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Sourcing Strategy
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-30
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-recruiting
Build a talent sourcing strategy for a hard-to-fill role. Use when asked to create a sourcing strategy, a candidate sourcing plan, a channel plan for hiring, or to figure out where to find candidates for a role. Produces a strategy — the ideal-candidate profile and where they are, prioritised sourcing channels, outreach approach, a pipeline target with funnel math, and a weekly plan — so sourcing is deliberate, not just posting and praying.
What to give it
▸The role — what it is, the must-have skills, level, and what's hard about filling it.
▸Constraints — location/remote, comp band, timeline, and any visa/relocation limits.
▸Selling points — why a strong candidate would want it (and any known weaknesses to counter).
▸What's been tried — current pipeline, channels used, and where it's stalling.
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Starts from a clear candidate profile, including adjacent profiles to widen the pool
✓Names specific places the talent actually concentrates — not just "LinkedIn"
✓Channels are prioritised by likely yield for this role, with effort noted
✓Pipeline is sized with funnel ratios + a worked example, not invented totals
✓There's a concrete weekly activity plan tied to the hire target
✓Selling points and objections are addressed; criteria stay job-related
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not rely on a job post and inbound for a hard role — lead with proactive sourcing
Do not define the profile so narrowly that no one qualifies — include adjacent talent
Do not invent exact funnel numbers — use ratios and a worked example
Do not list channels without prioritisation — say where to spend effort first
Do not skip the weekly cadence — strategy without activity targets doesn't fill the role
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
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