Sourcing and technical recruiting are rapidly evolving fields. How can you stay up to date with events and not miss interesting and new materials? The answer is simple: follow thought leaders. Today, I want to share with you a list of ten specialists in the sourcing field who definitely deserve our attention. They regularly write articles about sourcing and news on both LinkedIn and their personal blogs.
Irina Shamaeva
Partner and Chief Sourcer at Brain Gain Recruiting, founder of the Sourcing Certification Program. Irina regularly conducts webinars on sourcing and is a frequent speaker at the international #SOSU conference.
She is also a Co-founder of the sourcing tool Social List.
Irina publishes her articles on both Linkedin and her blog.
Martin Lee
A partner at Brain Gain Recruiting, as well as the Lead Instructor at the Sourcing Certification Program.
Martin is a speaker at various conferences, including #SOSU, and a frequent guest at anti-conferences like #TRUMunity.
You can keep up with Martin's activities on Linkedin.
Kasia Borowicz
A technical recruiter in Poland, who previously worked in London.
Kasia has organized the Poland Sourcing Community and runs a blog.
You can often find her as a speaker at international sourcing conferences. You can learn more about Kasia on her Linkedin profile.
Steve Ward
A specialist in social recruiting and talent attraction, a conference speaker. His favorite topics revolve around integrating social media into recruiting and company branding.
He is also a representative of the recruiting software company Candidate.ID and a Non-Executive Director of the recruiting agency Hoxo Media.
You can find his blog and the most up-to-date articles on Linkedin.
Hung Lee
Co-founder & CEO at Workshape.io, and like the others, he is a frequent guest at sourcing conferences.
Hung compiles weekly collections of interesting articles and materials on his blog.
You can learn more about his work on Linkedin.
Johnny (Jonathan) Campbell
Johnny worked in the recruitment agency for 15 years and is now a co-founder of Social Talent.
His goal is to turn ordinary recruiters into Sourcing Ninjas through the Social Talent's Mentor training platform.
Articles are published on the Social Talent blog, and there are also many articles on Linkedin. His team also conducts webinars.
Shane McCusker
The creator of the Intelligence application for sourcing on Facebook.
He is a frequent guest at sourcing conferences and meetings. He actively shares his knowledge on Linkedin, on his YouTube channel, and in his blog.
Karen Azulai
Karen is the founder and sourcing expert at www.everythingsourcing.com and a leading sourcing specialist in Israel. She regularly attends international conferences such as #SOSU, Sourcecon, TruLondon, Ride, and many more.
Karen is passionate about the future and cutting-edge modern technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and other futuristic technologies.
You can read her articles on Linkedin and her blog.
Jan Tegze
Jan is a technical recruiter with over 15 years of experience. In 2017, he authored a book on sourcing and recruiting titled "Full Stack Recruiter."
He maintains a blog and also writes articles on Linkedin and Medium.
Balazs Paroczay
Balazs is a globally recognized Sourcing Strategist and the founder of Edlington. He primarily focuses on helping large corporations improve their sourcing metrics.
He maintains a blog and shares news on LinkedIn.
The list can go on endlessly, and I'd be happy to expand it with your help. If you're following someone interesting on LinkedIn or reading someone's blogs, feel free to share in the comments.
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