11 Sourcing Hacks

to Hire Faster
Hack [hak]:
a strategy or technique adopted
in order to manage one’s
time and activities in a more
efficient way, derived from
solving a computer hardware
or program limitation. Hacks
enable recruiting teams to
move quickly and efficiently
The Need for Speed: The best candidates
10 are off the market in 10 days.1

In this eBook, we dive into an area filled with a daunting

processes that when done right, can help you find the best
new hires and win them over quickly to set up your company
for success.

1. Officevibe.com, 2016

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1. Ensure your sourced candidates are trackable.

2. Post your jobs to Glassdoor.

3. Respond to both positive and negative reviews on Glassdoor.

4. Source internal talent.

5. Quickly locate candidate email addresses.

6. Have a strong nurture email strategy.

7. Know top Slack communities to look at and engage with.

8. Host team-wide sourcing jams.

9. Set up regular alerts for top prospects.

10. Host successful kickoffs with hiring managers.

11. Clone email templates that work.

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1. Ensure your sourced candidates

are trackable.
Be sure that whatever platform you use easily tracks sourced candidates
within your applicant tracking system and integrates with top sourcing
tools like LinkedIn. Tracking your activities allows you to prove the value
of your work, and integration with sourcing tools saves you loads of time!

2. Post your jobs to Glassdoor.

Glassdoor is a great place to source informed candidates that know about
your brand and have read enough reviews to be sure they want to work
with you. In fact, customers see 30% more retention when they hire
talent that applies through Glassdoor over other platforms.2 Be sure your
recruiting teams prioritize following up with these strong candidates.

Customers see 30% more

retention when they hire talent
that applies through Glassdoor
over other platforms.

2. Glassdoor, Employer Retention Study, 2018

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3. Respond to both positive and negative

reviews on Glassdoor.
Finding the right job is one of the biggest decisions people make. Therefore
candidates are likely to read at least seven reviews before forming an
opinion of a company.3 By responding to reviews, you show that you care,
putting your best foot forward with top talent.

Among those surveyed, 74% of Glassdoor

users read at least 4 reviews before
forming an opinion of a company.

4. Source internal talent.

Internal mobility can not only improve sourcing qualified talent quickly,
it can also boost your retention. Be sure managers regularly meet with
their employees and notify HR when any employee is open to other
opportunities across the organization.

2X Internal hiring is the easiest, quickest, and

most cost effective way to hire. Hiring
internally (14.7% hire rate) is almost twice as
efficient as hiring referrals (8.5% hire rate).

5. Quickly locate candidate email addresses.

Lever syncs with many top platforms like Connectifier, a free tool through
LinkedIn, to locate candidates quickly and deliver Lever Nurture emails
straight to their inbox.

3. Glassdoor U.S. Site Survey, August 2018

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6. Have a strong nurture email strategy.

Clients using Lever Nurture typically see that 99%
of those that respond do so by the third email sent.4
Recruiters who wear a marketing hat and build
a strong email series can quickly win the
race for top talent.

Pro Tip
Check out our 7 Email Nurture Templates
to Speed Up Hiring for ideas.

7. Know top Slack communities to look at

and engage with.
Slack can be a powerful tool to use and leverage when looking to source
top talent, especially if looking to improve diversity and inclusion within
your organization. Channels such as: Women In Tech, Ruby Developers,
TechFam, BIT (Blacks in Tech), and ChiTech are just a few that can be
a great place to start and engage.

Engineers have the lowest response rate, yet are

the 2nd most likely to be hired from sourcing.

8. Host team-wide sourcing jams.

Blocking out time on a regular basis for team-wide sourcing jams can be
a great way to boost morale and share tips and tricks amongst your team
on sourcing techniques that work.

4. Lever, Science of Sourcing, 2018

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9. Set up regular alerts for top prospects.

Within Lever, you can set alerts that remind you to follow up with sourced
candidates and snooze candidates until they might be ready for outreach
again. This is a great way to track your talent pipeline and not forget about
top talent when the right role comes along.

10. Host successful kickoffs with

hiring managers.
A great relationship with hiring managers will help you source talent
that’s closely aligned with their needs. When you meet with hiring
managers, ask them for top companies they’d like to target for open
roles, define skills that are nice-to-have versus need-to-have, and suggest
remote options if the right talent isn’t located in your area. Showing your
understanding of the marketplace helps you set expectations with hiring
managers while helping you find the right talent.

11. Clone email templates that work.

Frequently audit and A/B test InMails to sourced talent
and save the outreach templates that generate the highest
response and open rates. Lever Nurture reports allow you to look across
every reachout from your team and see which emails have the most
opens, clicks and responses. To incentivize recruiters to test new
messaging on a quarterly basis, reward those on your team who send
the highest performing emails.

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Finding the best talent and setting them up for success
impacts the bottom line at your company for years to come.

Applying hacks to better your sourcing means

utilizing all the available technology and paying close
attention to how you communicate to top candidates.

Taking advantage of these hacks allows you to create

a virtuous feedback loop of finding top candidates,
who become happy employees, which allows you to
find even more top candidates. Happy Hacking!

Lever’s mission is to help the

world hire with conviction.
Our Talent Acquisition Suite draws the entire team together to efficiently source, nurture,
interview, and hire top talent through effortless collaboration. Incorporating best-of-breed
automation, intelligence and design, Lever helps employers develop stronger candidate
relationships in fewer clicks, by combining powerful ATS and CRM functionality in one
modern platform—and measure the results with confidence.

Lever was founded in 2012 and supports the hiring needs of over 1,500 leading companies
around the globe, including the teams at Netflix, KPMG NZ, Hot Topic, and Cirque du Soleil.
With an overall gender ratio of 50:50, Lever is also fiercely committed to building a team
culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

For more information, visit lever.co LeverApp Lever @lever