On a windy and rainy day in April, I took my kids to downtown Salt Lake City, to take in the Leonardo Museum, named for the famed inventor, scientist, painter, and one of the greatest minds of the Renaissance, Leonardo…
Mike Rasmussen
Mike Rasmussen
A #SourceCon Royale Keynote Review – Living a Social Engineer’s Dream
During her opening keynote at the 2018 Spring SourceCon Conference in Las Vegas, Jessica Clark addressed several factors of how social engineering can be used in a recruiting venture to build trust and focus the process forward to help staffing…
Connectifier Attempts A Comeback and LinkedIn Updates Its Terms of Service
On March 8th LinkedIn announced that LinkedIn Recruiter users would now have full access to Connectifier at no additional charge. It appears this was also the case before this announcement, but LinkedIn wasn’t pushing the tool as prevalently before this time….
The Power of a Proactive Strategy in Sourcing – A #SourceCon Royale Preview
Do you remember the movie “The Matrix” where Morpheus was seeking “The One” and found the amazing hero Neo who made a difference in the war against the machines? It is a wonderful movie. I could watch it over and…
We’ve Come a Long Way – A Stacy Zapar #SourceCon Austin Keynote Review
When Stacy Zapar of Tenfold & The Talent Agency took the stage at the tenth anniversary of SourceCon, I could tell something special was about to go down in Austin. Zapar has been there and done that. With years of…
Refining Your Sourcing Approach
Have you ever found that search, where you feel like you, have tried everything but then need to recalibrate half-way through? Have you found yourself trying to get to the goal and the search you are engaged in makes you…
Partnering with The Unorthodox Hiring Manager
Recently, my family and I bought solar panels. The experience was fantastic as the provider of the service partnered with me throughout the process, followed up, stayed close, and walked me through a variety of steps that we would experience…
Stay the Course in Sourcing
Ship Captains have always fascinated me, the effort to stay on the plan of the map, the targeted line to reach a destination and so forth, or in other words, staying the course. During a storm, a ship captain can…
Are You Ready For SourceCon in September?
It is hard to believe it has been nearly six months since the last SourceCon. And the community continues to thrive. I remember my first SourceCon in 2015, and what I have since learned is that the community is as…
Building Your Talent Bench Before You Need It – Sourcing For Pipelines
The end of a company’s fiscal year is often the time where organizations go through headcount review and strategy forecasting. Typically, depending on your organization, your talent acquisition team may see a slowdown of sorts, as requisitions go to hold,…