There is never one best Boolean String or one best site to source. We get the best results if we ‘combine’ tools and sites. Join us for a workshop where we’ll be practicing elements of navigating searches using the best sourcing sites and tools in combination.
The fun, fast-paced presentation will start with a brief intro on common-sense ways to select sites and choose and combine relevant tools, depending on target industries and locations. In particular, we’ll learn ways to identify if an association or conference site has posted lists with the right audience, and how to get hold of the lists. We’ll go over a few sourcing tips – such as uncovering hidden names on LinkedIn and verifying email guesses using Facebook. We’ll then proceed to hands-on brainstorming on how to best search for the targets that the audience (You!) will submit.
SHALLY STECKERL // SOURCING INSTITUTE
Knowledge is perishable. If it is in the news, it is not intelligence. Sourcers must acquire and analyze knowledge quickly and act on it before competitive advantage is lost. In this session sourcers will learn how to ethically acquire, validate, analyze and apply actionable knowledge about key stakeholders so you can set goals, formulate strategy and support HR & recruitment missions.
What tech should you invest in to improve sourcing productivity? What new tools and tech exists for sourcers to find talent? How can you make technology work for you? This session is all about useful, practical and smart implementation of technology for increasing productivity. New tools and tricks will also be showcased. A grab bag of fun (and useful) search “hacks” and sourcing tricks to try when you get back to work! From search techniques that open up a world of new information, to site-specific “hacks” to automation recipes. Revisit time-tested favorites and explore new territory in this fast-paced session. This session is for the serious sourcer who is serious about find serious talent.
KATY INNES // BORROWELL
It is difficult enough to find one single talent. But how can you do it over again and again? One of the biggest challenges sourcers face is scaling their sourcing output. How can you scale your processes and systems when the task is to increase headcount in a short time frame? In this hands-on session, Katy will share some of her real-life experiences on doubling your headcount in the midst of budget and time constraints. Learn how to specifically double an engineering team within a 12 month period. This session is a real-life case study of volume sourcing and how you can achieve more with less. It’s achieving sourcing growth using new and unconventional tactics.
JOSEF KADLEC // GOODCALL
Sourcers love to talk about technology, we hear it everywhere – virtual reality, chatbots, AI, natural language processing, but there is a disconnect between what’s talked about and the reality of applying it to day-to-day sourcing. Perennial tinkerer Josef will explore how to fuse advances in technology with the daily reality of sourcing. Brace yourself for a wild hands-on ride where technology will be re-engineered for sourcing.
MAUREEN SHARIB // TECHTRACK
It’s easy to click “next” or “delete” on your computer to an email, isn’t it? It’s not so easy to say “no” on the telephone. The telephone is the most effective and persuasive tool for reaching and influencing today’s potential candidates hard at work inside the companies you’d like to hire from. Getting to them has never been harder with some companies today beginning to enact “no transfer” policies within their premises.
Have you ever wanted to get into a company that was locked up like a prison in order to get some of the people out? It’s not easy but I’m going to tell you how.
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JEFF WALDMAN // SOCIALHRCAMP
One of the hardest tasks a sourcer have to overcome is actually selling the value of sourcing to internal stakeholders, especially to the HR department. How can you effectively sell and prove the ROI of sourcing to the HR department, even better actually have HR directly involved This entails an overhaul of the organisation’s processes and mindset on talent acquisition. Selling sourcing becomes a change management issue. In this session Jeff will illustrate the fine art of getting buy-ins from different stakeholders and making sourcing a company wide focus and priority. Any sourcing effort is doomed to fail if there is no company wide buy-in.
GEOFF WEBB // PEOPLE SCOUT
How will sourcing look like in the future? Will algorithm lord over human recruiters? How will candidates behave? What will social mean decades from now? How much of the future is happening in the present? What mega-trends should sourcers pay attention to? How will advances in technology impact sourcing? In this session Geoff will take delegates on a rollicking ride, combining crystal gazing and practical wisdom gained from 15 years in recruitment and will offer insights on how to navigate the bold new world of sourcing. In this session, Geoff will navigate the trends that will impact ourcing as we head towards 2025 things like cognitive neuroscience, Adaptive AI full Machine Learning to Autonomous Vehicles.
EMMA HUNT // LOGOJOY
Hard-to- find talent often need unconventional methods to reach them. In this session Emma will take the road less traveled to find talent. The presentation will give attendees some unconventional ideas for sourcing hard to find candidates that may not be found on traditional social media sites. This session will take attendees on a tour of creative and sometimes controversial sites for locating the best candidates.
A look at why understanding of sourcers and their DNA matters. And why it’s the only path to greatness.
SEBASTIEN SAVARD // SOURCINC
What does failed sourcing projects have in common – a robust sourcing process. This session is a look at why and how SIX SIGMA principles and methodologies can be used to improve talent sourcing. Learn first-hand how you can hone in on mistakes and weaknesses in the sourcing process and implement remedial solutions to take your sourcing to the next level.
BRETT REED // SNAPTRAVEL
It is becoming easier and easier to find anyone who has an online footprint. But how do you properly qualify a source? How do you ensure that the people you find are the right people for your organisation? And how do you maintain a steady pipeline of the right talent? In this session Brett will explore how to conduct a proper qualifying sourcing project. Part art and part science this talk will focus on how to identify the right candidate based on skills and not keywords. The session will delve in detail into how to build a pipeline of qualified candidates.
JOHN ROSE // TERMINAL
Sourcing is not just the domain of the young, smart and savvy generation. Regardless of age, experience or background anyone can learn and excel in sourcing. John will trace his journey from being an old-school recruiter to becoming a savvy modern sourcer. It’s a story of reinvention that anyone can identify and learn from.
ERICA MACDONALD // TWG
Finding people is becoming easier, convincing them to act or pay attention is challenging, which is why ‘LOVE LETTERS’ matters. In this session Erica will explore the concept of Learn how you can bring the art and science of seduction to sourcing. Effective persuasion is the next big challenge for sourcers.
SANDRINE THEARD // LES SOURCES HUMAINESAre some people more likely to be good sourcers than others? What makes a great sourcers? Is sourcing skills inbuilt or can be trained up? Sourcing is not an exact science, anyone can be a great sourcer with the right training. In this session Sandrine will argue that there is a particular methodology and process to train anyone to be a great sourcer. This is a session for those wanting to build a sourcing team or just want to take a more systematic approach to improving their sourcing skills.
How does a fast growing company recruit talent in record time without compromising a focus on company culture? How do you successfully build a connection with passive candidates? How do you find, engage and convince talented people to take a risk and join a start-up?
In this eye-opening session Amanda will share Resolver journey. She will illustrate what works and does not work so well in talent engagement, while offering recommendations on how to find and convince the right talent to join a growing company.
LAURA STOKER // AIRS
The landscape of social media networks has evolved significantly in the past few years and there is a new and growing segment of online sites that professionals are migrating toward. They are attractive to individuals who want to network with people that have similar professional experience and who are perhaps disenchanted with the big general networking site. This session will explore various vertical networks and best practices for sourcing candidates from these sites. A look at the road less traveled to find talent. A whole world of resources exist for those who are willing to take a unconventional approach. This session will explore in particular vertical networks for finding talent.
Google’s Custom Search Engines (CSEs) have long been a favorite tool for experts searching the Internet. CSEs benefit researchers in many ways: lessening the need for advanced Boolean operators; expanding the limits of Google’s search capabilities; eliminating annoying “Captcha”s triggered by complex searches; and providing a simple way for advanced users to share their most useful searches with less experienced team members.
Some of the advanced features of CSEs require a more technical background to take full advantage of, but anyone can learn to create simple CSEs that will make life easier for them, and their team. In fact, some highly useful, specialized CSEs can be built from scratch in a matter of minutes!
SHALLY STECKERL // SOURCING INSTITUTE
How to have Sourcing and Recruitment work Well Together. With today’s turbulent talent marketplace constraints, effectiveness only delivers average results. The extreme optimisation of existing recruitment teams is required in order to establish talent identification practices that yield a virtuous cycle of sustainable competitive advantages.
This advanced session will show leaders how to conduct an ingenious and innovative diagnostic to identify their team’s development path, and ways for them to improve how they work together. You will learn how to easily compare the productivity and efficacy of sourcers to that of recruiters, and be able to compare performance between them regardless of their diverse roles, experience level, and industry specialities. You will be prepared to accurately identify bottlenecks, opportunities for gaining efficiency or reducing waste, and strategic advantages your team can gain immediately.
