Full Stack Recruiter: The Ultimate Sourcing & Recruitment Guide

Are you ready to learn everything you need to know about sourcing and recruitment?

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About This Book

Whether you are already working in recruitment, new to the industry, or just hoping to begin your career as a recruiter, there are essential strategies used by successful recruiters that will help you accelerate your career. Of course, no one is born knowing these things; they come from years of experience in the field. That’s exactly what this book is: years of practical, real-world experience distilled into one comprehensive guide to succeeding in your recruiting career in the digital era.

This book is designed to help recruiters gain a broad understanding of the industry while expanding and deepening the knowledge of more senior professionals. Whether you belong in the first category or the second, this book will help you take your career to the next level.

This comprehensive recruitment and sourcing guide is divided into two parts.

Full Stack Recruiter

The first part focuses entirely on sourcing strategies. You’ll learn new and creative ways to source and find great candidates, as well as how to uncover their contact details and approach them in a respectful and effective manner. And much more!

The second part deals with recruitment. You’ll learn how to excel in recruitment marketing, candidate engagement, recruitment analytics, candidate engagement, cold-calling, and efficiently manage many other essential aspects of your role.

Both sections work together to create a comprehensive guide to excelling in every aspect of your recruitment career!

The author, Jan Tegze, is an experienced recruiter with extensive talent acquisition expertise and demonstrated success in start-ups and fast-growth environments. In this book, he shares the most successful methods, tips, and strategies that he has learned, tested and implemented throughout his career, with the hope of providing the inspiration and guidance you need to develop into a top-performing recruiter and sourcer.

Do you want to learn more about sourcing and recruiting?

Do you want to gain a greater understanding of the recruitment business?

Do you want to expand your knowledge and become a top-performing recruiter?

Do you want to launch a career in the recruitment industry?

Do you want to learn the strategies used by the most successful recruiters in the business?

If you have answered “YES” to these questions, start reading this book NOW!

Reviews

★★★★★ Jan has written a practical reference guide for anyone in recruiting. Unlike most books on recruitment, Jan goes into details on sourcing with practical examples. This book is a must have for any new sourcer and a handy reference book for everyone working with sourcing talent.
– Mark Lundgren (Trainer, Global Talent Sourcer)

★★★★★ ‘Full Stack Recruiter’ is the most comprehensive and insightful guide to sourcing and recruiting on the market. The culmination of years of experience, ‘Full Stack Recruiter’ delivers insights, techniques, and methods that are the perfect springboard for building and developing an exceptional career in recruitment.
– Sjamilla van der Tooren (Tech Sourcer)

★★★★★ Given the abundance of Sourcing and Recruiting specific content out there, it can sometimes be hard to figure out which pieces are critical to read and potentially pivotal to one’s professional development. This book belongs to the must-read shortlist for any Sourcer/Recruiter out there.
– Yves Greijn (Tech Hiring at Beat xFacebook xUber)

★★★★★ This book has the potential of changing your career! By bridging useful tips to relatable stories, it allows readers to step outside of their comfort zone and learn from the best in the industry. It is practical, informative, and needed to anyone that is looking to reach their fullest potential.
– Thomas Swan Bittencourt (Global Communicator)

★★★★★ I found this to be a fantastic read! I feel that Jan’s book would be suitable for everyone, regardless of their previous Sourcing experience. He explains his different ways of sourcing people in such a simple and clear manner, that the book was a dream to read.
– Vanessa Raath (Global Talent Sourcing Trainer)

 

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Table of Contents

First Part – Sourcing

The first part focuses entirely on sourcing strategies. You’ll learn new and creative ways to source and find great candidates, as well as how to uncover their contact details and approach them in a respectful and effective manner. And much more!

 

0 – Intro

0.1 – Table of Contents
0.2 – Acknowledgment
0.3 – Disclaimer
0.4 – Intro

1 – History of Recruitment

1.1 – Top Skills You Need as a Sourcer/Recruiter
1.2 – An Important Skill of the 21st Century

2 – Sourcing

2.1 – Are you a Sourcer, Recruiter, or Headhunter?
2.2 – Fundamentals
2.2.1 – Fundamentals – Boolean Search
2.2.2 – Advanced Search Operators
2.2.3 – File Type Search
2.2.4 – Typos, Semantic, and Action Words
2.2.5 – Common Search Techniques

3 – Google and Search Engines

3.1 – Google Ultimate Sourcing Tool
3.2 – Simple Resume Search on Google
3.3 – Sourcing on Google Suites
3.4 – Google: Complex Search Strings
3.5 – Google Custom Search Engine
3.6 – Google Search Tricks
3.7 – Google Competitors: Bing
3.8 – Other Search Engines
3.9 – Searching for Confidential Information

4 – Sourcing Tools

4.1 – Browsers and Chrome Plugins
4.2 – Chrome Plugins and Applications
4.3 – Turn Every Tool into a Sourcing Tool

5 – Source Talent via Social Media and Networks

5.1 – LinkedIn
5.1.1 – Sourcing on LinkedIn
5.1.2 – LinkedIn Search and X-Ray Search
5.1.3 – Content Search and other LinkedIn Tricks
5.2 – Facebook, VKontakte
5.3 – Twitter
5.4 – Meetup
5.5 – SlideShare and File Sharing Sites
5.6 – Instagram
5.7 – GitHub
5.7.1. – GitHub Operators
5.8 – GitLab
5.9 – Stack Overflow
5.9.1 – Sourcing on Stack Overflow
5.9.2 – Stack Overflow – Special Search
5.10 – Sourcing on Airbnb
5.10.1 – Airbnb Alternatives
5.11 – Sourcing on Flickr
5.12 – Sourcing on Medium
5.13 – Sourcing on WordPress
5.14 – Sourcing on Reddit
5.15 – Sourcing on Various Websites
5.16 – International Sourcing
5.17 – Diversity Sourcing

6 – Other Websites and Tricks

6.1 – Hacking Bit.ly
6.2 – Candidate’s Emails
6.3 – Locate the Person Behind an Email
6.4 – How to Find a Person Behind a Photo

7 – OSINT Techniques and Tools

7.1 – What is OSINT?
7.2 – Google Dorks
7.3 – Google Dorks – One More Trick

Second Part – Recruitment

The second part deals with recruitment. You’ll learn how to excel in recruitment marketing, candidate engagement, recruitment analytics, candidate engagement, cold-calling, and efficiently manage many other essential aspects of your role.

8 – Your Secret Source of Candidates

9 – LinkedIn

9.1 – Importance of LinkedIn Profile
9.2 – Grow Your Network
9.3 – How to Get Maximum from LinkedIn Invitations
9.4 – LinkedIn Messages
9.5 – Automatization in Recruitment
9.6 – How to Find a Fake Profile on LinkedIn

10 – Branding

10.1 – Personal Branding
10.2 – Power of Blogging
10.3 – Employer Branding
10.4 – Employee Value Proposition
10.5 – Brand Ambassadors
10.6 – Employee Advocacy
10.7 – Employee Engagement

11 – Job Descriptions, Storytelling, Text, and Colors

11.1 – Job Advertisements and How to Write Them
11.2 – Things to Be Avoided When Writing a Job Description
11.3 – Best Time to Advertise Job Openings
11.4 – Advertising and ROI
11.5 – The Power and Importance of Storytelling
11.6 – The Psychology of Texts in Recruitment
11.7 – The Psychology of Color in Recruitment
11.8 – Influence People Through Different Content Formats
11.9 – The Power of Emotions
11.10 – How to Use Emotions in Recruitment

12 – Candidate Experience

12.1 – Candidate Journey
12.2 – Candidate Engagement
12.3 – Candidate Nurturing
12.4 – Candidate Experience
12.5 – Talent Network

13 – Candidates

13.1 – Knowing Your Target Audience
13.2 – Appealing to Gens Y and Z
13.3 – Appealing to the Passive Candidates
13.4 – Influencing Candidates
13.5 – Changing Jobs
13.6 – Job Titles
13.7 – Ghosting
13.8 – Why to Give Feedback, and How to Give It
13.9 – Not Giving Feedback is Expensive
13.10 – Perfect Hires Don’t Exist
13.11 – It’s Not About Years of Experience

14 – Recruitment

14.1 – Types of Interviews and Interview Methods
14.2 – How to Include Your Hiring Manager
14.3 – Intake Meetings
14.4 – Employee Referral Program
14.5 – Internal Hiring
14.6 – How to Incorporate Diversity Hiring
14.7 – Competitive Intelligence
14.8 – Talent Mapping
14.9 – Good Manager, Bad Manager
14.10 – Gamification in Recruitment
14.11 – Cold Calling
14.12 – How to Beat the Gatekeeper
14.13 – Cold Emailing
14.14 – How to Organize a Meetup
14.15 – Agile Recruitment
14.16 – A Recruiter’s Worst Enemy

15 – Recruitment Analytics

15.1 – Recruiting Reports
15.2 – Quality of Hire and How to Measure It
15.3 – The Cost of a Bad Hire
15.4 – Ask Why, Not Only Where
15.5 – How to Assess a Sourcer

16 – Recruiters

16.1 – Reasons You Should Attend Conferences
16.2 – Stop Looking for Excuses
16.3 – Information Overload
16.4 – Share Your Knowledge to Gain Knowledge
16.5 – Sourcing Buddy
16.6 – Why You Need a Mentor
16.7 – A Recruiter’s Secret Weapon

17 – Epilogue

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