What do you read? Part 1

Not really relevant but hilarious anyway!

I thought it would be good to share some of my favourite things to read and some of my favourite people to follow across social media (in no particular order). I've split this into two posts one based around sourcing specialists and the second part, to follow, based around the wider Recruitment & HR world.

Sourcing Specialists

This is who to follow if you want to stay ahead of the game when it comes to sourcing and searching.

+Glen Cathey (Twitter: @GlenCathey, Web: booleanblackbelt.com)

Glen is a recruitment legend, his knowledge of internet sourcing is probably second to none and his blog posts are always a fascinating educational experience.

+Irina Shamaeva (Twitter: @braingain‎ Web: booleanstrings.com)

Irina is in the same league as Glen when it comes to knowledge around sourcing, her website booleanstrings is one of the go to resources for all things search. She also runs a very interesting community who are always free to help out.

+Martin Lee (Twitter: @mrmartinlee Web: linkedin.com/in/martinjlee‎)

I had the pleasure of working with Martin during his time at Talent Works and he always had the time to help out with the many sourcing quests that we complete. If you ever have a question just drop him a line and he’s sure to be able to help or know of someone to help.

+Katharine Robinson (Twitter: @TheSourceress Web: uksourcers.co.uk)

Katharine is one of the UKs leading Sourcers (Sourceress’s?) and is always around to share great insights into sourcing techniques. She’s also a Sourcing Grand Master so is definitely worth following.

+Dan Russell (Twitter: @dmrussell Web: searchresearch1.blogspot.com)

Dan is a Google insider and his blog is an always fantastic place to hone your search skills. Some of his challenges have become legendary (the tower one in particular) and they’re a great place to really push your searching abilities.

+Maureen Sharib (Twitter: @MaureenSharib Web: http://magicmethod.ning.com/profiles/blog/list)

As much as the internet is fantastic. We sourcers cannot afford to forget telephone sourcing techniques. They can uncover a lot more information than the internet can offer. Maureen is, for me, the go to person for information around this.

+Jeremy Roberts (Twitter: @imJeremyR Web: http://jeremyrobertstx.com/)

Jeremy is the editor of SourceCon and has an extensive past in Talent Acquisition. Along with sharing all the great SourceCon knowledge Jeremy also hosts Google+ Hangouts where sourcers unite to right wrongs and help one another out.

+Jim Stroud (Twitter: @JimStroud Web: http://blog.jimstroud.com/)

Jim is the producer of some of my favourite videos related to sourcing they're always worth a watch and will always raise a smile along with provoking thought and relaying new ideas.

+Balazs Paroczay (Twitter: @TheBalazs Web: http://thebalazs.com)

Balazs leads one of the best sourcing functions around and his blog posts are always worth paying attention to - in particular see his deconstruction of Facebook searching, it really is fantastic work.

+SourceCon (Twitter: @Sourcecon Web: www.sourcecon.com)

SourceCon should be one of the go to sources for anyone with an interest in recruitment, there's always a wide variety of content based around sourcing. They are of course the hosts of the SourceCon events and the infamous Grand Master Challenge (which really does live up to it's name).

So that is my list of who to follow, there are so many great people within the sourcing world on social media that this post could've been the best part of 20 pages long. Who else should I be following or reading? 

Of course you shouldn't forget to follow me! (Twitter: @LiamTFitzG LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/liamfitzgerald)