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Article, Candidate sourcing, Recruiter tips

How to source top talent: Questions to ask hiring managers

In order to source the right talent, it’s important to know which questions to ask hiring managers before you begin your search. These questions can help you determine whether a candidate is right for the job. In this blog, we’re sharing expert tips and the most insightful questions to ask hiring managers from Greenhouse's Senior Talent Acquisition Manager Mason Calaiaro and Technical Talent Sourcing Manager Jessica Cronk.


Article, Candidate sourcing, DE&I

Talent Makers success stories: Why nontraditional candidate pools lead to great hires

It’s easy to assume that a candidate’s past experience will be a good indicator of their success in a future role, but this thinking can be limiting when you're building a more inclusive hiring process. When growing the Greenhouse Customer Success team, Talent Acquisition Program Manager Generi Talens partnered with Customer Success Senior Managers Kevin Do and Karlan Baumann to look beyond traditional backgrounds and prioritize inclusivity. Read on to learn some of their best tactics and takeaways.


Article, Candidate sourcing, Distributed hiring & work

Effective strategies for recruiting remote workers

With more companies embracing flexible work arrangements, it's understandable that people are looking for better ways to balance their professional and personal lives. Remote work provides numerous benefits, ranging from improved well-being and work-life balance to increased productivity. We're sharing effective recruiting strategies to help you confidently attract and hire remote talent.


Article, Candidate sourcing, DE&I

How to incorporate diversity and inclusion into your candidate sourcing strategy

Incorporating diversity and inclusion into your candidate sourcing strategy is essential to find and attract great talent. Some of the best candidates come from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented communities and have a variety of experiences, perspectives and ideas to bring to the table. Read on to learn about how to broaden and diversify your sourcing efforts in order to tap into a wider range of talented candidates.


Article, Candidate sourcing, Hiring tech stack

Key questions to ask in order to find the right sourcing tool

In today's competitive hiring market, finding top talent is crucial for your organization's success. One way to effectively find candidates is by using a sourcing tool. With so many options available, it can be difficult to determine which solution is the best one for your team. That's why it's essential to ask the right questions during demos and discovery calls with potential vendors. We've compiled a list of key topics and questions to guide you in your search for the best candidate sourcing tool for your team.


Article, Candidate sourcing, Recruiter tips

How to structure and optimize your email outreach campaigns

Finding talent to match the skills and experience needed for a role can be challenging. That’s why it’s critical for recruiters to be able to deliver personalized and well-thought-out email outreach campaigns. If your emails are going to stand out from the rest, it’s important to be thoughtful in your approach to get prospects interested in opening your emails and learning more. Read on for our expert tips on how to structure and optimize your email outreach campaigns.


Article, Candidate sourcing, Recruiter tips

Email templates for recruiters - Scale your candidate outreach

Writing thoughtful outreach emails to passive candidates can sometimes be time-consuming and challenging – but it doesn’t have to be. An effective way to scale your candidate outreach is by creating email templates that can be adapted to various outreach campaigns when sourcing candidates for multiple roles. To help you get started, we've put together this guide on how to create an email template library to save you time while scaling your candidate outreach.


Article, Candidate sourcing, Recruiter tips

Why a thoughtful candidate sourcing strategy is key to business success

In the past few years, the economic climate has seen rapid changes, which sometimes leads to confusion for businesses looking for clarity on how to build out their hiring goals. Should you slow your hiring, or speed it up? To be successful in any economic climate, you need to find ways to grow and plan for the next wave of hiring. That’s why it’s so important to be actively thoughtful and strategic about your candidate sourcing strategy.