Sourcing Skills Being Checked At Interview

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Alongside this, for the first time we are seeing a number of areas related to sourcing being tested or checked if candidates do get to interview. You can now often expect to have your Boolean strings tested at interview potentially with a live example mid-interview; and if you claim and place value in your LinkedIn network, expect your connections, profile and group choices to be analysed and challenged.

So if you are applying for a sourcing role what do you need to do? Below I’ve put together some thoughts around what we think you should and should not be presenting in your CV and how to start. I also think in the course of doing this, a lot of people will realise a dedicated sourcing role is not for them - that’s fine, being a recruiter is great too... and better to realise before entering an interview process!


Tear up your existing CV and create a dedicated sourcing CV
Tacking a few comments on sourcing onto a CV which south africa phone number library talks about 360 recruitment, business development, billing figures, strategic client management, agency management, job boards, and/or workforce planning is not going to cut it

Think about what sourcing means to you and to an employer (let’s not do the definitions thing here though, there’s enough of that doing the rounds at the moment)

Be innovative in your CV structure and content, sourcing for many is still a very innovative part of recruitment - show it in your CV

Content

The methods that you are using and have successfully used to source candidates (all of them)
Headhunting, LinkedIn, Xing, going to Meet Ups, Boolean searches, X-ray, the crazy stuff no-one else does like image searches on Youtube, dare I mention Facebook?
Maybe even include a successful Boolean string you developed

Make it clear what you do in terms of sourcing, where you get involved and leave the process
Are you simply identifying people or are you approaching candidates and bringing them into process?
Do you interview candidates or pass them over?
Do you speak with them or just engage over email/online comms?

Show your breadth of experience and how you have adapted to new challenges
Sourcers and recruiters often get angry that they are rejected for not having sector experience and I empathise, but you can make your life a lot easier if you show how you have adapted to new sectors or functional hiring challenges