Following on from my midday update, if the morning session was anything to go by, the second half of the day absolutely blew me away. There was no short of quality presentations and frankly, there were too many sessions for me to keep up with. I’ve decided to write up a few of the key points from some of the standout talks. Christian Le Loux (@cleloux) and Kara McLeod – Connecting the Dots: Resourcing Matrix of Corporate Sourcing The...

  Kicking off with day two of the Sourcing Summit. The atmosphere is still buzzing and we’ve already covered 3 out of the 12 sessions for the day. Here’s what we’ve learnt so far: Gavin Heaton (@servantofchaos) – New Frontiers for Sourcing Talent #coffeemornings meet up every Friday in Surry Hills from 7am until “whenever people go to work”. A local meet up group for sourcers and social media...

  This was my highlight for the day. With the schedule at hand, I eagerly awaited for Riges’ workshop. The reason for my excitement was that I felt that this topic covered an area that isn’t often talked about (phone work) and I thought it would also offer me some practical knowledge for when I got back into the field. To say the least, I wasn’t disappointed. To cut to the chase, this talk was ”short and sharp” [please...

  I’m sure you’re all keen to get straight into the content of this workshop. So here we go. The key takeaway messages for me on ‘Tapping into Niche Communities’ were: Build a reputation Making connections Andrea made a really interesting point when she talked about building reputations. As a sourcer, your aim is to try and leverage as much information from various networks whether it be from direct applicants,...

  It’s going to be an exciting next fortnight for Sourcing in Australia kicking off with this weeks Australasian Sourcing Summit in Sydney brought to you by Destination Talent and next week’s ATC’s Sourcing Event “Finders Keepers” in Melbourne… I’ll be covering the Sourcing Summit on behalf of SourceCon (so there will be a delay before you see it here) and I’ll be trying my hand at Live...