Terminal TA Academy
6 weeks intensive professional training program leading to a career as a Technical general sourcer at Terminal.
Navigating this course and platform
Introducting SourceCon Academy's learning platform
Populating your Drive Portfolio
Submitting your assignments
Gamifying your experience
Before you start, set yourself up for success
Ready and setup for remote work and success?
Another quick assessments before we begin
Week 1: goals, focus and activities
Chapter Introduction
TA and Terminal organization
Terminal Journey, onboarding online course
Understanding core roles and story points at Terminal
Global Hiring: A look at our markets
Terminal Markets - Interactive map
Terminal Markets - Short Quiz
Learning how to learn
End of day fun
Chapter overview and learning objectives
[SC] Org Charts: Corporate org charts and job roles
[SC] Defining the Typical roles for staffing orgs
[SC] The Recruiting Life Cycle: Full-time, Contract, VMS
Guides: Recruiting and Sourcing in LATAM & Canada
Time to zoom again.... Join our mentors
Your wellness pause; A bit of stretching first.
A word about mentors office hours
Chapter Introduction
Holistica Platform Overview
[HA] Welcome to IT recruitment (masterclass)
Preparing for your EOW weekly syncs
Speaking of personal journaling
Your Leaderboard - how are you doing so far?
Oops, one more thing...
Weekly goals, focus and activities
Recruiting responsibilities, managing your hiring manager, and more...
[SC] Hiring Manager Challenges & (P)research
[SC] Hiring Manager Questions & Intake (AKA TPKO) Meetings
[SC] More (P)research & Actionable Sourcing
[SC] When to Push Back
[SC] Guest Lecture: A Different Take on Managing Your Hiring Manager
Assignment: Prepare to meet your hiring manager
Chapter overview and learning objectives
[SC] The Sourcing Research Profile & Low Hanging Fruit
[SC] Leveraging Social, Smile and Dial & Candidate Engagement
Assignment: Prepare your draft sourcing plan
Wellness pause, let's do a little stretching!
A little foreword
[SC] Boolean and Search Engine Operations
[SC] Rules for Searching
[SC] Job Titles Vs. Action Words
[SC] Resume & About Me Searches
[SC] Profile Searching
[SC] LinkedIn Searching From Google
[SC] Adding Location to Your Searches
[SC] Advanced: Guest Lecture: URL Sourcing for Profiles
Updates on the previous videos
[SC] Best Practices Searching within LinkedIn
[SC] Searching LinkedIn from Google
[SC] Searching Personal Links & Resumes
[SC] LinkedIn Groups & Advanced Search Strings
Updates on the previous videos
[SC] LinkedIn Profiles, Extensions & Google Research
[SC] Email Formats & Verification Tools
[SC] Sourcing Twitter
[SC] Sourcing Facebook Profiles
[SC] Sourcing Instagram & Pinterest
[SC] Job Titles, interests & Action Words
[SC] Profiles & LinkedIn
[SC] Personal Links & Twitter
[SC] Job Titles, Interests & Action Words
[SC] Specialized Search Engines & Strings
[SC] Starting Your Search & Identifying Organizations
[SC] Profiles & Google Searches for LinkedIn
[SC] Google+, Twitter Profiles & Twitter Lists
[SC] Facebook Profiles & Google Images
[SC] Guest Lecture: A Different Take on Diversity Sourcing
[SC] Diversity - Advanced Search: LinkedIn Advanced Searches
[TW] Boolean Strings (Diversity)
[SC] Identifying Groups & Targeting Profiles
[SC] Meetup & GitHub
[SC] Contacting Users on GitHub & Sourcing Stack Overflow
[SC] Advanced Search Strings & More Coding Sites
[SC] Conferences, Speakers & Attendees
[SC] Twitter & Twitter Lists
[SC] Associations: Identifying & Searching
[SC] Associations: Advanced Searches & Reference List
[SC] Searching Patents for Candidates
[SC] ResearchGate, Google Scholar, IEEE & More
Sourcing Lab - Part I
[SC] Browser Setup & Best Practices
[SC] Keyboard Shortcuts
[SC] People Finding Extensions
[SC] Organization, Scheduling & Process
[SC] Browser Extensions - Advanced: Guest Lecture: OneTab & Extension Managers
[SC] Recruiter Desktop Management: Successful Practices Prioritization
[TW] Sourcing and recruiting tools at Terminal
Get ready for tools demos....
Terminal Tools: Introducing Linked In Recruiter and Nymeria
Terminal Tools: Introducing GEM
Terminal Tools: Introducing ICIMs
Terminal Tools: Introducing Seekout
[SC] Channels to Connect with Candidates & Emails That Work
[SC] X-raying Niche Sites
[SC] Sourcing Using Google Images
[SC] SeekOut
[SC] The Forgotten Children of Search
[SC] What to Do When You've Tried Everything Else
[SC] Benefits & Example CSEs
[SC] Starting to Build & the Sites Section
[SC] Search Strings & Refinements
[SC] Connecting Refinements, Look & Feel
[SC] Advanced Edits
Ready for more demos?
Your Leaderboard - the heat is ON!
Weekly Goals, focus and activities
[SC] Problems, Research & Discovery
[SC] Job Titles, Programming Languages & Software
[SC] LinkedIn, Req Breakdown & Github.io
[SC] Github & HackerRank
[SC] Research, Web Stack, & Web Services
[SC] Req Breakdown, LinkedIn Sourcing & GitHub
[SC] Research, Roles & Definitions
[SC] Req Breakdown, LinkedIn Sourcing & GitHub
[SC] Databases & Database Types
[SC] Big Data & Data Services
[SC] Hadoop, LinkedIn Searches, & Profile Breakdown
[SC] Req Breakdown, GitHub & Kaggle
Wellness pause - calming your mind
Terminal Tools: Introducing Pillar (aka LUMA)
Euh...did you say LOOM?
Chapter overview and learning objectives
[SC] Candidate Engagement: Image, Brand & Content
[SC] Candidate Engagement: Profiles, Messaging & Experience
[SC] Candidate Motivation: Motivational Theory & Why People Work
[SC] Candidate Motivation: Motivational Angles & Questions
[SC] Candidate Motivation: Dream Job & Motivational Factors
[SC] Screening Questions: How to Ask Questions & Getting Answers
[SC] Screening Questions: Researching Questions & Answers
[SC] Screening Questions: Red Flags, Further Research & Internet Answers
[TW] Download: Spotting Red Flags CheatSheet
[SC] Candidate Control & Setting Expectations: Two Way Communication & Establishing Credibility
[SC] Candidate Control & Setting Expectations: Gaining Control & Candidate Activity
[SC] Candidate Control & Setting Expectations: Expectations, Following Up & Red Flags
Guide: what makes for a great candidate experience
[SC] Best Practices
[SC] Strategies & Fixes
[SC] Personalized Emails & Rules to Follow
[SC] Email Cold Call & Personalized Mass Emails
Chapter summary and practice (email messaging and more...)
Take home exercise from your live session
Wellness pause: don't forget to stetch!
[HA] Recruiting software developers (masterclass)
Sourcing lab part II
A bit more on messaging
Post work from your session
[SC] Calling Codes, Cities, Countries & Domains
[SC] Xing, Viadeo, LinkedIn & Weibo
[SC] User Groups, Facebook & Twitter
[SC] Advanced Sourcing
[SC] SimilarWeb, LinkedIn & Industry Lists
[SC] Finance Sites, Evaluating Competitors & Google
[SC] Guest Lecture: Competitor Search
Boosting your communication skills - part I
Assignment: Present Terminal to a candidate
While you are here...
[HA] Agile and DevOps (masterclass)
Handy resources for you
Oops Let's stretch it out some more!
Weekly goals, focus and activities
Mentors on call..
First, let's Jam it out...
Boosting your communication skills - part II
Assignment: A glimpse at presenting a technical concept
Don't keep your hiring managers waiting...
Assignment: Finalize your sourcing plan and strategy
Announce your job role and start sourcing
Assignment: sourcing candidates for your role
Prepare & conduct screening calls
Another look at your Leaderboard
Weekly goals and focus
Chapter overview and learning objectives
[SC] Selling the job/company: Job, Opportunity & Culture
[SC] Selling the job/company: Candidate & Job Postings
[SC] Overcoming objections: Candidate Smoke Screens & Objections
[SC] Overcoming objections: Even More Objections
[SC] Salary negotiations: Negotiations, Questions to Ask & Pushback
[SC] Salary negotiations: When Things Go Wrong & Pre-Close
Guide: When & how to talk about salaries
Guide: Conducting a reference check
Chapter overview and learning objectives
[SC] Conducting a Reference Check
[SC] Visas & Green Cards
[SC] Employment Classifications
[SC] Hiring policies & Protocols: EEOC Laws & Non-Discriminatory Questions
[SC] Hiring policies & Protocols: Hiring Policies, Feedback & OFCCP
[SC] Compensation: Full-time, Contract, Direct & Indirect
[SC] Compensation: Compensation Surveys & Cost of Living
Wellness pause: Yoga at your desk, in less than 2min
Zoom time with your mentors
Prepare and conduct interviews
Wellness pause: reconnect with yourself
Assignment: Making your final recommendation
Present an offer and negotiate with the candidate
One week to go - have you started shopping yet?
Weekly goals and focus
Time for self-reflection and feedback
Assignment: Inbound candidate assessment
Culture in the workplace
Your final quiz
Assignment: Ready to promote Terminal?
Final Sourcing Activity
Your last chance to use your digital coins!
A closing word
(plus many many mentors)
Rita "Roksi" Rivera
Karine Roy
Faith Richmond