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About Rashida Houston

As a Principal Technical Sourcer with extensive experience in fast-paced, high-volume hiring projects. I understand that finding the right talent quickly is critical for your project’s success, and that’s exactly where I excel. My background includes rapidly sourcing and placing top technical and sales candidates in competitive markets—all while maintaining quality and cultural fit.


I’m confident that my strategic sourcing approach, combined with my deep industry knowledge, will not only meet but exceed your expectations.


I’d love to discuss your hiring needs and share how we can achieve outstanding results together!


Looking forward to the opportunity to collaborate.

WHAY I OFFER

$45/hour on 1099 or C2C

  • Passive candidate sourcing via LinkedIn
  • Resume mining from job boards (Indeed, Monster, etc.)
  • Boolean search string creation & optimizatio 
  • Sourcing from GitHub, Stack Overflow, Behance, etc. 
  • Creating targeted candidate lists by job title/industry 
  • Competitor talent mapping and poaching lists 
  • Diversity-focused talent sourcing 
  • Entry-level and campus talent pipeline building 
  • Executive search research (name generation) 
  • International talent sourcing 
  • Remote talent sourcing specialization 
  • Niche platform and community sourcing (Reddit, Discord, Slack) 
  • Building lists of open-to-work professionals
  • Referrals & alumni database mining
  • Internal database refresh (rediscovering forgotten leads)
     


  • Custom cold email messaging for outreach 
  • LinkedIn InMail template development 
  • Messaging A/B testing for response optimization 
  • Email warm-up sequences for brand awareness 
  • Setting up email drip campaigns (Lemlist, Instantly, etc.) 
  • Building automated LinkedIn outreach workflows (Phantombuster, Waalaxy) 
  • Tracking outreach open and response rates 
  • Calendar booking integration in outreach
  • Personalized Loom video scripts or intros
  • Initial candidate screening message templates
     


  • Talent market mapping and competitor analysis
  • Salary benchmarking reports
  • Location-based talent availability reports
  • Identifying high-turnover companies as sourcing targets
  • Job title keyword variations and market synonyms
  • Skills-based talent targeting strategy
  • Analyzing client’s Glassdoor/Indeed reviews for branding improvement
  • Recruiting channel performance comparison
  • Industry trend reports (emerging roles & skills)
  • Job description keyword and structure analysis for sourcing effectiveness


  • Sourcing workflow automation (Zapier, Make, etc. 
  • ATS candidate upload & tagging support
  • CRM/pipeline management in Notion, Airtable, etc.
  • Setting up and optimizing sourcing tools (Gem, SeekOut, HireEZ) 
  • LinkedIn Recruiter Lite or Navigator training 
  • Browser extension training (ContactOut, AmazingHiring, Lusha, etc. 
  • Creating Chrome bookmark folders or sourcing toolkits 
  • Tech stack audits for sourcing optimization 
  • Candidate tracking dashboards
  • Custom lead scoring system for candidate engagement


  • Top-of-funnel sourcing strategy development
  • Employer branding recommendations for sourcing
  • Creating candidate personas & ideal profiles
  • Creating a sourcing playbook for in-house recruiters
  • Training internal teams on modern sourcing techniques
     


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