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OVERVIEW

TSIU Skills Snapshot

Benchmark your capabilities across six critical recruiting and sourcing competency areas, revealing exactly where to focus your development.

Get ready to propel your career forward.  

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How Sharp Are Your Skills, Really?

Competencies

Questions

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$0.00

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Take a selfie that objectively measures your depth of knowledge and skill level in the abilities needed to be an effective talent professional today.

Objective

No more guessing. Pinpoint exact areas where development is needed within the six main core competencies in sourcing and recruiting.

Outcome

Stop wasting time, money and effort on courses and webinars that teach you stuff you don't need to know. Get the clarity you need to propel your career forward. 

You've been in talent acquisition for years.

 You've filled roles others couldn't.

 You've got that premium LinkedIn Recruiter license,
and those Boolean Strings websites bookmarked. 

And yet...

When did you last question...

Whether your methods are
  still working? 

Whether your outreach is
  actually landing?

Whether that hiring manager meeting could have gone differently?

What most recruiting professionals won't admit:

The gap between what we think we know and what actually works is costing us candidates every single day.
Shally Steckerl
Wrote THE book on Talent Sourcing

What you'll discover in about 15 minutes:

  • Which of your competencies are strong enough to leverage
  • Where to focus your learning attention for biggest impact
  • Which of your gaps might be silently undermining your results
  • How your approach compares to proven standards and best practices

Get a private no-BS read on your capabilities across these six competencies:

Strategy & Workflows
Candidate Engagement
Candidate Discovery
AI Literacy
Tools & Automation
Development Mindset
  • Requisition intake process and quality
  • Prioritization frameworks and workload triage
  • Hiring manager consultation and expectation setting
  • Pipeline management and candidate organization
  • Metrics understanding (time-to-submit, source of hire, etc.)
  • Goal setting and performance tracking
  • Boolean logic fundamentals (AND, OR, NOT, parentheses)
  • Google X-ray and site: commands
  • Advanced Boolean patterns (NEAR, wildcards, nesting)
  • LinkedIn Recruiter search optimization
  • Search engine mechanics and how they index
  • Free LinkedIn search techniques
  • Alternative platforms (core repos, patents, publications1)
  • Keyword expansion and synonym generation
  • Resume interpretation and red flag detection
  • Peer regression and "natural language" searching
  • Competitive intelligence gathering
  • Deep web and people lookup tools
  • Cold outreach strategy (channel selection, timing)
  • InMail and social messaging optimization
  • Email copywriting effectiveness
  • Persuasive communication style adaptation
  • Phone/cold calling confidence and technique
  • Candidate objection handling
  • Employer brand storytelling
  • Candidate experience and follow-through
  • AI-assisted sourcing tool awareness
  • Understanding AI capabilities vs. limitations
  • Prompt engineering basics for recruiting tasks
  • Ethical considerations (bias, privacy, transparency)
  • Distinguishing AI hype from practical application
  • Adapting workflows for AI augmentation
  • ATS search optimization and Boolean compatibility
  • Browser extensions and productivity stack
  • CRM/pipeline tool utilization
  • Automation awareness (sequences, triggers, workflows)
  • Data hygiene, deduplication, and organization
  • Reporting and dashboard interpretation
  • Often overlooked but differentiates top performers
  • Industry engagement (communities, events, content)
  • Self-awareness about strengths and gaps
  • Continuous learning habits
  • Adaptability to change
  • Collaboration with hiring teams
Results will show your level of proficiency in each Competency
Novice
priority, start here

→

Practitioner
room to grow

→

Advanced
solid foundation

→

Expert
could mentor others
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Created by Shally Steckerl

Why This Exists

I've spent nearly three decades building, training, and leading sourcing teams at organizations from startups to Fortune 500s. I wrote the book on this - literally. Three books, actually. And the pattern I see over and over is talented recruiters working harder than they need to because nobody showed them what actually moves the needle.

This assessment distills thousands of hours of research, training, and real-world testing into questions that reveal where you stand. No grades. No judgment. Just clarity on where you are, and a path to where you want to be.

- Shally Steckerl

WTF?

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take?

Most people finish in 15 minutes. There's 140 questions but most are multiple choice.  
 There's no timer, so take what you need.

How do I access the assessment?

This assessment is FREE to anyone, but we do require that you register as a user and log in. 

Suitable for smartphones and tablets, and any internet connected device, though we highly recommend using a PC, laptop, or notebook. Please always ensure you are using the latest browser version, as older versions may no longer be supported, and that you have a reliable internet connection.

What if I don't know the answer?

Please answer to the best of your abilities, and with your current knowledge. 

You are encouraged to not look questions up online, as the purpose of this assessment is to avoid making inferences on your knowledge and pinpoint the top development areas where you should focus. 

Will I see my results immediately?

Yes.

You'll get your competency breakdown as soon as you complete the assessment, along with personalized recommendations for where to focus.

Can I save my progress and come back later?

Your progress is saved for 14 days.

The reason we require that you create an account and log in is so that, if interrupted, we are able to save your place so you may continue and complete your diagnostic later. Your answers will be saved for 14 days. After that, they will reset. 

Who is this for?

Anyone responsible for finding and hiring talent. 

Recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition specialists, recruiting coordinators, HR professionals, agency recruiters.

Is this a pass/fail test?

No. This is a diagnostic, not an exam. 

There's no passing score. The goal is clarity about where you are now and where you could be.

What happens after I take it?

You'll receive your results plus occasional insights on talent sourcing. 

You can unsubscribe anytime. We don't sell your information.