Blog about Sourcing... and Stuff

This is the data from my SourceCon intro page.  I will update soon w/ a little more personal content and slightly more detailed history and time line.  Thanks for visiting^^

Michael Notaro is a sourcing consultant currently working for Accenture out of New York City.  Prior to joining the recruiting and sourcing industry he was a fully licensed stock broker, medical supply salesman, and store manager for the electronics chain Radioshack.  It was all due to a random phone call with a friend of a friend that changed everything when he decided to join the world of full life cycle recruitment in 2005.

Having spent two years between two firms in Long Island, New York, he began to look for candidates in more abnormal places and found he enjoyed doing so very much.  As he continued playing around and trying to expand his knowledge on the subject, his new blog happened to catch the eyes and attention of Amybeth Hale when she requested his input on her upcoming radio program.  After countless discussions and numerous introductions to others in the industry he began to find a niche in the sourcing community.  Finding himself perpetually more active in the sourcing world he wound up taking first place in the AIRS Extreme Sourcing challenge where he debut his Google Coop for candidate search.

It was right after all of this when everything completely shifted again due to the advent of SourceCon in 2007.  Michael won the very first challenge issued for entry and went on to win the Grand Master Challenge that year.  Shortly thereafter he decided to venture outside the world of full life cycle recruiting and follow his heart toward internet research with Deloitte.  Since that time he’s worked with firms such as Coach Inc, Hewitt, and  presently Accenture primarily as a sourcing capcity.

During 2008 he successfully went on to defend his title of Grand Master Sourcer at SourceCon 2008.  His title was lost however this year at SourceCon 2010 and the torch was passed onto Katharine Robinson, a sourcer from the UK.  As a result of his retirement from competition and his emerging desire to be part of the bigger picture, he has decided to join the Source as a regular contributor.

Michael holds a degree in Sociology and Psychology from Rutgers University where he graduated from in 2004’.  He spends most of his free time devoted to the game of pocket billiards, working on his novels, and watching cartoons.  If he’s not in a pool hall, sleeping, or working, he’s usually tweeting or writing in his new blog which can be found here: http://sourcing.feedthebeagle.com.?

1. Suzy Tonini says:

   June 1, 2010 at 22:37

   Hey Mikey!

   Kind of feel left out here…We worked together for about a year, attended the 1st SourceCon conference together, and now we are at competing orgs.

   AH! is it because I don’t blog? =/
2. MikeN says:

   June 2, 2010 at 11:07

   Whatcha mean left out? If you had a blog… I’d add it to my blog roll =]

   I could add your tweet theme if you like? but you don’t really source anymore, now do ya? =p