Supercharging your sourcing strategy
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This document provides 19 hacks for sourcing talent using various online resources and platforms. Some of the hacks include using Boolean searches on Google to find profiles and contact information of prospects, searching platforms like LinkedIn, GitHub, Quora, and StackOverflow based on skills and interests, and searching event listings and review pages to find potential candidates. The overall message is that a variety of online sources can be used creatively to source talent outside of traditional job boards or social networks.
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Supercharging your sourcing strategy
- 1. Top19*pairedhacks * brought to you by the fine folks at @pairedsourcing #TalentInnovation
- 3. ps_hack_1 ❏ Source prospects from bit.ly ❏ Find their profile page ❏ Scan what topics they are into ❏ Triangulate other social links ❏ Contact #Talent42
- 4. ps_hack_2 ❏ Source prospects via Facebook Graph search ❏ Type in plain english ❏ Company ❏ Location ❏ etc.
- 5. ps_hack_4 ❏ Kick it old skool w/ Boolean -b ❏ file type stuff ❏ And don’t forget to use intitle ❏ And take out the trash with a dash #Talent42
- 6. ps_hack_3 ❏ Kick it old skool w/ Boolean -a ❏ inurl (OR intitle) type stuff ❏ But use ZIP CODE RANGE + AREA CODE ❏ Watch syntax ;)
- 7. ps_hack_5 ❏ Kick it old skool w/ Boolean -c ❏ Sourcing influencers? How about Decks ❏ Filetype: PPT (OR PDF) ❏ Contact info on slide? ❏ Some results are more valuable than others
- 8. ps_hack_6❏ Kick it old skool w/ Boolean -d ❏ Speaker lists! (OR swap out for attendees) ❏ Filetype: XLS (OR PDF) ❏ DIVERSITY version #TalentInnovation
- 9. ps_hack_7❏ Find Android App Developers in Google Play ❏ There’ll always be email ❏ Cross reference it!? ❏ Contact FTW
- 11. ps_hack_8 ❏ Reverse phone lookup/validate with Facebook ❏ New feature, has to be “in network” (currently) ❏ Better than caller ID! #Talent42
- 12. ps_hack_9 ❏ Github ❏ Stargazers, repositories, & forks ❏ Think outside the code - you’re a SOURCER damnit!
- 13. ps_hack_10 ❏ Do you Quora here often? ❏ Other stuff ❏ Automate ❏ ID ❏ Triangulate to reference in contact! #Talent42
- 14. 50% Complete - and - still 100% linkedin FREE #Talent42
- 15. ps_hack_11 ❏ Amazon is full of prospects ❏ Book reviews... ❏ Pick a [language] from your Tech Stack ❏ Find “the” book
- 16. ps_hack_12 ❏ Did y’all check in today? Foursquare (aka Swarm) ❏ Tips are the best tricks! ❏ Get specific ❏ Small is bigger bet
- 17. ps_hack_13 ❏ & now the Facebook version called “Places” ❏ Same idea ❏ Recall: Graph search from PS_Hack_2 #Talent42
- 18. ps_hack_14 ❏ Google Alerts ❏ Good for automating workflow ❏ Track People of Interest ❏ OR ❏ Track Co.’s, too
- 19. ps_hack_15 ❏ YouTube ❏ It’s more than just cat videos! ❏ DevOps example ❏ Customer Showcase vids
- 20. ps_hack_16 ❏ AHGL (After Hours Gaming League) ❏ A few big Co.’s playing games together ❏ Sometimes they use their ‘real’ names ❏ Sometimes they don’t, but it don’t matter
- 21. Stoptryingtowrite thisalldown We will send it to you later jer@pairedsourcing.com #Talent42 @majiksourcer
- 22. ps_hack_17❏ The best gals (& guys) ask/answer Q’s ❏ StackOverflow example: ❏ TOP askers/answers ❏ TAGS
- 23. ps_hack_18 ❏ Meetup.com ❏ Affinity groups get specific fast ❏ Female Devs in Austin? No problem! ❏ Rails pros - easy!!
- 24. Ps_hack_19❏ Kick it old skool w/ Boolean -e ❏ GOOGLE IMAGEs ❏ Diversity, Etc. ...yay!