Maureen Sharib's Blog – July 2011 Archive (8)

SourceChat July 26, 2011

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MaureenSharib We're six minutes past. Thanks everyone for attending SourceChat today! Come back next Tuesday, same time (noonET). #SChat -12:37 PM Jul 26th, 2011

AdamBogren @MaureenSharib Some companies ARE willing/able and very successful with it. You ask "many" though. No, I don't think so. #SChat -12:38 PM Jul 26th, 2011

animal Signing off #schat -12:37 PM Jul 26th, 2011

MaureenSharib @AdamBogren Another…

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 SourceChat

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MaureenSharib @animal Thanks for that. #schat -12:41 PM Jul 19th, 2011

animal @MaureenSharib and then offered answers. UR the expert here. It's not a job hunt chat with a million yakkers babbling away #schat -12:40 PM Jul 19th, 2011

jeremyw501 No Thanks! RT @HeyOverbey :We sometimes seem like we are so afraid of the phone "blow off". Try hardcore bill collecting! #schat -12:39 PM Jul 19th, 2011

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Tuesday, July 19 SourceChat Subject

The subject for today’s SourceChat (on Twitter - #SChat) will revolve around social media and if it is getting harder (or easier) to connect with people.

A tweet yesterday (from JobsXS) caught my attention: ”SM has made it easier to find people! Harder to get the right people to call back for sure!”

“Fewer people, nowadays, respond to L (LinkedIn) Inmails even. Inmails used to produce good results 2 years back.”

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July 12, 2011 SourceChat Transcript on Twitter

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tombolt Real Networking Means Turning Hashtags Into People http://owl.li/5CFP3

animal @researchgoddess Then you need people who have war stories to tell how they did it in specific circumstances #schat -1:27 PM Jul 12th, 2011

HeyOverbey Other info heard while phone sourcing=other job openings, org structure,…

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Today's SourceChat

What is phone sourcing?

From the first module of my MagicMethod phone sourcing training, phone sourcing is:

"...a little understood activity."

"Simply put, it’s the finding of people who hold specific titles (usually) within (usually) specific organizations so that you, as a recruiter, may contact them and offer them your opportunity."

This type of sourcing is vastly different from Internet name generation and if you'll follow…

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Glossary of Sourcing Terms Updated April, 2011

Sourcing Glossary

Spring, 2011

Here is the revised Names Sourcing…

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Glossary of Sourcing Terms Updated April, 2011

Sourcing Glossary

Spring, 2011

Here is the revised Names Sourcing…

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Are you choking on the firehose of "names"?

I got an email from Donato Diorio this morning that said, “The initial outreach to a candidate has the largest drop-off in the whole recruiting process.”

I wholeheartedly agree with him and recently I wrote a series on that very subject: how to connect with people. It’s in five parts over on ERE and the links are below. I hope you enjoy it and can use it in your organizations.

How to (Really) Connect With…

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