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Stuff and Things for Jobseekers and Talent Acquisition Professionals
Hello!
I am feeling a little bit froggy. Not because I have a frog in my throat, but because it is a Leap Year! And today is a Leap Day!
We have one more day to this month, one more day this year, to be productive. Reach those goals! Just kidding. Do whatever makes you happy!
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Today’s Edition
A few of the past newsletters were bi-weekly. Now I am working on getting back into the swing of a weekly newsletter. But I don’t have much for this one. I am going to keep it short and sweet.
Some sections I didn’t even fill in. I have been busy working on other projects lately, but I still wanted to send this out this week.
One of the other things I am working on is I started a Project Management course with Google!
A Little About Me
If this your first time here, I wanted to tell you a little bit about my professional background. And if it isn’t your first time here, maybe there are still some new things for you to learn!
I have been in sourcing for 11 years. After struggling to find a solid career out of college, that is what happens when you study Filmmaking and Creative Writing, I eventually found my way into Sourcing, which I didn't even know existed. Since then, I love to help other people find jobs, as I know what that struggle can be like.
I have worked worked in RPO, corporate, and agency backgrounds and have hired in industries like banking, manufacturing, veterinary, dairy, tech, and pharma.
I am a seven-time conference speaker, having spoken at Sourcing Summit, Evry1, SourceCon, HRTX, ATAP's Global TA Day, and TA Week. I am a three-time Dueling Sourcer, an ERE panelist, a podcast guest, and have written blog posts for different sourcing publications.
I just put this image together to showcase the conferences that I have spoken at and other events that I have been a part of!
Follow me on LinkedIn here!
Let’s Talk About It
Your next job interview could be with a bot
Relatable Content
My friend and I invented a fake product to help people who work from home and like to dress comfortably. Check out the commercial we made for it here out here!
A Boolean String
When searching for candidates who are open to new opportunities, you can filter your LinkedIn Recruiter search to Open to new opportunities. But maybe you don’t have LinkedIn Recruiter. Or maybe you want to search for people who are looking, but haven’t turned on this setting or don’t even know that it exists.
Add this to your search string: (seeking OR "open to" unemployed OR layoff OR layoff OR laidoff OR "laid off" OR furloughed OR "next opportunity")
I just plugged this into Google - site:linkedin.com/in (seeking OR "open to" unemployed OR layoff OR layoff OR laidoff OR "laid off" OR furloughed OR "next opportunity") and the x-ray search gave me results of 1,840,000 profiles.
If I was hiring software engineers, I could add (swe OR “software engineer” OR “software developer” OR frontend OR backend OR “front end” OR “back end”) to the string and now site:linkedin.com/in (swe OR “software engineer” OR “software developer” OR frontend OR backend OR “front end” OR “back end”) AND (seeking OR "open to" unemployed OR layoff OR layoff OR laidoff OR "laid off" OR furloughed OR "next opportunity") and get 116,000 results. That is a lot!
Talent Acquisition Job Seeker Spotlight:
I don’t have one for this week, but please let me know if you want to be included in one of the next ones!
TA News
To find these articles, I just type in words like: “talent acquisition” or recruiting or recruitment onto Google News. I don’t really use Boolean, I type them in separately. The best thing to type in is “talent acquisition,” because anything about recruiting usually brings you to sports news or army news.
I will continue adding these to the Google Drive!
New Talent Acquisition Firm 18C Partners Expands Opportunities for Women in Tech
Case Study: A Future-Proof Hiring Strategy To Build A Sustainable Techforce
How GenAI Will Shape The Future Of Talent Acquisition And Management
2024 Talent Acquisition Trends Led by GenAI, Skills-Based Hiring
Talent Management announces winners of inaugural Talent Trailblazers awards program
SHRM: Talent acquisition top area for AI deployment by HR departments
Navigating the Flood: How Generative AI Is Reshaping Recruitment Strategies
Harnessing AI to Overcome the Employee Shortage Crisis in Hiring
Articles for Those in Talent Acquisition.
I just added 53 new articles from my emails and the 15 news articles from the section above.
I am now at 1,524 articles.
As usual, please feel free to bookmark this, share it with your colleagues, and keep checking back for new content.
The collection can be found here!
And you can learn more about it and access it here!
Tips and Tricks for Talent Acquisition Folks and Job Seekers
Tip #437: MIT, the world's number one university, offers free courses! Energy, Entrepreneurship, and Introductory Programming are just some of the topics that you can learn more about. Check out the full list of topics and courses: https://ocw.mit.edu/
Tip #438: Questo is a really cool app that offers immersive outdoor escape games in your city! These are great things to do with friends, roommates, colleagues, or dates. And there are games to play in over 60 counties and 280 cities! https://questoapp.com/
Tip #439: Check out GoodRx next time you need to pick up a prescription. You can find out what different pharmacies will charge and get a pretty big discount. You can also learn from doctors, pharmacists, and journalists about the healthcare industry and schedule telehealth appointments!
All 439 tips and tricks can be found at the following links:
Talent Acquisition Positions
If you aren’t following me on LinkedIn, hit that follow button as I often share the TA job postings that others share. These postings that I share come from Martin Ngo, David Marr, Swati Soni, Haley O’Neil, Alexandru Gotoi, Tawfiq Abu-Khajil, Alan Gomes, Amy Packard Checketts, David Valencia.
As a reminder, none of these people are responsible for the jobs, they are just sharing roles they have come across. So, make sure to hit that apply button but remember they can’t help you much past that point. Oh, and make sure to not just use Easy Apply, you must also apply on the company website.
Don’t forget to follow these awesome people on LinkedIn, so you can keep up with their posts. And hit that Share button, so you can help others like you!
Here are some of their posts from the past week:
Job Application Tracker
If you are looking for a new role, feel free to use my Google Sheet tracker to keep track of everything. I did see that someone recently filled in the document for their own job search. Just make sure to save it as a new document.
Where I Will Be Speaking
I will be speaking at SourceCon in April! This will be my first time speaking at a SourceCon in-person. Even more exciting, it is in Orlando. My first time attending a conference was at SourceCon in Orlando!
As my mom said, you will be in Disney the home of the greatest Sourcer(er), Mickey Mouse. I get my humour from her.
You can learn more about the conference here!
If you are planning to attend this conference, use the code MWSCS24 to save 10% And if you can’t travel to Orlando, you can still attend the conference virtually!
Looking for Training for Your Team?
If you have a new Sourcing team, or just one that could use some new skills, I offer trainings. With a diverse background spanning many different industries over the decade of work I have been in TA, I can provide a strong training or playbook for your team.
If you are looking for training, please email me at mikeyweil035@hotmail.com or message me on LinkedIn. We can talk your needs and pricing options.
Previous speaking engagements, trainings, and articles of mine include topics like:
Using Humour in Your Outreach
Finding Contact Information
Artificial Intelligence
How to Recruit High Volume When You Don’t Have Many InMails Left
How to Drive Referrals to Your Vacant Roles
How to Use iMovie and Other Film Programs
How to Properly Assess a Resume
How to Utilize Your LinkedIn Database to Find Candidates
Sourcing Tips and Tricks for Finding Candidate Contact Details
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