Chock Full of Sourcing Goodness: Top 5 useful blog posts on sourcing

As a sourcer and denizen of the internet and cool-idea addict, there are those moments when you discover something that expands your perspective on what's possible. This has happened alot for me over the last year and I owe the credit to the many generous information purveyors out there in blogland. I thought it might be useful to revisit those, and repost to the benefit of anyone new to the sourcing world looking for a bit of inspiration. Here's my top five(for now)most useful blog posts I've read.

1. Glenn Gutmacher Internet Sourcing at Lightspeed

Careful! This one is like sitting down to a an entire cheesecake all by your lonesome, very rich and a lot to digest. How does Glenn get all these tools into his toolbelt without it pulling his pants down?

2. Shally : Ain't Yo Mama's People Search

This one is actually two posts from November 05. If you don't have these arrows in your quiver, you should. No question.

3. Jim Stroud : Recruiting Lessons from a Subservient Chicken

Warning! This is a visionary blog post, if you have a small mind don't read it as your head will explode from its implications. What Jim Stroud grasps in crystal clarity, the rest of us barely discern in the darkest of our dreams.

4. Shally : (Again!? I know, what can I say? He's the grand poobah) How I keep up with all the blogs

This one is a cool, and very Shally-licious take on managing your RSS feeds, like the one you undoubtedly have to this blog.


5. Rob McIntosh : Building Creative and Aggressive Sourcing Strategies

My first view on what is possible for a career in sourcing.


So that's it. I hope you enjoyed this stroll down memory lane with me. For you experienced and avid sourcing blog readers, might be some repeats in there for you. If you are new to sourcing or still just stick to the usual resume banks, follow all the possible links from the above posts. That oughta keep you busy for awhile and expand your awareness of what's possible in sourcing.

PS - it's not lost on me that all these people are from the same company. I don't think its because they have the market cornered on sourcing skill necessarily, but they actively promote, share, and talk about it so extensively and rigorously that the perception is that they do. Thanks guys for sharing!

Cheers,

Josh

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