#image sourcing

from this gif:

which I found here; if it belongs to anyone on tumblr, let me know--I don’t mean to steal anyone’s gif. 

A close runner up was this: 

Fine. I’ll just delete the fucking post since everyone assumes I’m trying to pass it off as my own when I said nor implied nothing of the fucking sort.

I source an image if one is provided where I obtain it. Unfortunately, Google, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and thousands of Discord servers are absolutely shit at this. Usually an image is only tagged enough to be discoverable, if they’re tagged at all (LOOKING AT YOU, DISCORD). I know, artists don’t get control over this, but be aware of it, always, because there’s more places than Tumblr where images are sourced badly.

I always, always, ALWAYS hit reblog if I find something on Tumblr. I do not always find things on Tumblr. If I’m posting something instead of reblogging it, I did not find it on Tumblr. 

Full stop, not a single fucking exception.

Failing that, I look for an artist signature and google it, and provide a link to what I find. If I cannot accurately read what I see, this makes searching less accurate. If an artist signs under one name but posts under another, this does not make things easier on me. Furthermore, searching is still a very fallible science. Last night I googled the ONE artist who bothered to sign her work hoping to find a link and just found a chain of Polynesian restaurants instead. Don’t think that’s quite it, chief. This IS something artists can do better with: sign your work legibly and post it online under the same name in a manner that IS searchable.

Rather than assume malevolence (I know that’s the Tumblr way but still), if you see an unsourced pic on my blog it’s because I can’t find one. In those circumstances, if you’re planning on being critical, help me find the source so I can send traffic their way because at the end of the day that’s what I really want to do. 

If you ARE the artist, let me know in a prompt, clear, and deliberate fashion, preferably in PMs (but you do you) and I will amend or remove the post as you request. If you’re coy about it or take a tone first and don’t bother revealing your identity until the second or third reblog, then you’re being an asshole and I’ll treat you as such, being that you’ll be blocked. I don’t own a mutually exclusive license on being an asshole, and how you come across is just as important as how I do to keep things as civilized as possible. I’ll still take the work down, but things will have developed in a way that is sadly typical for Tumblr these days, and we’ll both feel dreadful for different but connected reasons.

I will never, EVER deliberately pass someone else’s work as my own.

And that’s my policy. 

Does anyone know the origin of this image

Saw it on an Instagram slideshow, cursory reverse image searching was not helpful :/

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In the time of AltaVista, Yahoo, and early years of Google, when we tried to find something on the Internet, we simply typed our query into the search field, clicked, and we got a result.

Several years ago, Google, Bing, and others introduced a “Search By Image” capability.

We all use Google for most of our Internet searches, both at home and work. Google has become our personal source of any information we need and has become our library, map, TV, hard drive, and so on. It gives us whatever we need —  websites, videos, music, news, images, and more. It is our everyday tool and an integral part of our lives.

Google processes tens of thousands of search queries every second and more than 3.5 billion searches per day, and part of these queries are related to image search.

I’m a big fan of Google. There is no better tool for sourcers than this search engine. It saves time and becomes  very effective if you know how to use it properly.

Sometimes, I ask Google a very simple question, and the first answer I receive has far more information than I need. But sometimesm Google and I fight for hours and I can’t seem to get the answer I’m looking for, especially when I try to set up Google to send me new candidates via email that match my Boolean search strings.

However, Google is a very handy sourcing tool, and one of the reasons why I like it very much because it constantly amazes me with new things that I could use for my sourcing activities.

Google Image Search

Every Google user knows that Google can help find information through search. Most people are also using Google Image Search when they look for images.

Often, they are trying to find a picture of an object or a person. Alternatively, they might be trying to connect a name they know with a face. The first place they search for the photo is Facebook, and the second is Google Images.

All sourcers uses Google for their work, but not many sourcers use Google Image Search.

The Google Image Search sourcing method is very effective, especially if you are looking for new places to look for candidates. Photos of people you find through this method are mostly connected to their personal blogs, mentioned on company websites on pages like the “About Us” page, and so on.

This searching method will also help you find candidates who are not on LinkedIn. Additionally, if you find an interesting candidate who is mentioned as a speaker on a website, there is a high chance that other speakers mentioned there will have the same skills as the first person you have already found. They could also be potential candidates for your client or your company.

The great benefit of this method is that it brings sourcers additional information about candidates so they can learn more about them before they reach out and try to connect. As you know, doing the proper research before you contact with a candidate is the key! With the right knowledge, you can tailor a personal message and get a higher acceptance rate than when you use the template message for every candidate.

How to use Google Image Search

Note: The better your Boolean string is, the better your results will be.

Step 1: Visit https://images.google.com/. You can also go to https://google.com and select the “Images” tab.

Step 2: Type your keywords into the search field. In this example, we are going to search for a Java Developer in London.

Step 3: A small menu with more options will appear together with your results. Select “Search Tools,” select “Type,” and then select the option, “Face.” This setting will only show you images of faces and remove adverts and any irrelevant images connected with “Java,” “Development” or “London.”

The search results will also be full of images that belong to recruiters, recruitment agencies, or to related to job advertisements with a picture of the recruiter who is responsible for sourcing that role. You can remove these results by adding “-recruiter” or keywords like “-jobs,” “-job,” and so on to eliminate people connected with job advertisements.

Try to experiment with the keywords and with your Boolean search strings; there are many ways to get more accurate results.

Advanced Search

If you are looking for a way to sort your results better, you can select “Settings” and chose the “Advanced Search” option.

This option will give you an opportunity to select the region in which you would like to search and give you the option of only searching on websites connected to your location.

If you need to limit your results to a domain — in this case, the UK — just add “.co.uk” into the site or domain field, and you will get results only under .co.uk domains.

Final thoughts

The steps you have learned from this article are only some basic steps to use Google Image Search and Face Recognition for sourcing. You will need to create more complex Boolean search string to get more accurate results.

Sourcing through face recognition is just one of the many tools that Google offers to sourcers. When you use them the right way, you quickly find the people you are looking for.

Not too long ago, Bing added a new functionality to its image search. Now if you only want to search for a certain object you saw in an internet image or one that is in your photograph, you can use the Bing Image Search and find it somewhere on the Internet.

Last year, Facebook mentioned that it can accurately identify a person 98 percent of the time. With new AIs and technologies, maybe one day we all will be able to find almost every single person from a group picture.

It will be an amazing thing for sourcers, but personally, I hope that nobody will create this type of tool anytime soon.

A blog by Jan Tegze published on Recruiting Daily

Jan Tegze is Senior Recruiting Manager at SolarWinds, a company that “provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide, from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses, managed service providers (MSPs), government agencies, and educational institutions.” He is also the author of the book Full Stack Recruiter: The Modern Recruiter’s Guide, published October 2017. Jan has extensive experience in full life cycle recruiting, and broad knowledge in international recruiting, sourcing, recruitment branding, marketing and pro-active innovative sourcing techniques.

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