by sofiabroberger | Nov 14, 2019 | English, Random Thoughts
A little while back I had a phone call from Paula Olinder. We have never actually met but are connected on Linkedin. She wanted to know if I knew of a good source for salary statistics in Sweden that was developer-specific. I didn’t. We have SCB, Statistiska...
by sofiabroberger | Sep 9, 2019 | English, Sourcing & Recruitment
Last week I spoke at ROC day in Wroclaw, Poland. When my friend Kasia first invited me I asked her what she would like me to talk about and she thought that a talk on messaging, how to get replies, similar to what I have talks on before would be a good topic. As...
by sofiabroberger | Aug 11, 2019 | English, Sourcing & Recruitment
It’s been a while since SourceCon in Amsterdam, but I’ve been reflecting on all the sessions for a while (and it takes me ages to write a blog post…). Despite the actual topic of the conference being Storytelling, that wasn’t my key take away....
by sofiabroberger | Jun 30, 2019 | English, Sourcing & Recruitment
It’s been a slow spring for me. Quite a few weeks have past without a single hire. Not for lack of trying. The sourcing gods know I’ve tried. (If anyone has any hint of how to get a hold of a great Android developer in Stockholm, let me know!). But as...
by sofiabroberger | May 25, 2019 | Random Thoughts
I attended SourceCon, again. This was my third time, and I’m sure it won’t be my last. However, this time was a bit extra special to me for various reasons. Firstly, it was my first time attedning SourceCon as a speaker. I had the honor of speaking about...
by sofiabroberger | May 9, 2019 | English, Sourcing & Recruitment
The big collaborative list of Github search operators As I was writing my latest post, Behavioural sourcing on Github, I tried finding a list of some with ALL Github search operators. The closest I could come was a sheet that the lovely Susanna had created. It was...
by sofiabroberger | Apr 28, 2019 | English, Sourcing & Recruitment
Behavioural sourcing Those who know me, have heard me speak, or attended any of my trainings know that I am quite into what is called behavioural sourcing. It was my friend Guillame who first introduced me to the term about a year ago. The concept as such wasn’t new...
by sofiabroberger | Feb 10, 2019 | Candidate Outreach, English, Sourcing & Recruitment
,Quality or quantity? Some people say recruitment is a numbers game. If you just get in touch with enough people you will eventually make a placement. Most recruiters, at some point in their career, will have been told about the 10% rule. In order to hire 1 person,...
by sofiabroberger | Jan 13, 2019 | Random Thoughts, Svenska
Innan jag började med rekrytering hade jag inte ens en LinkedIn profil. Eller jo, det hade jag nog. Men jag använde den inte. När jag började som researcher var det dags att lära mig mer och det första var att nå till 500 kontakter, så att man inte verkade som en...
by sofiabroberger | Dec 14, 2018 | Candidate Outreach, Svenska
För några veckor sen skrev jag ett inlägg (på engelska) om hyperpersonalisering och den resa jag själv gjort för att lära mig vikten av personalisering när man tar kontakt med potentiella kandidater. Men en sak som jag inte gick in på särskilt djupt var att...
