency, and is CEO and co-founder of Visage, which sources for talent in over 60 countries, shares his take on international sourcing with AI. Watch the full live webinar plus Q&A and read a preview below.    Recruitment is… Read more »

Recruiting Ethically with ChatGPT: The Recruiter’s Guide To ChatGPT Part 5

Recruiting Ethically

While ChatGPT is a useful tool for helping streamline the recruitment process and create more engaging candidate experiences (which we explore here), using ChatGPT or any AI-powered language model in recruitment processes raises privacy and ethical concerns that organizations need to address to ensure fair and responsible usage. Here are some key ethical and privacy… Read more »

How to Train ChatGPT: The Recruiter’s Guide To ChatGPT Part 2

How to Train ChatGPT

If you’re not sure exactly what ChatGPT and how it works, you can learn more first in “What is ChatGPT and How Do I Use it? The Recruiter’s Guide To ChatGPT Part 1.” While ChatGPT comes pre-trained on a large collection of general internet text, fine-tuning the model with your company’s specific data, such as… Read more »

What is ChatGPT and How Do I Use it? The Recruiter’s Guide To ChatGPT Part 1

what is ChatGPT

The powerful AI language model ChatGPT is completely transforming the recruitment process.    As you dive into using ChatGPT or other AI tools to help streamline your daily work, there are some important things you should know about using AI and ChatGPT for recruitment. Understanding what ChatGPT is, how it works, and other key aspects… Read more »