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 »

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 »

How Dedicated Sourcers Can Drive Company Culture

  While many different factors impact an organization’s success, the strength of its culture is always an important consideration. Culture acts as the road on which an organization drives to achieve success. Whether that road is smooth and well-maintained or bumpy and full of potholes has a tremendous effect on the speed and efficiency of… Read more »

Focus with an Organized & Clutter-Free Work Zone

If you are losing focus and getting distracted, it’s probably time to get organized. Days in the office FLY by and organizing, de-cluttering, and implementing new productivity tactics start to seem impossible and less important than the work itself. Many of us are spending our work week in the same spot, so why aren’t we… Read more »

Empathy and Genuinity in Recruiting

Looking back at SourceCon Vegas and the sessions I attended, I can’t help but recognize how each one continues to influence my workday. With tips on candidate engagement, technical sourcing tactics, and discussions on platforms and tools to find the best candidates, SourceCon provided days worth of knowledge-bombs that resonated with me and enhanced my… Read more »

Alternative Ways to Build Diverse and Inclusive Work Environments

As a Talent Acquisition Consultant, it’s my job to help companies identify and attract candidates to their organization. Each client that I’ve supported is different and many of their hiring needs are varied, but one underlying focus among them is hiring and retaining people of diverse backgrounds. Pipeline Diversity How do we get diverse candidates… Read more »

Databases need a clean up too!

The ice is melting – it’s time to clean up your databases! Long before my days of recruiting began “your database as your business” and having a massive database were the best ways to go. Inevitably, time changes all things and now with access to platforms like Human Predictions, LinkedIn, and Prophet; the database has… Read more »