How Can a Recruiting Leader Determine if Someone is a Good Sourcer?

May 1, 2014

This article is part of a series called Tips & Tricks.

All recruiting leaders have been there. We see the alphabet soup of sourcing certifications after a recruiters name and we assume they can actually source. However, once they are in the trenches, we realize they can’t deliver. How does one avoid this? What questions can one ask during an interview to determine if a recruiter or sourcer candidate can actually source? I caught up with several recruiting leaders at the Spring ERE conference to get their recommendations.