Jonathan Kidder
Jonathan Kidder, AKA the “WizardSourcer,” is a top-ranked technical talent sourcing recruiter, staffing expert, and corporate trainer who assists organizations of all sizes in identifying and attracting top talent. A wizard at harnessing the power of social networking, Boolean strings, search aggregators, deep web searching, scrapers, and other advanced technology tricks and tools. In 2015, he founded a recruiting blog called WizardSourcer.com, which has become one of the leading knowledge resources for recruiters online. He is the author of the book Top Talent Sourcing Tools for Recruiters which is available on Amazon.
Content authored by Jonathan Kidder
Tools to Support High Volume Hiring
Whether you’re filling hundreds or thousands of positions throughout the year, high-volume hiring presents a unique set of challenges for recruiters. With each job application potentially bringing in hundreds of… Read more
7 Free Extensions that will Turbo Boost your Sourcing Speed
I wanted to highlight some useful browser extensions that you can use on Chrome to turbo-boost your sourcing abilities. Talent Sourcing is defined as researching, identifying, and prospecting candidates. It takes… Read more
Searching for a New Recruiter job? Here are some Useful Job Hunting Tools
Are you in the market for a new Recruiter or Sourcer job? Something that you may have not considered is that you can use some sourcing and productivity extension tools… Read more
Tools to Automate Your Sourcing Funnel
As a recruiter, you know there are many responsibilities to juggle, and the old adage “work smarter, not harder” couldn’t be more applicable. Let’s talk about automation in sourcing. The… Read more
Email Marketing Tools to Automate Your Sourcing Funnel
Email marketing is one of the best ways to reach clients, but with so many different platforms available, it can be difficult to find one that meets your needs and… Read more
Innovative Recruiting Tech to Review in 2021
There are a ton of recruiting tech tools and software tech available in the market, but there are specific ones that I’ve been exploring personally this past month. In this… Read more
How to Screen and Interview a Software Engineer
How to Screen and Interview a Software Engineer We’ve all been interviewed before, and we can all acknowledge that the process is immensely stressful. However, while many guides exist to… Read more
How to use Roof Top Slushie and TeamBlind for your Recruiting Advantage
How to use Roof Top Slushie and TeamBlind for your Recruiting Advantage Recruiters have so many great tools at their fingertips. Yet, they often shy away from some of the… Read more
Life of a Sourcer During a Quarantine
Life of a Sourcer During a Quarantine As I always say, in recruiting you will face major ups and major downs. You will likely experience a roller coaster of… Read more
We Get No Respect: Why Sourcing Is the Rodney Dangerfield of the TA World
I’m going to say something that might get me into trouble later on. It’s something that many other fellow sourcing professionals have probably felt for a long time. It’s this:… Read more
With a Passive Candidate, How Do You Know When an Applicant is Truly Interested?
As the market for talent continues to get more competitive, companies are increasingly turning to Talent Sourcers to find and recruit the best people. But remember, candidates simply don’t apply… Read more