Julia Stone

2nd SourceCon Challenge Winner 2008

Congratulations to Julia Stone, who is our winner of the 2nd SourceCon2008 Sourcing Challenge. Given the complex thinking required to solve the latest sourcing puzzle, Julia will make stiff competition for our first challenge winner Joshua. If you are interested in knowing how Julia solve challenge 2 and delving into the mind of a souring extraordinaire, click here for Julia's synopsis

The competition is getting quite fierce and we look forward to seeing you at the SourceCon 2008 and the Grandmaster Sourcing Challenge to be held in September in Atlanta, GA. Early bird Registration ends June 30th so get in early as seats are limited.

A little about Julia ...

Julia Stone is the owner of BizWerks, a boutique, third party search firm that specializes in scientists, software developers, and other geeks. She was introduced to sourcing about nine years ago when she obtained her first AIRS certification. Julia spent several years recruiting in the Seattle area before relocating to Madison , WI . She attended the first SourceCon meeting in 2007, and looks forward to attending future events.

A little about runner up Lisa

Lisa was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs and has lived her entire adult life in central Illinois. Her checkered past includes work mainly in education and teacher training and stay-at-home-motherhood, but includes time spent in a variety of fields including advertising, book publishing, and even a brief stint in an animal poison control center. Lisa came onboard with Bizwerks as an internet researcher about six months ago and found the work challenging, interesting, and unlike just about anything else she has done before. This was her first SourceCon challenge and she said it was a blast. We look forward to Lisa leading the pack on challenge no 3.

Joshua Kahn

1st SourceCon Challenge Winner 2008

Congratulations to Mr. Joshua Kahn, who is the winner of the first Sourcing Challenge 2008. Joshua is now the first contender entered into the GrandMaster Sourcing Challenge to be held live on Monday, August 18th at SourceCon2008 in Atlanta, GA.

A little about Joshua .....

Johsua is a Minnesota native living in a suburb of Minneapolis with my beatiful wife and three children. He has been in recruiting/sourcing for 6 years with a mix of agency and corporate experience. As a Sr. Pipeline Generation Expert with Accenture HR Services as a part of their North American Talent Center. His role is to advise clients on their sourcing strategy in general, and to help choose which technologies, techniques, and tools to use for finding and attracting talent. He also facilitates a networking group across all Pipeline Generation Experts and sourcers within Accenture. Along with the challenge of sourcing, he is also passionate about social media and the possiblities therein for recruiting, employment branding and finding new ways to connect with the talent his clients are seeking. Locally in Minnesota he a cofounder of the Minnesota Recruiters group. For more information on Joshua check out is blog at http://thesourcingriff.blogspot.com

We would also like to give honorable mention and our congratulations to Ms. Julia Stone who successfully completed the challenge just a few hours behind Joshua. I know the competition between these two was fierce and they shared much dialogue along the way. Watch for Julia to be a front runner in the next challenge.

A little about Julia ......

Julia Stone is the owner of BizWerks, a boutique, third party search firm that specializes in scientists, software developers, and other geeks. She was introduced to sourcing about nine years ago when she obtained her first AIRS certification. Julia spent several years recruiting in the Seattle area before relocating to Madison, WI. She attended the first SourceCon meeting in 2007, and looks forward to attending future events.

CONGRATS TO BOTH OF YOU ON THE COMPLETION OF A TOUGH CHALLENGE!!