How to Source Candidates by Salesforce Cloud Expertise

  Sourcing candidates for Salesforce roles requires a careful consideration of each candidate’s cloud expertise. While common roles such as Salesforce administrators and developers may be easy to find, clients often request candidates who have experience working with specific Salesforce clouds and programs. However, it’s not as simple as including the cloud names in a… Read more »

My Key Takeaway from the 2022 Hackathon

I recently participated in the SourceCon Hackathon, where I competed against over 100 sourcers and recruiters from around the world. A Sourcing Hackathon is like an online scavenger hunt, where participants hunt for hard-to-find pieces of information. The October SourceCon was hosted at the Seattle Art Museum, and many of the questions were art-themed, which… Read more »

Crafting the Perfect Resume: Tips from Our Sr. Salesforce Recruiter

Did you know that the average recruiter spends just six seconds reviewing a resume? Make every second count with these expert tips from our most Sr. Salesforce Recruiter, Kevin Kluge.   Key Elements of a Successful Resume First impressions matter, and when it comes to your resume, the first thing I look for is clarity,… Read more »

DEI Sourcing Tips: Neurodivergent Employees

Neurodivergent Employees In today’s working world, it is imperative to have a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all employees. While we have discussed sourcing for underrepresented groups, including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and LGBTQ individuals in the past, this article will cover an additional group: neurodivergent employees. Since about 20% of… Read more »

What is a Sourcing Hackathon?

What is a hackathon? Let’s start off with the basics; there are multiple different kinds of hackathons. Originally, hackathons were events for programmers to create apps or programs in a limited amount of time in order to solve a specific problem. However, hackathons today are no longer specific to software engineers, programmers, or developers. In… Read more »

Winning #35 on Crain’s Best Places to Work

Objective Paradigm came in at #35 on Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago! This is Objective Paradigm’s 4th win for Crain’s and we are excited to be climbing our way to #1.   At OP, we pride ourselves on not only being the best recruiting firm out there but also being one of the… Read more »

People Analytics

A new force has emerged in the HR and recruiting world that is transforming the workplace – people analytics.  People analytics refers to using data analysis techniques to understand and improve processes that affect human capital. This requires collecting, cleaning and making sense of employee data to make informed business decisions.  HR is slowly becoming… Read more »

Reveal a Wound, Connect with your Candidate’s Pain Points

The qualifying call. To discover if a candidate is in a position to make a move I try to uncover a wound. By wound I mean an area of weakness in the candidate’s current job. This could be a lack of opportunity for growth, low pay, or too long of a commute, among other things. … Read more »

Recruiting in 2020: 3 Thoughts to Take Us into the Future

A new decade is near! How will you level up your recruitment game in 2020?  Whether you call them resolutions, goals or just part of a career and recruitment development plan, here’s what’s top-of-mind as I prepare to hit the ground running in 2020. 1. Attracting Gen Z Build a pipeline of candidates that includes… Read more »