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MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat Log Thurs, 10/23/08 SOURCING TOOLS

Best Remark of the Day "Actually I have made a lot more as a full time name sourcer than I ever did as a recruiter and the $$ are much more consistent." ~ Tom Cook 11:57am Maureen Sharib Have you all read the LinkedIn sourcing tools question and answers? 12:00pm Maureen Sharib Welcome to MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat! 12:00pm Denyse Diem I'm Denyse -A Telephone Soucer - how about everyone else 12:01pm Maureen Sharib Did you all come for the tools discussion? 12:01pm Maureen Sharib Densyse – we have 827 in the network now - that's exciting, isn't it? 12:02pm Denyse Diem I come for the banter between you and Recruiting Animal 12:02pm Maureen Sharib I'm hoping Glenn Gutmacher shows up today - he said he might -he's a TOOLS EXPERT! 12:02pm Denyse Diem wow - Glenn may be coming today? 12:02pm Maureen Sharib RA's not here I see - I've marked him tardy. 12:02pm Maureen Sharib Maybe - I hope so! 12:03pm Denyse Diem 827 is phenomenal M - congrats! 12:03pm Maureen Sharib It's a big accomplishment for a network less than 6 months old! 12:03pm Denyse Diem I see a few new folks - would everyone mind introducing themselves quickly please 12:04pm Tom Cook As a Phone Sourcer, how many tools do you really need? 12:05pm Maureen Sharib You know Tom, I understand. But many people like different things. I think sometimes tools can teach us other things about our phone processes. Know what I mean? 12:05pm Tom Cook Sure 12:06pm Maureen Sharib Using them gets us to thinking sometimes - about new techniques. I think it's kind of a "nudge the brain" thing... 12:06pm Tom Cook I think too many can get in the way and really adversely effect your productivity. Read whole chat log here.

Sourcing Tools

Peter Bugnatto, Strategic Sourcing Consultant at Lockheed Martin is asking, over on LinkedIn:

If you had to choose one sourcing tool/solution on the market what would it be?
Let's suppose money wasn't an object. I know, I know...it is. But money aside, if you were told you could pick one tool/solution or even a mashup/combo of a couple of sourcing tools available, to help with your efforts to find talented candidates both passive and active, what would you choose and why?

Read the answers (and add yours!) here.
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"It's me. Can you hear me?" The VoIP argument.

Re: For those using VoIP for your home and/or office lines: are you having issues lately?

This is a really interesting subject to me. I hear the argument all the time from would-be telephone sourcers who want to use VoIP.

"Go ahead," I say.

"But it works just fine!" they insist.

"No it doesn't," I reply.

"Yes it does!"

"No, it doesn't!"

"What's wrong with it?"

"It's chopping off your first couple syllables/words," I answer.

"No, it isn't!"

"Yes, it is!"

"NO, it isn't!"

"Why ask?" I ask.

"Uhhh...well, it's FREE."

"Is that the reason you want to use it?"

"Uhhh....yeah, I guess."

"Then use it at your great disadvantage."
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Here's another one:

"How do I sound?"

"Like you're in a foreign country."

"No!"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"Really."

"But it's FREE."

"Then use it at your great disadvantage."
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And another:

"Hey, it's me. How do I sound?"

"Hello, hello!" I struggle to hear.

It's ME. How do I sound?"

"I can barely hear you - speak up!"

"IT'S ME, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?"

"Barely, who is this?"

"ME, MOM, IT'S ME!"

"Who's ME?"
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Gettin' the picture?

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Finding Darth Vader (sourcing tools)

Todd Raphael of ERE writes in the Fordyce Letter:
Chris Murdock, executive sourcer & knowledge manager, Yahoo!, shared some of his thoughts on popular sourcing tools today at the NAER conference in Redondo Beach (a good place for a weekend afternoon but a pain in the kiester to get to on a work day).

See the mentioned sourcing tools here.
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