Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. In this article, we’ll be talking about candidate experience, sourcing rules, recruiting innovation, being better off and conference tips.

A few other things before we get to the articles.  First, I highly recommend you check in on the ERE Expo live stream (and check out the recordings of some of the previous sessions) as there are some great thoughts and insights.  Second, make sure to tune in to DriveThruHR on Monday September 10th at 1 to hear SmashFly CEO Mike Hennessy and VP of Customer Success Mary Grace He....

Here are the articles that interested us this week (in no particular order), enjoy!:

Confessions of a Passive Job Seeker and a Terrible Candidate Experi... by Autumn McReynolds (@AutumnMcRey)

Interesting look at Autumn’s real life experience as a passive candidate.  Definitely worth a read!

It’s Time for Recruiting Innovation…Again #EREExpo by Ed Newman (@newmaed)

A nice look back and forward on the recruitment technology space from Ed.

The 20/20/60 Sourcing Plan by Lou Adler (@ERE_net)

Some great thoughts from Lou on how you should be spending your time as a sourcer and what organizations need to do in order to make a plan like this successful.

Are you better off then you were 4 years ago? by Jason Averbook (@JasonAverbook)

Nice strategic look on the areas to focus on when you try and move your HR and recruiting organizations forward.

Five Somewhat Innovative Conference Tips From a Conference Insider by Lance Haun (@thelance)

As we are all in the midst of conference season, Lance shares some good tips on how to get more out of the conferences you are attending.

Hope you enjoy the list.  If you have any articles I should add to the list feel free to add them to the comments or follow us on Twitter @smashfly.