As a busy recruiter, you are probably wondering if is it even worth your time to read “recruiting blogs”? You are intent on executing the latest sourcing hack (talking of sourcing hacks, do you know the latest way to source developers from stack overflow), reaching out to rockstars, placing candidates, and delivering an unforgettable experience to your candidates? Your skepticism is well-placed. However, in a world fraught with useless information everywhere, there is a breather of some incredible blogs that will help you stay updated. The real question you should be asking is can you afford not to stay updated with these blogs? It probably won’t take more than a few minutes of your day and will help you stay current. 

1) Socialtalent

Best for: Talent acquisition Executives, Recruiters, and Sourcers Socialtalent publishes just one article a day and consistently publishes great articles about sourcing, recruiting, and an occasional breather of a funny article! Its content ranges from videos, ebooks, webinars, and of course blog posts. Socialtalent is the best place to go for bite-sized highly relevant video training content so you get great pieces of those as well. 

2) Talent Culture

Best for: Talent operations executives and Talent Acquisition Executives Talentculture is a blog operated by renowned speaker and thought leader Meghan Biro. It’s got some fantastic articles about building culture, best practices, and analytical pieces from people who have implemented large-scale changes in their organizations. Its content ranges from blogs, webinars, ebooks, guides, and a really great podcast called Worktrends. Must read the post: Complacency 

3) Fistful of Talent

Best for: HR and Talent Ops, Talent Acquisition Executives Fistful of talent is a blog run by Kris Dunn, who is also the founder of KinetixHR – a boutique staffing and training firm. Fistful has a unique combination of refreshingly honest jargon-free writing that comes straight from the heart. Kris regularly writes about his daily experiences and always has a lesson at the end of it. Its content mainly consists of blogs and videos. However, that does not mean it is bland. The type of content ranges from strategy, talent acquisition, and talent ops to straight personal motivation. Must-read post: Are you in a trough of disillusionment? 

4) Wizardsourcer

Best for: Sourcers and recruiters looking for nifty tricks and automation. Wizardsourcer is a blog run by sourcer – Jonathan Kidder.  Kidder is a renowned sourcer and sourcing trainer with a command over automation, boolean, and other myriad sourcing tactics. This reflects very well on his blog as well. Wizardsourcer blog is full of great automation tactics, sourcing tool reviews, and Interviews. Must read post: The best IFTTT recipes for Recruiting 

5)Booleanstrings

Best for: Technical Sourcers, Recruiters Booleanstrings is a strictly sourcing-focused blog run by Irina Shamaeva. She is a sourcing wizard and has some amazing tools and great tricks up her sleeve. She’s got a great collection of custom search engines that can help you with your x-ray searches better. Its content is mainly in text. However, the content is highly technical and very hands-on. You can read a post and get down to executing the latest sourcing hack. In most cases, it works. It’s a great way to stay up to date with the latest sourcing hacks. Must read the post: Custom search for Recently Updated Profiles  

6) Tim Sackett Project

Best for: Talent Acquisition Executives, Recruiters Tim runs a blog called Tim Sackett Project. Tim is a good friend of Kris of Fistful of talent. Tim runs a first-person jargon-free narrative of everything under the recruitment sun! He also writes about his personal musings and Hitech. Tim Sackett and I hold very similar views on the potential impact of AI on the art and craft and sourcing and recruiting. Read about it here in our most recommended post of Tim Sackett. Must read the post: Future of sourcing is here 

7) flair

Best for: HR professionals and recruiters looking for automation and effective tricks.

flair consistently publishes truly insightful articles relating to recruiting, automation, company culture, and HR best practices, to only name a few topics. flair’s content is very hands-on and reading their blog is a great way to stay up to date with the latest developments in the HR world. 

Must-read post: Unpacking the attrition rate and why it matters

8) Boolean blackbelt

Best for: Sourcers and Recruiters Boolean black belt is the most definitive place to discover sourcing hacks and become the best at boolean and x-ray search. A boolean black belt is choke-full of nifty tricks to search google, LinkedIn and a bunch of other great sites. Must read the post: Basic boolean search operators and query modifiers explained  

9) The Searchologist

Best for: HR, Talent Acquisition & Recruiters/Sourcers The searchologist blog is operated by Katrina Collier. Katrina is a renowned speaker and trainer with extensive experience in social recruiting, sourcing, and delivering a great candidate experience. Okay, folks, that’s it? Did we miss your favorite recruiting blog?  If there are some great blogs about recruiting that you know, do let us know in the comments and we might include it.