I build talent intelligence functions - the structured market view most TA organizations don't have yet.
Not "build" like I dabble. I mean turning unanswered talent questions into systems people can actually use: command centers, market maps, intelligence libraries, search workflows, playbooks, research pipelines, and the occasional tool nobody asked for until they needed it.
If the information only lives in my head, it does not exist yet.
By trade: Talent Intelligence & Sourcing Strategist working at the intersection of talent research, competitive intelligence, workforce planning, sourcing strategy, and recruiting technology. I'm especially at home in complicated technical talent markets where the answer isn't sitting neatly inside LinkedIn Recruiter.
By track record: Four companies have hired me to build a function that didn't exist. I've built and scaled sourcing capabilities, talent intelligence infrastructure, recruiter enablement systems, and research programs across Fortune 1, semiconductor, AI/ML, and high-growth environments.
By reputation: 3x SourceCon Global Hackathon Champion (now judge and challenge creator, which is what happens when they get tired of you winning). Founder of Sourcers Who Code (5,700+ members). Co-host of Boolean AND Brews.
By philosophy: Hiring is an intelligence problem before it's a volume problem. Better searches help. Better market understanding changes the decision.
By compulsion: I will absolutely turn your talent market problem into a command center.
Talent intelligence library for semiconductor and AI recruiting - interactive guides, market maps, and leadership briefs. The operating system for how I think about talent markets.
Browser-based talent intelligence platform for signal tracking, sourcing analytics, and workforce strategy. I said command center. I meant it.
A curated library of sourcing tools, Chrome extensions, research sites, and recruiter resources. Built for modern talent teams.
Browser productivity operating system with 150+ bookmarklets, AI-assisted discovery, collections, and visual maps. Built because I got tired of losing tools I loved.
Search operators, advanced syntax, and research techniques for mapping technical talent. Because GitHub is a talent database and most people do not know it yet.
I build to understand things. Sometimes the thing is a talent market. Sometimes it is not.
- night-sky-companion - beginner-friendly astronomy companion with weather-aware recommendations, because night owls should know what they're looking at
- thrift-scout - point your phone camera at a thrift store shelf, get live eBay comps and resale ROI. Sourcing is sourcing.
- kentucky-permit-prep - ADHD-friendly permit test prep app with 162 practice questions, built for a friend who needed it
- personality-profiler - turn a list of follows or interests into a personality dossier: traits, motivations, archetype, and counter-signals. Pattern recognition doesn't clock out.
- wikipedia-paul - a fake Wikipedia article built as a Fourth of July gift, complete with talk page arguments, edit wars, and a sockpuppet accusation. Some gifts are store-bought. Mine have citations.
- I founded Sourcers Who Code because sourcers who build their own tools are a different kind of dangerous
- I believe hiring is an intelligence problem, not a volume problem - the market view is the missing infrastructure
- I care about OSINT, labor market research, competitive intelligence, talent mapping, and the weird little workflows that turn scattered signals into actual hiring decisions
- I've spent a lot of my career around technical talent - engineering, AI/ML, data, semiconductors, and the kinds of markets where "just search LinkedIn" stops being particularly useful
- I use AI the way most people use Google, except I am also building with it
- Night owl. Music always on. Harvey nearby, supervising with emotional authority.
- Original research on the talent intelligence profession - starting with an analysis of executive TI job descriptions and where the field is quietly splitting in two
- Agentic research pipelines for talent intelligence
- Recruiter command centers and reusable knowledge systems
- Lightweight tools that make market research faster without requiring a giant tech stack
- Whatever problem annoys me enough that I decide it should be software
I'm currently exploring senior Talent Intelligence, sourcing strategy, workforce intelligence, and recruiting innovation opportunities - particularly roles where the mandate is bigger than filling requisitions.
I'm most interested in teams that want to build the intelligence layer behind how they understand, find, and compete for talent.
If you're building something that sounds like that, I'd probably like to talk to you.
- 💼 LinkedIn: in/ohsusannamarie
- 📺 YouTube: @talksnerdy
- 📬 ohsusannamarie@gmail.com