• SOURCE BETTER

    BOLDLY EXPLORING NEW TALENT SOURCING FRONTIERS

NEW TALENT SOURCING FRONTIERS

What frontiers of sourcing remain to be explored? What does the future of talent sourcing hold? Where to from here?

At #SOSUAU we will set our gaze on the whole talent sourcing ecosystem with a particular focus on the issues and challenges faced by sourcing leaders and practitioners in Australia. We will set our eyes on emerging trends and the road ahead for sourcing.  We will look at new tools and technologies, techniques and best-practices, and will decipher the ever-changing behavior of talent. Delegates will develop a big-picture view of talent acquisition and the tactical nous required to be an agent of change.

Once again we will cover all aspects of sourcing in a way that #sosuau is well known for – an uncompromising dissection and analysis of all things sourcing in AUSTRALIA and NZ

#SOSUAU 2024 SCHEDULE & FORMAT

Tentative schedule. Complete agenda will be announced shortly. Contact Us for more information.

THURSDAY 29 AUG

SOSU VIRTUAL LIVE STREAM
1330-1800 AEST (SYDNEY TIME)

NAVIGATING NEW TALENT SOURCING FRONTIERS

What are the latest talent sourcing trends? What new tools and developments are happening overseas that can be implemented in ANZ? What is keeping the leading sourcing practitioners busy?

The SOSUAU virtual event will bring together some of the biggest international names to cover the latest in talent sourcing trends.

  • EVENT START / END

    1330-1800 AST

  • LOCATION

    Virtual event

  • SEATS

    Unlimited

  • LIVE STREAM

    Live stream using Airmeet.com

1330 AEST: SOSU WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

DENISE PEREIRA
KALEIDOSOURCE
AUSTRALIA

Welcome and introductions including overview of state of sourcing, current challenges, opportunities and how to source better.

1400 AEST: HARNESSING THE NEW AGE OF AI FOR SOURCING BETTER

VANESSA RAATH
TALENT HUNTER
SOUTH AFRICA

This session is no-holds barred exploration of what new, what works and what’s stale in talent sourcing. It’s an in-depth exploration of AI in all its current facets and possibilities for the future. It’s an exploration of what sourcers should pay attention to, what to learn and how to stay relevant.

1500 AEST: CHARTING A WINNING STRATEGY WITH NEW LINKEDIN

MARCEL VAN DER MEER
SOURCINGTRAINING.COM
NETHERLANDS
Linkedin has gone through a number of significant changes in the last few months. What’s once familiar is now all changed.  This session looks at all the changes and offers worarounds and hacks on how to make sense of the changes at Linkedin.

1600 AEST: HOW TO FIND ANYONE, ANYWHERE & ANYTIME

ALLA PAVLOVA
PEOPLE DRIVER, NETHERLANDS

A refresher look at the fundamentals of how to find contact details of anyone.  What fundamentals still holds? What do you need in your tool box as a modern sourcer? A deep-dive to reevaluate what works and doesn’t work anymore. A masterclass on how to find contact details, especially emails using all sorts of tech wizardry. This is the ultimate hack session on how to find contacts that remain hidden on the surface.

1700 AEST BUILDING PROBABILISTIC SEARCH MODELS TO SOURCE BETTER

ASHFAQ AHMED
RECRUITING MONK, INDIA

Are you seeing the same candidates when you write multiple searches for a role? Learn the art of creating unique & mutually exclusive searches by leveraging Big data concepts & data classification techniques.  A fascinating look at designing unique searches for any role or a given job description.  This session will also explore in-depth how to avoid the many mistakes sourcers make when sourcing.

1800 AEST: Unbelievable New Proximity Search Power AROUND Google X-Ray

MIKE SANTORO
ALLSEARCH
USA

Keyword matching alone produces too many false positives which takes a Sourcer significant time to whittle down. Keyword Proximity can accelerate sourcing accurate profiles. In this session you will learn a NEW way to leverage Google’s AROUND(n) Operator to keep keywords close together like you’ve never seen before.

WED, 30 OCT

VIRTUAL EVENT

SOURCE BETTER: VIRTUAL SOURCING WORKSHOPS

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  • EVENT START / END

    11:00-1700 AEST

  • STYLE / FORMAT

    Virtual room access via phone or laptop

  • SEATS

    Unlimited

  • LOCATION

    Virtual

The Ultimate Sourcing STACKS. Sourcing Hacks To Source Better in 2024

MARK TORTORICI
META
UNITED STATES
How can sourcing changed in the last 12 months? What works and what doesn’t? Where does AI comes in? This session focused on sourcing hacks for modern sourcers. It’s the ultimate stack of hacks for sourcers who want to source better.

THE BOOTHSTRAPER GUIDE TO SOURCING EFFECTIVELY

ALLA PAVLOVA
PEOPLE DRIVER, NETHERLANDS

A refresher look at the fundamentals of how to find contact details of anyone.  What fundamentals still holds? What do you need in your tool box as a modern sourcer? A deep-dive to reevaluate what works and doesn’t work anymore. A masterclass on how to find contact details, especially emails using all sorts of tech wizardry. This is the ultimate hack session on how to find contacts that remain hidden on the surface.

EXPANDING NEW SOURCING FRONTIERS WITH AI

MARC HAMILL AMAZON, USA
ChatGPT is not built specifically for sourcing, nor are the current crops of AI tools that are applied to sourcing. This session explores the tools and techniques beyond what current AI tools offer. It looks at tools like LangChain/AutoGPT and how they can solve the pain points that ChatGPT cannot. This is an advanced session where new frontiers for sourcing are explored and made to work in today’s toolbox.

1400 AEST: HARNESSING THE NEW AGE OF AI FOR SOURCING BETTER

VANESSA RAATH
TALENT HUNTER
SOUTH AFRICA

This session is no-holds barred exploration of what new, what works and what’s stale in talent sourcing. It’s an in-depth exploration of AI in all its current facets and possibilities for the future. It’s an exploration of what sourcers should pay attention to, what to learn and how to stay relevant.

RE-ENGINEERING SOURCING TO CONVERT CANDIDATES AGAINST ALL ODDS

RAJ SINGH
HEALTH NZ

Imagine a scenario where an employer struggle to pay market rate and lose out on talent. Many factors are in play – pressure from shareholders, budget cuts, changing business environment etc and as  result, they struggle to attract the right kind of talent to their organization. What can sourcers do in such a situation? A lot! This session explores how sourcers can, regardless of the business situation, can engage and convert candidates. This is re-engineering sourcing to ensure companies are not at a disadvantage.

SCRAPING HACKS TO SOURCE BETTER

BRET FEIG
ZIP.CO
UNITED STATES

So you think you can scrape? Fundamentals matter, and having an acute research sense for new technology and tools equally matters. This session covers everything you need to be an accomplished tech talent scrapper.

1440-1520 INTELLIGENT SOURCING: THE CASE FOR DATA INTELLIGENCE FOR SOURCING

VINCENT CHI
ADOBE, AUSTRALIA

If machines can do the monotonous aspect of sourcing more effectively it’s time to harness smart tech. Automation science has come a long way to the point that almost any sourcing task can be automated. In this session master technologist Marcel will set his eyes on the latest advances in automation, and will highlight what he describes as the ‘ultimate solution for automating (almost) everything’.

THU, 31 OCT

In-person Conference
Sydney

SOURCE BETTER: SOURCING EXCELLENCE IN A CHANGING WORLD

What are the latest talent sourcing trends? What new tools and developments are happening overseas that can be implemented in ANZ? What is keeping the leading sourcing practitioners busy?

The SOSUAU virtual event will bring together some of the biggest international names to cover the latest in talent sourcing trends.

  • EVENT START / END

    1000-1730 AST

    Followed by networking drinks

  • STYLE / FORMAT

    Sit down, classroom style workshop focusing on hands on talent sourcing session.  Fully catered and concludes with networking drinks.

  • LOCATION

    HARRISON.AI
    Level P/24 Campbell St, Haymarket NSW 2000

  • NETWORKING DRINKS

    1730 AST: Post event networking drinks

9:40 AM REGISTRATION & WELCOME

 

Welcome and introductions from the MC team

10:30AM-11:30AM: FROM ZERO TO HERO: REVAMP SOURCING STRATEGY

SHALLY STECKERL NORCROSS, USA

Revitalize your entire sourcing process to deliver bottom line results. Learn how to: – Fine-tune your tech stack and measure the real impact of your tech investments – Prioritize and focus sourcing efforts to align with leadership objectives – Gain velocity by retargeting legacy applicants – Leverage owned and earned media to make recruiting a breeze – Lead rapid iterative processes improvements – This total revamp will turn your Sourcers into Heroes. – Set up enhanced outreach capabilities – Build a library of reusable knowledge and customizable shortcuts to boost output This total revamp will turn your sourcers into heroes.

11:30-11:50 TEA BREAK

TEA BREAK

11:50-12:20 GENAI: THE SOURCING SIDEKICK YOU ALWAYS WANTED

SHALLY STECKERL NORCROSS, USA

Understand how to effectively use ChatGPT for recruitment, from crafting the perfect prompt to implementing practical applications.
Are you tired of wasting your time on tedious recruiting tasks and struggling to connect with the best candidates? Say goodbye to the tedium and join our workshop to learn how to use GPTs as your recruiting assistants. Shally will guide you through the process of leveraging ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Claude to compare resumes and with requirements for instant side by side summaries, extract the best search phrases, and even scrape websites.

– Learn how to use GenAI to summarize content and extract key information from resumes.
– Understand how to use GenAI for building Boolean search strings from scratch.
– Learn how to leverage GenAI for candidate matching and interview preparation.
– Explore Chrome extensions and tools that can enhance your use of GenAI.

Join us and discover how ChatGPT can revolutionize your recruiting process and help you build better relationships, faster, and with the best candidates.

12:30-12:50 LUNCH

LUNCH

12:50-14:20 SOURCING OFFLINE TALENT ONLINE & OTHER UNEXPECTED TACTICS

SHALLY STECKERL NORCROSS, USA

Where is the best Talent hiding? Why are response rates so low? What tools can sourcers harness to stay ahead of the game? This session will look at everything from using the phone (yes the humble phone call), voicemails, talent Intelligence, Generative AI, and deep web tools to reach where standard searches never go so you can find tech talent hidden in plain sight. Plus, you’ll discover how to employ universal search techniques that work in any database.
This boundary pushing session will reveal the power Sourcers posses to ethically find talent beyond the mainstream.

1420-1450 THE MODERN SOURCER GUIDE TO HACKS, PRODUCTIVITY & STAYING RELEVANT

STEVE PRINCE
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank

This session is an exploration of what a modern sourcer looks like and how to become one. From finding hacks to workaround Linkedin changes, to conducting sourcing without any budget. It explores how sourcers can find new ideas and inspiration for conducting searches, and developing the guile and know-how to source in new industries. It takes a look at how to embrace new idea and tech, and use it to source better. The session will layout how modern sourcers can be agile, embrace change and source better.

15:10-16:10 SECRETS OF SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCING SUCCESS

SHALLY STECKERL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
USA

Dive deep into the world of Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT) in this captivating conference session with Shally Steckerl packed with practical tips and actionable strategies. Explore cutting-edge insights and tools to harness the power of online “social media intelligence” data for strategic advantage. Here’s what you’ll discover:
– Uncover hidden LinkedIn candidate you can’t find with a Recruiter account
– Navigate the complexities of personal data aggregation platforms
– Balance accuracy with the risk of outdated information
– Master the art of username reconnaissance and other

1610-1640 THE ROAD AHEAD - EXPLORING THE FUTURE ROLE OF SOURCERS

What lies ahead for sourcers/recruiter in the short and long term? What are the most pressing challenges and the most urgent fix? What roles will recruiters play in the next 12 months? This is a crystal gazing, no holds barred discussion on how to navigate the road ahead.

1640-1700 CLOSING