Who has time to do both really well?
Sourcing well requires specific aspects of search and assessment abilities, and it can be a very time consuming endeavor. Recruiting and sourcing are two very different things, although many recruiters frequently find themselves doing both, and spending lots and lots of time sourcing and less time on assessment and delivery of quality candidates. Still, the two are not the same. Moises Lopez, National Sourcing Manager for PDS Technical Services, describes the difference in this way:
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1 F% E$ g4 E2 z“It is still amazing to me that there are still many out there who think that a sourcer is a junior recruiter or that sourcing is an entry point into recruitment. But the truth of the matter is that sourcing is a highly specialized field. I compare it to playing chess, you can learn the basics of chess in an evening, but mastering the strategies may take years.”
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: j7 F4 J- G0 G( a8 z0 {, fHe argues that sourcing well involves more than merely “forecasting the technology needs or analyzing the jobs that will need to be recruited.” It also requires the ability to determine competency gaps and “optimizing sourcing strategies to deliver the desired value.”# } E: C6 s, S' `& J
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Recruiting well can often depend on good sourcing, but many of the recruiters who partner with itzbig don’t necessarily want to get bogged down in sourcing. As IT recruiter Joe Neitham points out, a good recruiter has to move incredibly quickly, maximize technology use, and “recruit all the time,” about which he argues that “There’s no such thing as a 40-hour week in recruiting!”
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' ~1 _/ @- E7 V# n! |( ?% A! t9 gAll three of Neitham’s issues are key to the effectiveness of our new network. It provides ultra-fast results and responses, so quality talent never feels like you left them in an online black hole. Its cutting-edge technology utilizes a revolutionary system for scoring, ranking and matching candidates, and it involves powerful threshholding utilities that let recruiters and candidates target their efforts precisely. And, as far “recruiting all the time,” our network lets you recruit while you sleep. Then, when candidates are matched with your needs, you are quickly put into one-on-one contact with them in a way that reveals only what you want to reveal to them (and offers similar protection to the candidate)., @" @: N) H& W
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Our network will even be a powerful resource allowing recruiters and company to source ahead of demand since candidates can be “continuously sourced” based on your needs. We like to think that we can take care of the sourcing for you and free you up to assess and deliver more effectively. Come see what the itzbig network is about.
