Looking to upskill as a Technical Recruiter?

I find recruiting for Engineering & Product quite different from non-technical roles so I wanted to share some of the resources that I have found useful! If you know of any other interesting resources, please feel free to reach out to me and I will include it below!

Communities:

• TechRecruit/TalentCongress: https://www.techrecruit.io/ -> Stacey has built a really great technical recruiting community, I especially love her Dueling Sourcers web series where Sourcers compete and share their tools used for their various hunts!
• Recruiting Brainfood: https://www.recruitingbrainfood.com/ -> Love Hung Lee's community, his website contains a great number of global job boards and he has a facebook community + weekly distribution list of thought-provoking talent acquisition articles.
• ThePeoplePeopleGroup: https://www.thepeoplepeoplegroup.com/ -> For my Toronto HR folks, PPG is an awesome slack community for networking and resource sharing among Toronto-based Human Resources Professionals
• The Sourcing Method by Shally Steckerl: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sourcingmethod -> great for next level sourcing tips!
• DiversifyTech: https://www.diversifytech.co/ -> Although not HR related, DiversifyTech is a great hub for inclusion resources, job boards for diverse candidates and events to participate in!

Video/E-Learning Resources:

• WomenWhoCode Technology Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/user/WomenWhoCode -> great videos and content to understand the various aspects of information technology!
• Geekruiter Academy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvfRMDDiKKqNVaezfvBVR0A/videos -> Geekruiter is a fascinating resource, Michal is a former CTO of a start-up that now trains technical recruiters. He delivers various trainings through boot camps, mind maps, booklets, etc. I used alot of his content to understand the various relationships across technologies/languages/frameworks/tools.
• Holistica IT Training: https://holistica.co.uk/ -> Ayub is fantastic, I know he's based in the UK and primarily focuses on training technical recruiters. His content covers tech recruiting in development, IT support/infrastructure, data/machine learning + AI! He also wrote an awesome history recap of software development.
• LinkedIn Learning: https://www.dhirubhai.net/learning/ -> I'm a huge fan of LinkedIn Learning - I find it's a great resource for all of the soft skills required for successful recruiting (communication skills, problem solving, data analysis, negotiation, project management, diversity, inclusion & belonging, and more). Some public libraries provide LinkedIn Learning subscriptions so you may be able to get the above resource for free.
• AIRS Courses: https://airsdirectory.com/collections/certifications -> When I started in recruiting, I ended up taking both the CIR and PRC certifications through AIRS. Gave great insights on sourcing via Boolean strings and the foundational knowledge of being a Talent Acquisition Partner.

Interesting Whitepapers:

• LinkedIn Emerging Jobs Reporting Hub: https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/emerging-jobs-report#select-country/two-zero-two-zero -> Interesting data that helps understand what sort of roles to pipeline for
• Scoring Top Tech Markets - CBRE: https://www.cbre.ca/en/research-and-reports/Scoring-Tech-Talent-in-North-America-2020 -> Great if you're thinking of trying to identify more niche talent pools outside of the big North American cities
• StackOverflow: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020 -> Every year, I take the time to look through Stack's report to better understand what's happening in the world of Software Development
• Microsoft's Research on "The New Future of Work": https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/the-new-future-of-work/?utm_campaign=Level%20Up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
• ThoughtWorks 2021 - Looking Glass: https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/looking-glass?utm_campaign=Level%20Up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter -> I always love reviewing Thoughtworks' white papers on emerging technologies, it helps me understand the talent needed down the line

Books:

• "Powerful" - Patty McCord -> LOVE this book. I align very much with Patty's approach as a talent partner.
• "To Sell is Human" - Daniel H. Pink
• "The Fourth Industrial Revolution" - Klaus Schwab -> great insights into where the world may head
• "Carry That Quota" - Jesse Rothstein -> this really resonated, recruiting is definitely a hybrid between sales and human resources and is not an easy job
• "UltraLearning" - Scott Young
• "Never Split the Difference" - Chris Voss -> If you're looking to up your negotiation game, definitely recommend this one
• "Work Rules! Insights from Google" - Laszlo Bock -> Super interesting if you're looking to understand some of the human resources methodologies of one of the biggest global technology companies in the world
• "Top Talent Sourcing Tools for Recruiters" - Jonathan Kidder -> Takes your Recruiting/Sourcing tools knowledge to the next level, I learned all about contact finding tools, recruiting automation, boolean string builders, data scraping and more!
• "Full Stack Recruiter" - Jan Tegze -> Teaches you about sourcing across various channels like Github/Facebook/Meet-up/etc.
• "How to Speak Tech" - Vinay Trivedi

Additional Product & Engineering type books:

• "The Phoenix Project"
• "INSPIRED: How to create Tech Products customers LOVE" -> If you're unfamiliar with the realm of product, this book is a great introduction!
• "Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations" -> Great resource for understanding the challenges/opportunities of building a strong engineering organization

Podcasts:

• PLURALSIGHT: All Hands on Tech
• MATT ALDER: Recruiting Future
• HIRED: Talk Talent To Me
• Tech Recruitment: Michael Juhas