Suzy Tonini – Manager Internet Research, Sourcer

Posted on: November 4, 2008

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Suzy Tonini – Manager Internet Research, Sourcer
Suzy Tonini is currently the manager, Internet Research at Deloitte Services in Bend, Oregon. She has strong sourcing credentials including stints as Senior Internet Researcher at Management Recruiters International and her own independent research company. Suzy brings a depth of experience and innovation to search for passive and active candidates within different practice areas, evaluating recruiting technologies, and perform competitive intelligence. She says “I am an Information Specialist with over 21 years of experience in cutting-edge research & information strategies. Networking has always been a passion of mine, & I am utilizing the Information Age to its fullest potential. And so should you! Web 2.0 is here and moving to 3.0 pretty darn quickly.Social Networking and People Power is just starting to really take off and I am taking a big noticing to these fast-moving trends.”
  • Definitely enjoyed this, though I would've preferred Bill asking more specific questions about the elements of sourcing training that Suzy delivers to her teams (e.g., she volunteered creating Boolean search strings and job board alerts for her Deloitte India teams).

    Let me comment on two of Suzy's points:

    1) I agree when she said someone can become a great sourcer without formal training or certification if you already have some search savvy, but if you're starting new, then training is valuable to ramp up the "right" way. To this I would add: you can save a lot of time with great training.

    2) She had no idea how to estimate the number of sourcers. There are some data points that can help you get to a number of how many sourcers are out there. For example, LinkedIn recently announced they have 530,000 recruiters as members. Of course, sourcers are within that subset. Relatively few sourcers are doing full-time name-gen or competitive intelligence research. I would argue that recruiters who appreciate the value of LinkedIn are sourcers. How can you get to that number? I posit that out of those 530,000 recruiters, the ones with 500+ first-degree connections are probably sourcers. That would be an interesting number to get from LinkedIn - in fact, I think I'll ask them!
  • Nice video Suzy and Bill! Love to hear everyone's take on recruiting and sourcing. XtremeRecruiting.tv is turning into the "Late Night with Jay Leno" for our industry isn't it?
  • Suzy
    Aww- shucks... - thanks so much for the kudos everyone - I am not very camera-friendly but I respect Bill's gig too much to say no. Thanks again for the opportunity Bill!!
  • What a great way to meet someone who you thought you knew who you realize you didn't know until Bill put them on the telly.

    Another great interview, Bill.
  • Marie Journey
    Suzy - Loved the detailed commentary and viewpoint on Social Networking. You continue to lead the way. Wish I had a peak at the Sourcing Portal! Hope you will be speaking at SourceCon in 2009...
  • Great interview! Good to see you Suzy and another great production from Bill.
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