Sourcing Greenhorn Speaks
“Um…. Ahem, Hello World, are you there?”
Questions:
Does relevant, useful, and interesting content about a profession have to come from a seasoned expert?
Would people pay attention if the material met all the above except that it came from a relative newcomer to the field?
Does the merit of the content speak for itself?
These are a few of the many questions I had when considering whether or not to jump into the blogosphere with my little page on Sourcing.
I have a total of about 3.5 years in the recruiting/staffing field, and a rather twisted career path prior (more later). Some agency experience, and most recently corporate sourcing experience for two very cool, Fortune 1000 companies. So does this qualify me as an expert? Probably not, no. But I love the detective work involved in finding people and especially all the neat-o techie tricks and techniques that I have picked up from Uber Sourcers/researchers/bloggers Shally Steckerl, Jim Stroud, and Senior Queso (Joel Cheeseman), among others. Occasionally I will discover some cool stuff on my own and blab to my colleagues to equal parts glazed eyes and the occaisional, “wow”. So my thought was I bet people would listen if I could find a way to share my learning experiences as I mature in the sourcing world in a way that is interesting, useful, and relevant. If I can successfully heed the advice of Aaron Macgruder via Joel Cheesman, “don’t suck“, than maybe the fact that I’m not an expert won’t matter. I guess that’s the point of the exercise for me and to be determined by you. So, I hope you’ll pay attention, even if its only morbid curiosity and you like watching people fall down, that’s fine too.
