HACKING TECH FOR SOURCING PRODUCTIVITY

MARTIN HAUCK // COINSQUARE

SOURCING FOR THE CURIOUS & CREATIVE

IRINA SHAMAEVA // BRAINGRAIN

There is never one best Boolean String or one best site to source. We get the best results if we ‘combine’ tools and sites. Join us for a workshop where we’ll be practicing elements of navigating searches using the best sourcing sites and tools in combination.

The fun, fast-paced presentation will start with a brief intro on common-sense ways to select sites and choose and combine relevant tools, depending on target industries and locations. In particular, we’ll learn ways to identify if an association or conference site has posted lists with the right audience, and how to get hold of the lists. We’ll go over a few sourcing tips – such as uncovering hidden names on LinkedIn and verifying email guesses using Facebook. We’ll then proceed to hands-on brainstorming on how to best search for the targets that the audience (You!) will submit.

REENGINEERING SOURCING – UNORTHODOX USE OF EMERGING TECH TO FIND TALENT

JOSEF KADLEC // GOODCALL
Sourcers love to talk about technology, we hear it everywhere – virtual reality,  chatbots, AI, natural language processing, but there is a disconnect between what’s talked about and the reality of applying it to day-to-day sourcing.  Perennial tinkerer Josef will explore how to fuse advances in technology with the daily reality of sourcing. Brace yourself for a wild hands-on ride where technology will be re-engineered for sourcing.

SOURCING TURNAROUNDS WITH THE HUMBLE PHONE

MAUREEN SHARIB // TECHTRACK
It’s easy to click “next” or “delete” on your computer to an email, isn’t it? It’s not so easy to say “no” on the telephone. The telephone is the most effective and persuasive tool for reaching and influencing today’s potential candidates hard at work inside the companies you’d like to hire from. Getting to them has never been harder with some companies today beginning to enact “no transfer” policies within their premises.

Have you ever wanted to get into a company that was locked up like a prison in order to get some of the people out? It’s not easy but I’m going to tell you how.

SELLING SOURCING TO STAKEHOLDERS

JEFF WALDMAN // SOCIALHRCAMP
One of the hardest tasks a sourcer have to overcome is actually selling the value of sourcing to internal stakeholders, especially to the HR department. How can you effectively sell and prove the ROI of sourcing to the HR department, even better actually have HR directly involved This entails an overhaul of the organisation’s processes and mindset on talent acquisition. Selling sourcing becomes a change management issue. In this session Jeff will illustrate the fine art of getting buy-ins from different stakeholders and making sourcing a company wide focus and priority.  Any sourcing effort is doomed to fail if there is no company wide buy-in.

DOUBLE SOURCING – PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SCALING YOUR TEAM

KATY INNES // BORROWELL
It is difficult enough to find one single talent. But how can you do it over again and again? One of the biggest challenges sourcers face is scaling their sourcing output? How can you scale your processes and systems when the task is to increase headcount in a short time-frame? In this hand-on session Katy will share some of her real life experiences on doubling your headcount in the midst of budget and time contraints. Learn how to specifically double an engineering team within a 12 months period. This session is a real-life case study of volume sourcing and how you can achieve more with less. It’s achieving sourcing growth using new and unconventional tactics.

FINE-TUNING THE SOURCING LIFECYCLE FOR MODERN WORKPLACES

EMMA HUNT // LOGOJOY
Hard-to- find talent often need unconventional methods to reach them. In this session Emma will take the road less traveled to find talent. The presentation will give attendees some unconventional ideas for sourcing hard to find candidates that may not be found on traditional social media sites. This session will take attendees on a tour of creative and sometimes controversial sites for locating the best candidates.

A look at why understanding of sourcers and their DNA matters. And why it’s the only path to greatness.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF SOURCING

GEOFF WEBB // PEOPLE SCOUT
How will sourcing look like in the future? Will algorithm lord over human recruiters? How will candidates behave? What will social mean decades from now? How much of the future is happening in the present? What mega-trends should sourcers pay attention to? How will advances in technology impact sourcing? In this session Geoff will take delegates on a rollicking ride, combining crystal gazing and practical wisdom gained from 15 years in recruitment and will offer insights on how to navigate the bold new world of sourcing.  In this session, Geoff will navigate the trends that will impact ourcing as we head towards 2025 things like cognitive neuroscience, Adaptive AI full Machine Learning to Autonomous Vehicles.

QUALIFIED SOURCING : FINDING REAL TALENT NOT JUST KEYWORDS

BRETT REED // SNAPTRAVEL
It is becoming easier and easier to find anyone who has an online footprint. But how do you properly qualify a source? How do you ensure that the people you find are the right people for your organisation? And how do you maintain a steady pipeline of the right talent? In this session Brett will explore how to conduct a proper qualifying sourcing project. Part art and part science this talk will focus on how to identify the right candidate based on skills and not keywords. The session will delve in detail into how to build a pipeline of qualified candidates.

SOURCING EXCELLENCE FOR THE UNINITIATED

JOHN ROSE // TERMINAL
Sourcing is not just the domain of the young, smart and savvy generation. Regardless of age, experience or background anyone can learn and excel in sourcing. John will trace his journey from being an old-school recruiter to becoming a savvy modern sourcer. It’s a story of reinvention that anyone can identify and learn from.

EMBRACING SIX SIGMA PRINCIPLES & METHODOLOGY TO HACK SOURCING

SEBASTIEN SAVARD // SOURCINC
A look at why and how SIX SIGMA principles and methodologies can be used to excel in talent sourcing. Learn first-hand how you can hone in on mistakes and weaknesses in the sourcing process and implement remedial solutions to take your sourcing to the next level.

SCALING NEW SOURCING HEIGHTS WITH VERTICAL SEARCH

LAURA STOKER // AIRS
The landscape of social media networks has evolved significantly in the past few years and there is a new and growing segment of online sites that professionals are migrating toward. They are attractive to individuals who want to network with people that have similar professional experience and who are perhaps disenchanted with the big general networking site. This session will explore various vertical networks and best practices for sourcing candidates from these sites. A look at the road less traveled to find talent. A whole world of resources exist for those who are willing to take a unconventional approach. This session will explore in particular vertical networks for finding talent.

SOURCING FOR CULTURE FIT

AMANDA ONO // RESOLVER INC

How does a fast growing company recruit talent in record time without compromising a focus on company culture? How do you successfully build a connection with passive candidates? How do you find, engage and convince talented people to take a risk and join a start-up?

In this eye-opening session Amanda will share Resolver journey. She will illustrate what works and does not work so well in talent engagement, while offering recommendations on how to find and convince the right talent to join a growing company.

LOVE LETTER SOURCING: THE ART OF GETTING A RESPONSE FROM ANYONE

ERICA MACDONALD // TWG
Finding people is becoming easier, convincing them to act or pay attention is challenging, which is why ‘LOVE LETTERS’ matters. In this session Erica will explore the concept of Learn how you can bring the art and science of seduction to sourcing. Effective persuasion is the next big challenge for sourcers.

THE CHAD & CHEESE SHOW – CAN SOURCING BEAT THE AI GODS!

SOURCING ROI

SHALLY STECKERL // SOURCING INSTITUTE

How to have Sourcing and Recruitment work Well Together. With today’s turbulent talent marketplace constraints, effectiveness only delivers average results. The extreme optimisation of existing recruitment teams is required in order to establish talent identification practices that yield a virtuous cycle of sustainable competitive advantages.

This advanced session will show leaders how to conduct an ingenious and innovative diagnostic to identify their team’s development path, and ways for them to improve how they work together. You will learn how to easily compare the productivity and efficacy of sourcers to that of recruiters, and be able to compare performance between them regardless of their diverse roles, experience level, and industry specialities. You will be prepared to accurately identify bottlenecks, opportunities for gaining efficiency or reducing waste, and strategic advantages your team can gain immediately.

BUILDING CUSTOM SEARCH ENGINES FOR ADVANCED SOURCING

IRINA SHAMAEVA // BRAINGRAIN

Google’s Custom Search Engines (CSEs) have long been a favorite tool for experts searching the Internet. CSEs benefit researchers in many ways: lessening the need for advanced Boolean operators; expanding the limits of Google’s search capabilities; eliminating annoying “Captcha”s triggered by complex searches; and providing a simple way for advanced users to share their most useful searches with less experienced team members.

Some of the advanced features of CSEs require a more technical background to take full advantage of, but anyone can learn to create simple CSEs that will make life easier for them, and their team. In fact, some highly useful, specialized CSEs can be built from scratch in a matter of minutes!

THE ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN SOURCING

CAROLINE STOKES // FORWARD