Dean Da Costa
Dean Da Costa is a highly experienced and decorated staffing professional, recruiter, sourcer and manager, who also boasts outstanding experience and skills in Human Resources, Project Management, Training, and Process Improvement. He is best known for his work in the highly difficult security and mobile arena's, and the gold star winning numbers he produced. His keen insight and creation of ground breaking tools and processes, to enhance and change staffing as we know it, have proven he is a true "Staffing Thought Leader". Despite all this he remains first and foremost one of the top sourcers, staffing managers and full cycle recruiters in the industry and a true "Search Authority"
Content authored by Dean Da Costa
Recruit Creative Talent with Chainy
You use GitHub for tech talent. You use LinkedIn for executive talent but where do you go to recruit creative talent? If you are looking for the marketing, graphic design… Read more
Tech Candidates are Getting Easier to Find. Tool Review: AmazingHiring
One of the reasons that recruiters are so valuable is because they know where to find candidates. Tech candidates seem to be more elusive than the average candidate. The passive… Read more
Supercharge Your Gmail with ZenProspect
Some of the best recruiting tools were not created for recruiters at all. ZenProspect is built for sales professionals, yet it is a must have for recruiters who use Gmail. It is… Read more
Is Your Tech Candidate Hirable? Hireables Will Let You Know.
Hireables is a tool that allows you to source filter and sort tech talent found on GitHub who are most likely looking for a new job. So how do they… Read more
This is Where Developers go to gitDiscovered!
Built by software engineers, gitDiscovered is a tool that scrapes programming communities like GitHub and Stack Overflow to find in-depth information passive software developers. Based on their open source contributions, with gitDiscovered,… Read more
If all of Your Chrome Extensions Failed, What Would You Do?
In one of the Facebook recruiting groups, someone asked a simple question. “If all of the tools and extensions you use break, what are you going to do?” The answer… Read more
Just Released – Hiretual Version 3
I know that I have done a review of Hiretual before, but I am excited about the latest update. Currently, Hiretual acts like a “Recruiting Assistant” and obtains additional information about candidates on… Read more
Chrome Extension Review: Clearbit Connect
With so many Chrome extensions, how do you know which one to use? Well, it depends on what you are trying to do. As recruiters, we, often have to look… Read more
Product Review: Salary Inspector
What is Salary Inspector? Salary Inspector is a Chrome Extension that allows users to see estimated salaries based on job title and location. Results are shown right on the profile… Read more
Product Review: Hiretual
In a new series on RecruitingTools, each week I’ll be featuring a newly discovered Chrome Extension – breaking down the features and use cases for sourcing and recruiting experts. These… Read more
Product Review: ZipWhip
In a new series on RecruitingTools, each week I’ll be featuring a newly discovered Chrome Extension – breaking down the features and use cases for sourcing and recruiting experts. These… Read more
Product Review: AnyGrowth
In a new series on RecruitingTools, each week I’ll be featuring a newly discovered recruiting tool – breaking down the features and use cases for sourcing and recruiting experts. These short… Read more
Chrome Extension Review: Profile Hopper
In a new series on RecruitingTools, each week I’ll feature a newly discovered Chrome Extension – breaking down the features and use cases for sourcing and recruiting experts. These short… Read more
Chrome Extension Review: Sales Search
In a new series on RecruitingTools, each week I’ll be featuring a newly discovered Chrome Extension – breaking down the features and use cases for sourcing and recruiting experts. These… Read more
Improve your Text Communication with TextRecruit
At this point, I know you are mobile optimized. Ha. Ok. I’m not that hopeful that everyone who reads this is already mobile optimized but here’s some advice – read… Read more