Tips & tools for (starting) sourcers
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The document provides 12 tips and accompanying tools for sourcing candidates. The tips include familiarizing yourself with a new city using Google Streetview, checking cost of living comparisons on Numbeo, and using tools like LinkedIn Alumni and Facebook Graph Search to research candidates' backgrounds and interests. Additional tips recommend tools for analyzing email open and response rates, and connecting with sourcing experts on social media. The document encourages recruiters to apply these tips and tools to improve their sourcing effectiveness.
Tips & tools for (starting) sourcers
- 1. Tips & tools for (star.ng) sourcers
- 2. In my last blog* I wrote about the fact that sourcers like to share. *You can find it on my SlideShare page: slideshare.net/renebolier
- 3. Since there are a lot of recruiters that have ‘never’ sourced but want to learn how to do it here are some great and very easy to apply sourcing Bps and tools sourcers shared at Sourcing Summit Europe that I would like to share with you:
- 4. Tip 1: Familiarise yourself when you are recruiBng in a city for the first Bme. Tool: Google Streetview
- 5. Tip 2: Do cost of living comparisons Tool: Numbeo
- 6. Tip 3: Decide on which region to focus on. Tool: Jobboards. (They show demand per region)
- 7. Tip 4: Check which languages are used by local employers. Tool: Jobboards.
- 9. Tip 6: If you find somebody, check what other channels that person uses. Tool: About.me
- 10. Tip 7: Get an in-‐country web footprint. Tool: Google. Search for a name and exclude the social giants (LinkedIn, Facebook etc.)
- 12. Tip 9: Find companies you might want to focus on from an external perspecBve. Tool: LinkedIn. You can see from which companies employees are coming from.
- 13. Tip 10: Find out what people like and use it when you approach them. Tool: Facebook Graph Search. It shows you what people like, what books they read, what music they listen to etc.
- 14. Tip 11: Replace ads with informaBonJ shows you Tool: RapporBve. It’s a Gmail plug-‐in that shows you where people are, what they do, what they are saying etc.
- 15. Tip 12: Find out what’s wrong with your emails. Tool: Yesware. It’s a Gmail plugin that shows you the open rates of your emails. If nobody opens your emails; your subject line is wrong. If people open your emails, but don’t respond; your message is wrong.
- 16. You want more? Most of the Bps and tools you saw were shared by these people, so follow them and I promise you won’t be disappointed. @thebalazs @jimstroud @socialtalent
- 17. Next event Phillip Tusing has promised me he will organise another Sourcing Summit in Amsterdam in September 2014. See you there!
- 18. Please, feel free to connect with me wherever you want and feel free to ask me anything: E-‐mail rene@onrecruit.nl WhatsApp +31-‐611604603 Twiher twiher.com/renebolier LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/renebolier Facebook facebook.com/renebolier Google+ plus.google.com/+renébolier Slideshare Slideshare.net/renebolier Instagram instagram.com/renebolier If you would like to know more about sourcing: I am not one of the sourcing experts, but I know a lot of them. So feel free to connect with me and I’ll be happy to connect you with them.