The document provides 12 tips and accompanying tools for sourcing candidates. The tips include familiarizing yourself with a new city using Google Streetview, checking cost of living comparisons on Numbeo, and using tools like LinkedIn Alumni and Facebook Graph Search to research candidates' backgrounds and interests. Additional tips recommend tools for analyzing email open and response rates, and connecting with sourcing experts on social media. The document encourages recruiters to apply these tips and tools to improve their sourcing effectiveness.

1. Tips
&
tools
for
(star.ng)
sourcers

2.
In
my
last
blog*
I
wrote
about
the
fact
that
sourcers
like
to
share.
*You
can
find
it
on
my
SlideShare
page:
slideshare.net/renebolier

3.
Since
there
are
a
lot
of
recruiters
that
have
‘never’
sourced
but
want
to
learn
how
to
do
it
here
are
some
great
and
very
easy
to
apply
sourcing
Bps
and
tools
sourcers
shared
at
Sourcing
Summit
Europe
that
I
would
like
to
share
with
you:

4. Tip
1:
Familiarise
yourself
when
you
are
recruiBng
in
a
city
for
the
first
Bme.
Tool:
Google
Streetview

5. Tip
2:
Do
cost
of
living
comparisons
Tool:
Numbeo

6.
Tip
3:
Decide
on
which
region
to
focus
on.
Tool:
Jobboards.
(They
show
demand
per
region)

7.
Tip
4:
Check
which
languages
are
used
by
local
employers.
Tool:
Jobboards.

8.
Tip
5:
Check
where
people
from
certain
schools
typically
move
to.
Tool:
LinkedIn
Alumni

9.
Tip
6:
If
you
find
somebody,
check
what
other
channels
that
person
uses.
Tool:
About.me

10.
Tip
7:
Get
an
in-­‐country
web
footprint.
Tool:
Google.
Search
for
a
name
and
exclude
the
social
giants
(LinkedIn,
Facebook
etc.)

11.
Tip
8:
Check
usage/
penetraBon
of
social
media
plaZorms
per
country.
Tool:
Socialbakers

12.
Tip
9:
Find
companies
you
might
want
to
focus
on
from
an
external
perspecBve.
Tool:
LinkedIn.
You
can
see
from
which
companies
employees
are
coming
from.

13.
Tip
10:
Find
out
what
people
like
and
use
it
when
you
approach
them.
Tool:
Facebook
Graph
Search.
It
shows
you
what
people
like,
what
books
they
read,
what
music
they
listen
to
etc.

14.
Tip
11:
Replace
ads
with
informaBonJ
shows
you
Tool:
RapporBve.
It’s
a
Gmail
plug-­‐in
that
shows
you
where
people
are,
what
they
do,
what
they
are
saying
etc.

15.
Tip
12:
Find
out
what’s
wrong
with
your
emails.
Tool:
Yesware.
It’s
a
Gmail
plugin
that
shows
you
the
open
rates
of
your
emails.
If
nobody
opens
your
emails;
your
subject
line
is
wrong.
If
people
open
your
emails,
but
don’t
respond;
your
message
is
wrong.

16. You
want
more?
Most
of
the
Bps
and
tools
you
saw
were
shared
by
these
people,
so
follow
them
and
I
promise
you
won’t
be
disappointed.
@thebalazs
@jimstroud
@socialtalent

17.
Next
event
Phillip
Tusing
has
promised
me
he
will
organise
another
Sourcing
Summit
in
Amsterdam
in
September
2014.
See
you
there!

18.
Please,
feel
free
to
connect
with
me
wherever
you
want
and
feel
free
to
ask
me
anything:
E-­‐mail
rene@onrecruit.nl
WhatsApp
+31-­‐611604603
Twiher
twiher.com/renebolier
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/renebolier
Facebook
facebook.com/renebolier
Google+
plus.google.com/+renébolier
Slideshare
Slideshare.net/renebolier
Instagram
instagram.com/renebolier
If
you
would
like
to
know
more
about
sourcing:
I
am
not
one
of
the
sourcing
experts,
but
I
know
a
lot
of
them.
So
feel
free
to
connect
with
me
and
I’ll
be
happy
to
connect
you
with
them.