Talent Sourcing: What’s Happening & What’s on the Horizon
Top Takeaways from SourceCon 2022
I’ve never been to Comic-Con, but now I can proudly say that I participated in my first SourceCon. And Batman Recruiter, was in attendance.
In a nutshell, SourceCon is a community of talent acquisition professionals (e.g., sourcers, recruiters, leaders) who share content and convene annually. Founded in 2007, the group offers a wealth of knowledge around topics like sourcing strategy, advanced Boolean search, DEIB, workflow automation, and candidate engagement.
Last week, we gathered virtually and in-person at the Seattle Art Museum. Here are my bolded highlights from our collective X-ray search into the past, present, and future state of talent sourcing.
There’s a website for everything.
From sleuthing candidate contact info to pinpointing competitors—my personal SourceCon notes captured 30 different websites, chrome extensions, and other digital tools to gather talent intelligence.
I captured 30 references, but I’d wager there were over 100 mentioned across speakers. It’s great to know which sites will make our jobs easier, but there’s a limit to the amount of tools a sourcer can fit into a workflow without making it clunky.
