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Sourcing in a Fearful Market

Recruiting Daily

Sourcing in a Fearful Market I want to share with you what it was like as a talent acquisition professional in 2008, during the last recessionary period. I was working for a private agency as a one hundred percent commission-only recruiter. Commission-only means I received a paycheck only after placement was made and […].

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Hiring Trends in the Time of Covid-19

ClearCompany Recruiting

As we move into what appears to be a new phase of the response to SARS-COV-2, business leaders are looking for sources of good data to guide their decisions. In this post, I’ll share several charts that paint a high-level picture of the change in hiring activity, trends in remote work, and some comparisons to the 2008-9 Financial Crisis.

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Have Recruiter Salaries Stagnated?

The Whiteboard

Picture source: stuff.co.nz. So let’s have a look at what I was placing back then, versus what I would say is the average (Auckland) market base salary level today: Zero years’ experience, new-to-recruitment: 2008 = $40k … 2017 = $45k. 1 year’s experience, IT recruiter: 2008 = $60k … 2017 = $65k.

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IT sourcing – 13 best places to source programmers

Devskiller

The first rule of quality IT sourcing is: be where your talents are. Sourcing tools can be of great help but nevertheless, you need to know more about your target group. Where do they work on open source projects? If you know the answer to these questions then you are on a good way on your IT sourcing path.

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Integrating Social Media into Your Talent Recruitment Strategy

Boolean Strings

P.S. Our “social” numbers: Boolean Strings, the Internet Sourcing Community – FB 11.6K members My blog [link] has reached 2.2MLN+ views (since 2008). The newsletter Boolean Strings on LinkedIn got 17K+ subscribers in 7 months. My new AI Images page ThePrompter got 2.4K+ likes since January.

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What Is a Boolean String?

Boolean Strings

It was an essential part of Google back in 2008 when the term “Boolean Strings” came into use. is a must for effective sourcing (at least until their Developers improve LinkedIn’s semantic features.). using operators) and, sometimes, searches on LinkedIn or other sites that allow a logical combination of terms.

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How to source on the lesser known sites!! Airbnb

Recruiting Blogs

Airbnb was Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone or tablet. And not a lot of recruiters try to source there. The reason is simple they do not know how.