Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast
683 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★ - 22 ratingsHosted by Chris Russell, online recruiting's mad scientist, the RecTech podcast covers all aspects of recruiting technology and recruitment marketing including interesting new tools & vendors. You'll also hear how recruiters leverage technology to find talent. A great listen for HR tech vendors, HR professionals and recruiters everywhere.
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KarmaCheck and TechWolf Get big Funding Rounds
June 28, 2024 16:40 - 7 minutes - 5.82 MBTop stories for This week in RecTech: SAN FRANCISCO — KarmaCheck, a technology-based solution for background checks, credentialing, and compliance, announced today that it has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round led by Parameter Ventures… The company will leverage the funding to accelerate development of its proprietary technology platform, scale its exceptional service levels to more customers and candidates, and expand into new industry verticals. https://hrtechfeed.com/kar...
Bullhorn Buys Textkernel
June 20, 2024 15:03 - 5 minutes - 4.42 MBLegal.io, a Silicon Valley-based hiring platform for flexible, in-house legal talent, has announced that its membership has surpassed 50,000 legal professionals. https://hrtechfeed.com/legal-talent-network-reaches-50k-members/ candidate.fyi, a candidate experience tool, announced that Colin Day, the founder of iCIMS, has joined the company as an advisor. As a pioneer in HR Tech, Colin’s extensive experience and visionary leadership will be instrumental in guiding candidate.fyi’s strategi...
Hackajob Adds On Demand Tech Staffing
June 17, 2024 11:00 - 26 minutes - 13.8 MBHackajob, the reverse tech hiring platform recently launched a new on demand hiring solution for tech workers…joining meon this episodeto talk about it is their Head of Growth, Luke Coleman. LINK: https://www.rectechpr.com/press-releases/leading-tech-talent-marketplace-hackajob-reacts-to-changing-tech-landscape-with-contract-based-hiring-solution
Jobgets Wirkn
June 14, 2024 11:28 - 6 minutes - 5 MBNEW YORK – Greenhouse, the leading hiring platform, today announced it has hired Samir Joglekar as its new Chief Revenue Officer. https://hrtechfeed.com/greenhouse-hires-new-chief-revenue-officer/ BOSTON — JobGet, the fastest-growing app-first hiring platform connecting over 70 million Everyday Workers with the nation’s most recognized brands, today announced the acquisition of Wirkn, a leading ATS in the frontline recruitment market for malls and retail. This move to partner with shopp...
Qualifi's Recruiter of the Month: Kathleen Armbruster
June 10, 2024 12:00 - 22 minutes - 12.7 MBWelcome to a new monthly series on the podcast. I am teaming up with the team at Qualifi, a hiring platform that helps recruiters screen, score, schedule, and interview talent before they go cold. Each month they pick a recruiter of the month and for June that recruiter is… Kathleen Armbruster Currently serving as the Director of Talent Acquisition at consulting firm called Studio Science, Kathleen has significantly contributed to the evolution of recruiting practices within the company. ...
VC Funding is back!
June 06, 2024 15:50 - 5 minutes - 4.54 MBSEATTLE, WA – Chronus, an employee-driven development platform providing mentorship and ERG management, today announces the acquisition of Imperative an employee engagement platform that leverages the power of meaningful 1:1 conversations to help employees own their career through the lens of purpose. https://hrtechfeed.com/chronus-announces-acquisition-of-employee-engagement-platform-imperative/ BambooHR a leading cloud-based human resource platform, announced Jonathan Leaf as its new...
State of People Analytics with Madeline Laurano
June 03, 2024 11:14 - 15 minutes - 8.33 MBMadeline Laurano founder of Aptitude Research recently partnered with HireRoad (a people analytics platform) for the latest insights on the state of people analytics and what it means for your business…she joins me now on the show to discuss. What prompted this study between Aptitude Research and HireRoad? What was the knowledge gap in the industry that you wanted to uncover? Talk me through your survey process — format, audiences surveyed, titles, and number of respondents. What, in you...
Converting More Candidates with Dalia
May 28, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes - 11.9 MBSam Fitzroy is the CEO and co-founder of Dalia, a candidate conversion platform that activates hidden talent pools and proactively builds interest through personalized touchpoints, automatically. He joins me on today’s podcast to discuss their latest platform release. TOPICS Just remind the audience what you guys do first What’s new at Dalia? Why should recruiting teams care about conversions? Are you seeing an increase in applications across your clients generally? How easy is it for...
Two Acquisitions and a Layoff
May 23, 2024 15:59 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBHCM platform Dayforce, Inc. (NYSE: DAY); announced the award-winning Dayforce® Flex Work is available to organizations in the United States. Flex Work is an on-demand marketplace that helps organizations augment their workforce with flexible talent – quickly, simply, and compliantly – to address fluctuating labor demands. https://hrtechfeed.com/dayforce-launches-on-demand-flex-work-marketplace/ Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in Workforce Agility solutions, today announced the acq...
Vendor Interviews Unleash America 2024
May 21, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes - 29.5 MBToday you will hear from Blue Saturn, HiringBranch, Sense, Brightmine, Flockity, Nexxt, Nestor. Travel sponsored by Pillar.hr
How Paradox Helped 7-Eleven Recruit More Efficiently
May 20, 2024 13:50 - 26 minutes - 17.7 MBAt Unleash America we sat in on he discussion of how 7 Eleven upped its hiring game thanks to paradox.ai. Audio sponsored by Pillar.hr
Indeed Layoffs, Eightfold ATS & More
May 17, 2024 11:00 - 8 minutes - 6.7 MBUpwork just released new research from The Upwork Research Institute revealing the ongoing growth of freelancing among Gen Z professionals along with their shifting priorities, expectations, and motivations for work. https://recruitingheadlines.com/upwork-says-gen-z-is-abandoning-conventional-9-to-5-corporate-jobs-for-freelancing-gigs/ Word just broke that Indeed is laying off 1,000 workers mainly in its U. S. operations. https://hrtechfeed.com/another-massive-layoff-indeed/ Eightfo...
Unleash Interviews: Donald Knight Chief People Officer at Greenhouse
May 14, 2024 14:25 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBA live interview Donald Knight, Chief People officer at Greenhouse from Unleash America in Las Vegas, next…. RecTech Media travel to Unleash is sponsored by Pillar… Great teams start with great interviews. Modernize your interview process with AI-powered interview intelligence. Book a demo today at Pillar.hr
Manufacturing and Logistics TA Trends
May 08, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIAMPHENOM coverage from Philly: How are DHL Group and Thales leveraging AI and automation technology to meet critical needs, enhance candidate engagement, and streamline the hiring process to stay competitive in 2024? Gain insights into best practices for attracting skilled, adaptable workers in a competitive market and learn how to foster a culture that supports innovation, skills, and retention.
How One Airline Screens Candidates with Phenom
May 07, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13 MBIAMPHENOM Coverage from Philly: Leave the lag behind and meet the new way to fast forward candidate screening with the power of One-Way Interviews. Learn how United Airlines is crafting the right questions and leveraging technology to qualify candidates faster, empower hiring teams to reliably assess talent at scale, save significant time in the screening process, and keep candidate quality high.
The CHRO Perspective - IAMPHENOM Coverage
May 06, 2024 11:16Listen to this CHRO-led panel as they discuss how work is drastically changing as a result of economic constraints and rapid technology innovation. Featuring Margaret Dinneny, CHRO of Empire Today, Melanie M. Kennedy, CHRO of American Water, and Steve Widdoss, CHRO of Freedom Mortgage, and Lothar Harings, former CHRO of Kuehne+Nagel.
New features from Upwork, Phenom, Hackajob
May 03, 2024 11:32 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MBEmploy Inc., the parent company of JazzHR, Lever, Jobvite and NXTThing RPO, announced the appointment of Dara Brenner as Chief Product Officer (CPO) https://hrtechfeed.com/employ-announces-new-chief-product-officer/ During its IAMPHENOM 2024 Product Innovation Keynote, Phenom announced a several new innovations — including Talent Experience Engine, X+ Agents, Talent Marketer Experience and Talent Leader Experience. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-phenom-release-talent-experience-engine...
How to Align a Mission-Driven Recruitment Strategy with Business Goals
April 29, 2024 11:03 - 50 minutes - 31.1 MBJoin the Jobsync team for their Recruitment Roundtable featuring Bill Musman of AmeriHealth Caritas where we will be discussing how to align a mission-driven recruitment strategy with business goals.
Rippling Raises and Daxtra Acquires
April 26, 2024 12:50 - 7 minutes - 6.13 MBSmartRecruiters, announced its latest product release, packed with new features designed to streamline the recruitment process and empower hiring teams. This April, users can explore new functionalities within the SmartRecruiters’ platform, including advanced AI capabilities, improved integration options, and significant user interface enhancements. The highlights include: https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-announces-new-release/ ShiftMed, a leader in On-Demand workforce technology...
iCIMS CTO Details their Winter Release
April 22, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes - 13.5 MBAl Smith, is the chief technology officer for new jersey based ICIMS….iCIMS is a leading provider of talent acquisition technology that enables organizations everywhere to build winning workforces. TOPICS Whas a day in the life like for the CTO of a hiring software company? Whats the biggest challenge in your job? Icims is 20 years old now…you've been here about 10….what is the biggest thing you have learned about fostering this kind of software? Winter release, lets talk about it. H...
Greenhouse Sends a Text Message
April 19, 2024 11:03 - 7 minutes - 5.73 MBThis Week in RecTech; LinkUp, the provider of global job market data, announced the release of Compass—an intuitive digital toolset for analyzing labor demand in real time and living color. https://hrtechfeed.com/linkup-launches-compass-a-visual-job-market-insight-tool/ XpertHR today announced it has rebranded to Brightmine™, marking a strategic change for the company to further support HR leaders through today’s increasingly complex workforce conditions and global economic uncertai...
Catching up with Ziprecruiter's Matt Plummer
April 15, 2024 11:00 - 24 minutes - 13.4 MBMatt Plummer is the Senior Vice President, Product Strategy & Enterprise Solutions for Ziprecruiter one of the worlds largest job marketplaces. Founded in 2010, the Santa Monica-based company has over 1000 employees in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Israel. TOPICS 1. What's new at the company? (icims partnership) 2. Numbers: what are the latest traffic numbers for Ziprecruiter.com? How many seekers do you have in your resume database? 3. It's been a tough 12-18 months for the job b...
Checkr Layoffs
April 12, 2024 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.92 MBTechcrunch is reporting that Checkr, a 10-year-old employee background check company which was last valued at $5 billion has laid off 382 employees as companies are not significantly hiring talent. https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/checkr-layoffs/ Tech company Multiverse has acquired Searchlight, a talent intelligence and skills assessment platform that uses AI to help companies close their skills gaps. https://hrtechfeed.com/multiverse-acquires-ai-talent-software-company-searchlig...
Bringing Rigor to TA Operations
April 08, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes - 33.6 MBJOBSYNC ROUNDTABLE: “I’ve got a feeling” can no longer be the deciding factor of Talent Acquisition decision-making. TA Operations provides structure and rigor to a classically EQ area of the business. But where do you start, what makes the cut, and how do you define success? This insightful panel webinar featuring Talent Operations experts discussing the intricacies of building a TA Operations function. Scope: Understand the objectives of integrating a TA Operations function and ma...
Indeed Gets Smart, Modal Raises
April 05, 2024 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.99 MBRemote, the leader in building, managing, and supporting globally distributed workforces, has completed the acquisition of Easop, a compliance solution for businesses with international talent to grant and manage equity to their teams across 70+ countries. https://hrtechfeed.com/remote-com-acquires-equity-compensation-tool/ ClearanceJobs, the leading online community for security-cleared professionals, has launched the ability to stream live videos to its platform with the introducti...
Hiring Software Sitdown with Cnect's Andre Boulais
April 01, 2024 11:30 - 31 minutes - 18 MBAndre Boulais is a veteran of the HR Tech space with past stints at vendors like Jobvite, Entelo and Silk Road, today he is the new chief revenue officer at Cnect a new hiring software platform How did you end up a Cnect? Whats the platform all about? Target customer? Coolest part of the platform? Free offer for candidates cnected.com
New Networking App & Some Acquisitions
March 29, 2024 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MBDENVER— Guild, the leader in opportunity creation for America’s workforce, today announced its newest product capability, Career Pathways, a career planning solution that empowers employees to pursue learning programs tied to in-demand career tracks at their employer, while also empowering employers to curate their education benefits to activate their frontline workforce and support business strategy. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-guild-career-pathways/ SAN JOSE, Calif. — Job M...
Handshake CEO Garrett Lord
March 25, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes - 14.7 MBHandshake is the leading network for early career talent. Their mission is to democratize access to opportunity by enabling students and alumni to establish meaningful relationships--no connections, experience, or luck required. Joining me now is their CEO/founder Garret Lord - Give us a quick history of Handshake what drove you to build it? -App first experience? - The company is hitting a decade this spring and you've made some recent product updates, can you tell us about those? ...
Glassdoor Breaks, WorkLLama Adds ATS
March 21, 2024 14:31 - 6 minutes - 5.18 MBUsers of Glassdoor, the site that touted anonymous employee reviews of companies, are reporting that their names and job titles are being added to their accounts without their consent. https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/glassdoor-requires-users-to-add-real-names Culture Amp, the world’s leading employee experience platform, announced today that it intends to acquire people analytics company, Orgnostic. https://hrtechfeed.com/culture-amp-is-acquiring-people-analytics-platform...
How to Tie Your Recruiting Strategy to Revenue
March 18, 2024 11:00 - 52 minutes - 32.1 MBTalent acquisition directly impacts revenue. Full stop. But making the case isn’t always easy. Join us with Brigitte Orrick, Director of Talent Development, as she walks through how she built a recruiting engine that solved a sales and delivery problem. Watch our one-hour peer-to-peer discussion where we will dive into the significance of recruiting beyond just a function – but as a core driver of business outcomes.
Paradox, Bullhorn, iCIMS
March 15, 2024 13:48 - 7 minutes - 5.98 MBBullhorn, the staffing software platform, announced the launch of its new AI solution, Bullhorn Copilot. Bullhorn Copilot will span the entire Bullhorn platform, beginning with Copilot Starter, a set of generative AI capabilities embedded directly in recruiters’ ATS/CRM. Copilot Starter debuted at the Bullhorn Engage event in Sydney ahead of an April product release. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-copilot-launches-with-ai-tools-tailored-to-the-staffing-industry/ Led by a new generativ...
Talent Acquisition Excellence with Bas Van Der Haterd
March 11, 2024 12:07 - 28 minutes - 15.2 MBBas van de Haterd is a professional speaker, consultant and trainer with a particular focus on using technology to improve recruitment. Based in Soest, The Netherlands, he has more than 20 years' experience and his consulting clients include Dutch Rail, Dutch Post and Twente University. His new book, co-authored with Kevin Wheeler is out. Entitled Talent Acquisition Excellence - Using Digital Capabilities and Analytics to Improve Recruitment. https://www.koganpage.com/hr-learning-develo...
Deel Strikes Again
March 08, 2024 12:00San Francisco, March 6, 2024 – Remofirst, the most affordable HR solution for employing talent worldwide, today announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series A funding, in a round led by Octopus Ventures, with participation by existing investors https://hrtechfeed.com/remofirst-raises-25-million-series-a-to-make-it-easy-to-employ-global-remote-teams/ First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FA), a leading provider of employment background screening, identity, and verification solutio...
How Headhuntable Helps Tech Pros Get Hired
March 04, 2024 17:00 - 24 minutes - 15.4 MBA new tech job platform offering tech professionals a complete, autonomous solution to finding their next career move has launched. Called Headhuntable, the site leverages virtual assistants to aid job seekers in their search. Headhuntable.io provides a lifeline for skilled individuals seeking stable employment. The platform combines three crucial elements: an intimate knowledge of the technical marketplace and its hiring practices, Virtual Assistants (VAs) who serve as agents to market yo...
Deel Deals, Workday Scores
March 02, 2024 16:17 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MBZipRecruiter® (NYSE: ZIP) a leading online employment marketplace, today announced financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023. Full-year revenue of $645.7 million Full-year net income of $49.1 million, or net income margin of 8% https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiter-announces-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-results/ Resume and recruitment platform Hellohive seeks to help eliminate hiring bias by creating a virtual community that includes employers and thos...
Align Your Hiring Process to the Business Outcomes
February 25, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBThe efficiency and effectiveness of your hiring processes directly correlate to the bottom line of your company - especially when you’re hiring at scale, on a deadline, and for a boat. During our first live peer-to-peer roundtable conversation of 2024, Jim D'Amico, Director of Shoreside Talent Acquisition at Holland America Group (a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation) discussed how TA can add demonstrable value to the business.
Betterleap, UKG, Power to Fly
February 23, 2024 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.2 MBBetterleap, an AI-powered outbound recruiting platform, announced new natural language search (NLS) capabilities for recruiters. With Betterleap NLS, recruiters can describe their hiring goals in their own words, such as “I need a software engineer who has at least eight years of experience, knows Python, and works within 40 minutes of the Google HQ campus” and let Betterleap automatically create a search. Recruiters can then expand or narrow down search results using filters to find new can...
AI in the Hiring Lifecylce
February 19, 2024 12:00 - 20 minutes - 11.3 MBAlex Fourlis is the General Manager at Veritone, the parent owner of Pandologic and Broadbean the job distribution platform and he’s here today to talk about AI in the hiring lifecycle.
Hibob Says Hello to Pento, Upwork Earnings and Screening on TikTok
February 15, 2024 22:52 - 8 minutes - 5.96 MBBambooHR®, the popular human resource platform where everything works together, announced the first of several planned AI-powered product features: AI Topic Summaries for Employee Satisfaction with eNPS®*, which offers conveniently distilled AI analysis of all employee open response feedback into an impactful report. https://hrtechfeed.com/bamboohr-adds-ai-powered-employee-sentiment-analysis/ According to Market.us, The Online Recruitment Market is projected to witness a compound annua...
Beyond the Resume: The Power of Candidate Voice
February 12, 2024 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.2 MBDarrian Mikell is the founder of Qualifi, the platform that helps companies streamline their screening, scheduling, and video interviews.
CRM's, Stocks and HR Tech in the Super Bowl
February 09, 2024 14:37 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MBSmartRecruiters unveiled its revitalized SmartRecruiters Marketplace this week—a “next-generation hub” tailored for employers to build their essential recruitment ecosystem. https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-relaunches-their-marketplace/ AUSTIN, TX: The team behind Energy Freelance, the hiring platform streamlining contractor work in the energy sector, has announced the launch of Energy Hire. This revolutionary new platform specifically targets full-time employment and career devel...
The Good/Bad/Ugly of HR Technology
February 05, 2024 12:00 - 23 minutes - 14.1 MBDirector, Technology @ Humareso. Jamie Aquila is an award-winning technologist, designer, architect, and 4x tech startup CTO. His projects have been named a LinkedIn Top 50 Startup in 2018 and a Startup Of The Year “Top 100 Startups” in 2020. Jamie jumps back into the HR space after evolving the NYC restaurant job board Harri.com into a global HRIS for the service industry. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieaquila/
Jobster Lives! google 4 Jobs PPC Dies
February 02, 2024 15:02 - 11 minutes - 8.79 MBADP®, announced the availability of ADP Assist, a cross-platform solution powered by generative AI (GenAI). ADP Assist enhances HR productivity, aids decision-making with data-driven insights, and streamlines day-to-day tasks for practitioners, managers, employees and executives with simple, human-like conversations. https://hrtechfeed.com/adp-launches-generative-ai-assistant/ Hiring and onboarding platform provider Fountain announced the launch of two new products, Fountain Onboard and...
Recruitics CEO Adam Stafford
January 28, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes - 13.1 MBRecruitics CEO joins to talk about their new analytics AI and more. Learn more https://www.rectechmedia.com/
Ceridian and Flexjobs
January 26, 2024 14:31 - 6 minutes - 4.96 MBCeridian HCM Holding Inc. a global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, today announced its ticker symbol will change to DAY on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange, effective February 1, 2024. https://hrtechfeed.com/ceridian-getting-a-new-ticker-symbol/ Flockity, the groundbreaking platform where Influencer Marketing meets Recruitment Marketing, proudly announces its exit from stealth mode and is now ready for general release. With a mission to democra...
EarnBetter bringing AI to the Job Search
January 21, 2024 17:00 - 14 minutes - 8.66 MBA few months ago a new AI startup picked up $4.5 million in funding from investors such as Andreesen Horowitz and Abstract Ventures in an effort to help job seekers optimize their search….that startup is called EarnBetter.com With the site People can upload an existing resume to the platform, and EarnBetter will deliver a professionally rewritten and reformatted resume in minutes. It can also customize resumes and cover letters for each job in seconds… Their founder & CEO Tuck Hauptfuhr...
Indeed, Greenhouse, Ceridian
January 18, 2024 18:57 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBPerformYard raised a whopping $95 million according to TechCrunch. They compete with platforms like Lattice. They are headquartered in Arilngton, VA. https://hrtechfeed.com/performance-review-platform-lands-95m/ Indeed, introduced Specialist Media Networks to help employers hire for competitive and hard-to-fill roles. With talent shortages across several sectors, including technology and healthcare, these new industry-specific networks enable employers to reach more people with specific,...
Tim Sackett's Talent Acquisition Predictions for 2024
January 15, 2024 12:00 - 21 minutes - 13.1 MBPredictions, opportunities, dilemmas, hopes, wishes, I’m not sure what we should call this, but I’ve got some ideas floating around about what happens next in our little recruiting world. Most predictions are worthless. I love to consider myself a futurist in our industry, but after doing this for so many years, I don’t think I’ve ever had one prediction actually come true! https://timsackett.com/2023/12/13/what-are-my-2024-predictions-for-talent-acquisition/
Bullhorn, Censia, Jijatjo and Textio
January 12, 2024 15:56 - 7 minutes - 6.16 MBJitjatjo, a New York city based gig marketplace through which businesses can book workers with as little as an hour’s notice, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures. https://hrtechfeed.com/gig-marketplace-lands-30-million/ Textio, the AI platform purpose-built to help companies hire and develop remarkable teams,announced Kieran Snyder has stepped down as CEO. Jensen Harris, co-founder and CXO, has been unanimously ...
Putting Moms Back to Work at Bus Stop Mamas
January 07, 2024 17:00 - 26 minutes - 16.9 MBMary Kay Ziniewicz is the founder and CEO of Bus Stop Mamas a tech platform that instantly introduces employers to off market talent -moms. https://www.busstopmamas.com/