Today's (T, Nov 18) MagicMethod Classroom Chat Agenda

[Maureen Sharib]

Today's Guest Teacher will be our very own Todd Burkhardt and since he feels most of us on this forum are beyond Sourcing 101 the subjects he'd like to cover today are as follows:
Generating interest when sourcing.

We'll touch on the topic of rusing (for purposes of this being an individual choice, and that the most effective methods for people come down to what they are most comfortable with - plus can we get certain information without rusing - we want to stay away from the ethics debate and focus on is it neccessary or not, can your sourcing be effective without it, etc); further with rusing can you get xyz information from xyz company or xyz person with/without it.

Also a point/counterpoint match: If someone finds a flaw with an approach, what is it and what is your solution to it. Everyone today might consider spending a little time on the hotseat with your strategies to a given situation. For instance we'll be talking about a task quite a bit harder than just getting the name of the sales manager at a door company; instead how do you find direct reports to Sina Tammadon at Apple? This will demonstrate some perspective around what Todd's clients ask of him because they want competitive intelligence in addition to candidates.

The issue of respect for the person you are talking with whether it is research, sourcing, recruiting, business development etc.

This may be a lot to try and cover in 1 hour, but Todd and I think we can really accomplish something good today. That's sort of our random ideas on what we might be able to do today.

Maureen Sharib