SourceCon is the industry standard event of sourcing. Nothing shows this more than how the official hashtag of the conference, #sourcecon is followed by thousands – including sourcers and recruiters from the other half of the world, like me. The reason is simple: the tweets of the participants offer valuable nuggets of advice.

In this post, I have gathered the ones which offer the most to someone who could not participate at SourceCon Seattle. They are not necessarily the most retweeted or favorited, they may not bee the funniest or smartest, but they offer value on their own.

So, here they come:

Get UID chrome extension is the equivalent of the former FB graph search we all loved #sourcecon @Deandacosta @ButtersRecruit

— Teresa Colquitt (@SourcingBeast) March 24, 2015

The ever-busy Shane continued developing Balázs’s discoveries, and now Facebook search is better than ever. Download here.

Speaking of useful browser extensions:

Popular browser extensions for sourcing. #sourcecon pic.twitter.com/gvDR1GoQLK

— Jim Stroud (@jimstroud) March 24, 2015

Are u struggling to make sense of all of the amazing #sourcing tools shared @Sourcecon? –This might help! #sourcecon pic.twitter.com/Lj96OLc9BZ

— Kameron Swinton (@kamoswin) March 25, 2015

And how to manage all that? With one of my favorite extensions of course (ExtenCeption):

In case it's not mentioned, download the Extensity Chrome extension to manage all your extensions http://t.co/PHKpkptQEl @sourcecon

— Steve Levy (@LevyRecruits) March 24, 2015

Searching is just a part of sourcing, and there were many interesting tweets considering the connection and engagement with the candidates.

Sad commentary if people think using the phone is “old school.” Verbal comms/messaging trumps text every time #human #sourcecon

— Glen Cathey (@GlenCathey) March 24, 2015

I believe most of us agree with Glen, but many participants were feeling their phone skills are not fully polished. An advice to everyone who feels the same way:

Practicing phone work is like practicing chipping and putting in golf. Not glamorous, but if you really want to get better…#sourcecon

— Jim Durbin (@smheadhunter) March 24, 2015

Probably the second best method is E-mail, but how many E-mails should you send? Quite many, based on this data.

How many emails should you send to get an initial reply? (On average, 3) #sourcecon pic.twitter.com/RlJ9hhRqFg

— Jim Stroud (@jimstroud) March 24, 2015

When, you ask?

Data on best times to send emails. #SourceCon15 pic.twitter.com/yh80cvvCxF

— Jim Stroud (@jimstroud) March 24, 2015

91% of the time, an email is opened within ONE day after you sent it = Follow up within 24 hours. #sourcecon

— Carolyn Desmarais (@KK8Caro) March 24, 2015

Quite surprisingly being persistent was something a panel made out from highly sought-after candidates said they respect.

Does persistence pay off? Absolutely say engineers on #Sourcecon panel. Respect to those recruiters who keep trying

— Johnny Campbell (@socialtalent) March 25, 2015

Of course, the line can be fine.

As someone who kept cold calling a dead candidate before his widow asked me to stop, there is such a thing as too much followup. #sourcecon

— Matt Charney (@mattcharney) March 24, 2015

One of the other topics the candidates touched shows how recruitment should not be considered an isolated activity – the company needs to add value to a future employee on various levels.

Engineers on #sourcecon panel: "if u want me to move across the country, please have a plan to help my spouse. They have a career, too."

— Amybeth Quinn (@researchgoddess) March 25, 2015

Recruiting at events is one of the best practices, for digital-savvy profiles even just posting with the right conference hashtag at the right time is something I always recommend. Loved how Bryan Chaney made sure he will be visible.

The last tweet I included is touching on a key topic for organizing the sourcing activities.

What's the ideal number of reqs that a Sourcer should work on? Acc to @AonHewitt its 10! How many do you work on? #sourcecon

— Johnny Campbell (@socialtalent) March 24, 2015

Johnny’s tweet got answers ranging from 3-5 to 20+ (heck, there even was a 42). Obviously sourcers at different companies have different scope of responsibilities and quite often many roles need the same skill set.  However, when deciding about the workload of sourcers, the same rule of thumb is true as with any other project.

Did I miss something (100% sure I did)? What was your favorite tweet? Comment below!

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