Shally Steckerl

Mr. Shally Steckerl is often credited with being one of the founding fathers of the Talent Sourcing specialization within Recruitment and Human Resources. A globally recognized recruiting thought leader, over the last two decades Mr. Steckerl has helped build sourcing organizations for companies like Microsoft, Google, Coca Cola, Cisco, and Motorola among many others. Today, as President of The Sourcing Institute and Director of the Board for The Sourcing Institute Foundation a 501(c)(3) public charity, Mr. Steckerl advises recruiting leaders on successfully embedding key sourcing initiatives into their current efforts, improve the performance of their existing sourcing teams, and establish sourcing functions from the ground up.

Shally is a highly sought after speaker who has presented at every major recruitment conference worldwide including SHRM, ERE, Sourecon, Recruiting Trends/Kenndy-Onrec, and Talent 42 among many others. His presentation topics have ranged from Recruiting Social: Leveraging LinkedIn to The Top Four Cures for Your Sourcing Slump. Mr. Steckerl also serves as adjunct Faculty at Temple University’s Fox School of Business where he is the first professor to teach an HR capstone course entirely dedicated to recruitment and sourcing. His writings and publications include the industry’s definitive text: “The Talent Sourcing & Recruitment Handbook” available through Amazon ISBN 1928734790.

Often compared to a shot of adrenalin for recruitment organizations held back by confusion, hesitation or fear Shally's unparalleled obsession for talent sourcing continuously drives him to probe for practical solutions where nobody has looked before. He delivers the courage recruiting leaders need to walk the edge to success in today’s over-informed world.

A native Spanish speaker, Shally grew up in Colombia, South America and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his beautiful lobster-eating Mainer wife, and two darling little angels Sha'an and Sam. Mr. Steckerl is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a dual Bachelor of Science in International Business and Management. He also studied International Business Studies at Macquarie University in Australia, and has lived in four continents.