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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RecTech Headlines - Vendors in the News
September 07, 2018 18:03 - 6 minutes - 5.01 MBWelcome to RecTech’s Recruiting Headlines, powered by Recruitign Headlines.com and sponsored by Rejobify...don’t just reject candidates, Rejobify them! https://www.rejobify.com/ CareerBuilder names first ever female CEO Irina Novoselsky, who joined CareerBuilder in October 2017 as President and Chief Operating Officer, is being named the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Matt Ferguson, following 14 years as Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of Executive Chairman effect...
Entelo Wants You to Go Into Unbiased Sourcing Mode
September 04, 2018 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBEntelo, a leader in recruiting automation and sourcing, recently announced a new feature called Unbiased Sourcing Mode, allowing companies to anonymize and hide information recruiters or hiring managers don’t want to see in an effort to eliminate unconscious bias based on irrelevant factors. Here to discuss this new feature and talk more about sourcing is Lisa Holden their Director of Communications. TOPICS INCLUDE: Gearing up for HR tech? Can you explain what Entelo does briefly? ...
RecTech Headlines: Google for Jobs FAQ
September 01, 2018 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.38 MBGoogle for Jobs FAQ https://recruitingheadlines.com/google-for-jobs-employer-faq/ Google Job Search Tweak for Veterans https://9to5google.com/2018/08/28/jobs-for-veterans-google/ Rejobify Webinar Sept 6th 1pm EST https://www.crowdcast.io/e/rejobify
Michael Hurwitz from CareersInGovernment.com
August 28, 2018 17:35 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBAs the head of CareersinGoverment.com, Michael Hurwitz is skilled in Digital Strategy, Advertising Sales, and Integrated Marketing. Along With strong business development skills he holds a degree in Political Science and Government from the University of Iowa. Today he is the President and Co-Founder of a niche job site for the public sector. https://careersingovernment.com/ TOPICS; Brief history of the site… Can you give us a sense of the size of the business...traffic, database, rev...
RecTech: Recruiting Headlines
August 24, 2018 13:45 - 13 minutes - 10 MBIn todays episode of recruiting headlines Chris Russell will talk about: A new job search app that quietly raised $24 million: LINK Facebook Job Alerts - LINK LinkedIn Jobs going Remote Friendly - LINK Amazon paying employees to Tweet nice things? - LINK Thanks for listening. Send your tips, rumors and news stories to [email protected]
Chris Murdock from IQ Talent Partners
August 19, 2018 18:41 - 23 minutes - 18.6 MBI met today’s guest as he drove me and Steve Levy to a dinner hosted by Gerry Crispin in Nashville a few weeks back while i was at the Jobg8 summit...afterwards he also introduced me to Nashville's best dive bar and then the day after he invited me to hang out in the offices of IQ Talent before my flight left. We had time to have lunch, and commiserate for an afternoon while overlooking the Nashville skyline. Chris Murdock is the Co-Founder and Senior Partner of IQ Talent Partners. Chris h...
A.I. in Recruiting Panel
August 13, 2018 13:00 - 40 minutes - 26.1 MBWhile at the Jobg8 Summit in Nashville a few weeks back I recorded some audio of a panel of tech vendors talking about how this new technology is seeping into the recruiting process. https://www.rectechmedia.com/
Recruiting Headlines - WebClipDrop, Altru Labs and Job Descriptions
August 10, 2018 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.92 MBThis podcast is sponsored Rejobify, a better way to attract candidates. Companies and Stories mentioned in this episode: WebClipDrop Changes Name to ZAPinfo AltruLabs raises funding Job Description Stats Why this is a well written job description Visit RecruitingHeadlines.com for all the days top stories across the web.
Mike Wiston from Crowded.com
August 05, 2018 18:19 - 11 minutes - 8.64 MBAt the recent Jobg8 Summitt in Nashville I ran into Mike Wiston from Crowded. They have a unique platform that refreshes large resume databases and updates individual candidate data by scouring the web. We chat briefly about how it works and find out what he's learned about working with recruiters and HR.
RecTech Headlines: LinkedIn, Facebook, Emissary
July 31, 2018 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4.14 MBWelcome to RecTech Headlines powered by RecruitingHeadlines.com, a short news segment about important news recruiters need to know. From time to time we'll be sharing important tools tips and tactics for online recruiting success. http://recruitingheadlines.com/category/blog/ Signup for the daily newsletter on http://recruitingheadlines.com to get all the days top stories.
Candidate Experience Soundbites with Kevin Grossman
July 29, 2018 12:32 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBOn a warm sultry day in central New Jersey I drove down I-95 to New Brunswick just past the campus of Rutgers University and near the headquarters of iconic corporate brand, Johnson & Johnson, to attend a Candidate Experience Workshop run by Kevin Grossman and his team from the Talent Board. The Talent Board is non-profit organization focused on the elevation and promotion of a quality candidate experience. Along with Gerry Crispin and other familiar faces we sat under tents on the immacul...
Claire Petrie, Talent Acquisition Manager for Remedy Intelligent Staffing in Buffalo
July 22, 2018 13:52 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBClaire Petrie is the Talent Acquisition Manager in the Buffalo, NY office for one of the largest specialty staffing firms in North America, Remedy Intelligent Staffing. She has built over six years of diverse HR management experience with privately-owned and publicly-traded global companies that provide hospitality and food service management, medical devices development, and non-dairy frozen food production. Claire holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentratio...
How I Recruit: Doug Munro, Talent Acquisition Director, MAG Aerospace
July 15, 2018 13:47 - 28 minutes - 20.4 MBDoug Munro has more than fifteen years' experience recruiting top-flight talent, including key personnel for mission-critical work in the National Defense arena. He’s filled positions in a wide array of areas including Executive Leadership, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Program/Project Management, Contract Administration, and Intelligence Analysis. He’s also well-versed in the security clearance arena and has been involved in a broad spectrum of Federal procurements. TOOLS Men...
Duarte Mendonca, Director Talent Acquisition at FTD Companies
July 08, 2018 17:28 - 31 minutes - 23.7 MBFf you got to Duarte Mendonca's Linkedin profile it will say something that you don't see on most recruiting bios...“Cut me, I will bleed Talent Acquisition” When I read that along with the rest of his profile I knew he should be on the podcast. In today's show we'll cover his HR tech stack and hear how he and his small team of recruiters fill their reqs. TOPICS COVERED Describe the size of your team, the number of open roles, and types of jobs. Ask about ghosting What are your primar...
Jack Coapman from Gr8 People
July 02, 2018 12:35 - 32 minutes - 24 MBgr8 People describes themselves as this----a 100 percent purpose-built recruiting platform to deliver the unfair advantage companies demand to compete for talent around the world. Their platform brings together a CRM, recruitment marketing, hiring and on-boarding together; providing a one stop show talent ecosystems. The company, which is based in Newtown Pennsylvania raised an 8 million dollar series B round of funding earlier this year and is continuing to innovate through new functional...
How I Recruit with Alan Fluhrer
June 24, 2018 20:01 - 26 minutes - 21 MBAlan Fluhrer, Talent Acquisition Manager at W.E. O'Neil Construction. Alan Fluhrer is a 20+ years recruiting professional who has built national teams, improved recruiting processes while always remembering his first mentors words. "This is a business about people...people make the decisions, people get the jobs and relationships are key" Alan likes to prove that that recruiting is a profit center. Saying he’s saved and/or helped companies increase revenues in the ten's of millions. Ho...
Brad Goldoor, Cofounder of Phenom People
June 17, 2018 12:00 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBBrad Goldoor: This is Brad Goldoor, co-founder and chief people officer at Phenom People, and I'm next on the Rec Tech podcast. Announcer: Welcome to Rec Tech, the podcast where recruiting and technology intersect. Each month, you'll hear from vendors shaping the recruiting world, along with recruiters who'll tell you how they use technology to hire talent. Now here's your host, the mad scientist of online recruiting, Chris Russell. Chris Russell: That's right. It's time for Rec Tech, th...
8 Free Tools for Recruitment Marketers
June 10, 2018 13:00 - 14 minutes - 10.8 MBThis is REC TECH….the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. The RecTech podcast is sponsored in part by Hiretual, the recruiters best friend. And Roborecruiter.ai This will be a solo show with just me I put together a list of cool tools employers and recruiters can be using to improve their recruitment marketing efforts. Legend.im - animate 100 characters of text into 6 second video. Free for iOS. Ripl....
Mid -Year RecTech Recap with George LaRocque and Martin Burns
June 04, 2018 11:30 - 50 minutes - 36.1 MBWelcome to RECTECH….the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. Recruiting is getting more technical in nature so its important for recruiters to stay up to date on the new tools and tactics for success. The RecTech podcast is sponsored in part by Hiretual, the recruiters best friend. Hiretual’s AI engine is a personal sourcing assistant that works for you 24x7. Check out their new version 3 with a new rep...
Veronika Henderson on How to Be a One Person Recruiting Team (via RecruitDC)
May 28, 2018 23:08 - 52 minutes - 34.3 MBRecorded at http://www.recruitdc.org/ How To Be An Effective, One Person Recruiting Team Veronika Henderson | Recruiter | American College of Radiology Let’s get down to the bottom of recruiting, the really exciting part that goes beyond just order taking and sourcing. My session would cover smart recruiting approach to data and communication. Learning Objectives: 1. Setting expectations with both hiring managers and candidates; 2. How and why it is important to utilize the recruiting data (I...
RecruitDC with Ninh Tran and Chad Norman
May 28, 2018 22:57 - 55 minutes - 34.7 MBIn the first of two recorded sessions from the recent RecruitDC event held in Falls Church, Virginia. http://www.recruitdc.org/ In this episode you'll hear a quick update from Ninh Tran on the Hiretual sourcing tool. Then get ready for Chad Norman's session called "Employer Brand IS Your Brand".
Susanna Frazier two-time SourceCon Hackathon Champ
May 21, 2018 11:44 - 37 minutes - 27.3 MBSusanna Frazier is an innovative Talent Acquisition Leader that’s “Fluent in Business, Talent, & Technology.” She’s an International Speaker, HR Tech Advisor, Founder of Sourcers Who Code… & the first ever two-time SourceCon Hackathon Champ! Susanna has an IT Staffing Recruitment foundation and focused experience in cutting-industries like digital media, entertainment, & technology. She’s carved out a niche for building corporate Strategic Sourcing functions from the ground up − and is curren...
Social Media for Recruiting with Lindsay Parks
May 14, 2018 18:36 - 33 minutes - 23.6 MBLindsay Parks is a Talent acquisition Social Media Specialist at a major insurance company in the Northeast. She is a Multi-faceted Employer Branding professional with a versatile background in the areas of Recruitment Marketing, Career Placement, Talent Acquisition, Client Relations and Marketing Support. She’s passionate about creating cohesive and lasting relationships while striving to connect world-class organizations with superior talent. Her past roles including being a freelance write...
Angie Verros from Vaia Talent
May 06, 2018 16:27 - 30 minutes - 21.6 MBCreating Compelling Candidate Communications to Double Your Candidate Email Response Rates With Angie Verros, Vaia Talent Have you ever wondered why candidates ignore your emails? Why you send out over 100 emails a day to potential candidates only to get responses like, “Not interested” or “Take me off your list.” And, that’s not including the 95 (or so) percent of recipients who delete without reading at all. With higher demand and advances in technology, we’ve seemed to leave out the person...
Wonolo Gets $13 Million to Expand its On Demand Labor Marketplace
April 29, 2018 20:03 - 25 minutes - 19.7 MBWonolo – which stands for Work. Now. Locally….has raised a Series B funding round of $13 million dollars which brings it total funding to $25 million. The company’s technology connects employers with vetted workers “within moments”. The new funding comes from Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. AJ Brustein is one of the co founders and he joins me on the phone from San Francisco. We chat about the company's origin and the on demand labor market they are building in major cities across the U.S.
Tangie Pettis Talks Recruiting
April 22, 2018 20:07 - 26 minutes - 18.9 MBAs an award-winning and innovative thought leader in the talent-acquisition field, Tangie Pettis has spent over 19 years as a strategic recruitment business partner within some of the most well-known companies and organizations across the nation including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Home Depot (RPO), DaVita, Charlotte Russe, Aeropostale, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She has a dynamic approach to candidate sourcing, process design and implementation. She is also an active speaker and a...
Recruiting Technology Panel Discussion
April 14, 2018 18:43 - 29 minutes - 19.9 MBListen to audio from a panel of HR influencers and analysts such as William Tincupp, Tim Sackett, George LaRocque and Madeline Laurano. Recorded at the OPEN Conference in NYC.
How Hot Topic Revamped Their Onboarding Experience
April 08, 2018 18:43 - 26 minutes - 19.9 MBHot Topic, has 425+ employees at their Corporate HQ in Los Angeles and with around 10,000 company-wide depending on the season. They recently initiated a new onboarding experience at their corp HQ with the intent to ramp-up speed and engagement, so that it could impact productivity and tenure. Johnny Sanchez is the Head of Recruiting at Hot Topic & BoxLunch, A retailer based in Los Angeles. QUESTIONS -Tell us first what the onboarding process was like before and why you decided to change it? ...
Thoughts on Recruitment Marketing
April 01, 2018 12:44 - 41 minutes - 36.8 MBThis audio is from a recent panel at TA Tech Europe but I wanted to chat about recruitment marketing for a moment. At RecTech Media we enable companies to outsource much of these efforts from managing your job advertising to creating content for your career site and managing your social recruiting channels so you can get back to the business of ...recruiting. Right now I see too many employers trying to meld these responsibilities onto recruiting or TA managers who are still expected to sourc...
What I Learned at Sourcecon
March 25, 2018 20:53 - 35 minutes - 26.4 MBShannon Pritchett is the editor of SourceCon. As a lifelong student in the recruitment industry, Shannon is passionate about improving it. She has a diverse background in training, sourcing, full desk recruiting, coaching, and journalism. Shannon got her start in the recruitment industry at Vanderbilt University and later worked as a Senior Recruiter for Internal Data Resources and Community Health Systems, Social Media Recruitment Ambassador for T-Mobile USA, Director of Recruiting for Moxy,...
Conversations from TA Tech Europe
March 18, 2018 14:50 - 27 minutes - 26.2 MB3 conversations with HR tech vendors recorded at TA Tech Europe held in Dublin Ireland March 13-14. Gal Among form Talenya Shane Gray from Clinch Talent Peter White from Jobboard.io/Ziprecruiter Learn more at RecTechMedia.com
Michael Brown on How His Company Get 50% of Hires Through Referrals
March 11, 2018 13:22 - 21 minutes - 16.2 MBMichael Brown is the Vice President, of Talent at SHYFT Analytics based in Waltham Massachusetts, in today's show we'll find out how they generate 50% of their hires through employee referrals. TOPICS -What does SHYFT analytics do and what types of roles are you recruiting for? -How big is your recruiting team? -Your ATS is Lever, what was the previous ATS at SHYFT? -What was the switch like...how long did it take, etc? -Favorite feature of Lever? -What else is part of your HR tech stack? -Le...
Urie Suhr - The Recruiter that Leverages A.I.
March 05, 2018 13:48 - 39 minutes - 29.7 MBUrie Suhr is the Director of Talent Acquisition for new york city based Collective (i), a tech company that modernizes the sales organizations of Fortune 500 clients through artificial intelligence and buyer insights. I saw her speak on a panel recently sponsored by Entelo and here's what we'll talk about today. -What types of roles are you recruiting for? -You are the only recruiter correct? Talk about the challenges of that... -Collectivei.com is a cool looking site...your job descriptions ...
Jeanette Maister Reveals Student Recruitment Trends
February 25, 2018 14:07 - 36 minutes - 24.4 MBJeanette Maister is Managing Director - Americas at New York based WCN whose talent acquisition suite helps to improve the hiring process.. .Jeanette lives and breathes campus recruiting having spent almost her entire career as a practitioner...She began her journey in campus recruitment at Lehman Brothers in regional and later global leadership campus roles, where she first used WCN. She went on to work for IBM, Gartner, and finally as Global Chief Operating Officer of the Campus Recruiting ...
Facebook News Feed Changes for Employers
February 17, 2018 18:20 - 19 minutes - 17.2 MBFacebook is changing their news feed again, lets find out what employers can do about that...next on the RecTech podcast. This is a preview of my live event taking place on February 22nd at 1pm EST on: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/what-employers-need-to/register On Thursday Feb 22 at 1pm EST time i will be launching a new live video training show for recruiters and employers called “Recruitment Marketing Live” that will focus on helping recruitment marketers get better at attracting talent onli...
How I Recruit with Tiffany Kuehl
February 05, 2018 19:37 - 31 minutes - 22.2 MBTiffany Kuehl is Director of HR search for Versique, one of the largest talent acquisition firms in the midwest, specializing in both consulting and permanent placement. She spent 20 years in corporate HR before switching to the agency side about a year ago. According to her twitter account she is also a Twins fanatic, a blogger and watches the Xfiles. Connect with her on twitter: https://twitter.com/TiffanyKuehl TOPICS You are what I would call a social savvy recruiter...linkedin-twitter….ho...
Jeff Hyman Wants You to Recruit Rockstars
January 30, 2018 01:12 - 32 minutes - 23.1 MBMy guest today says quote: “90% of business problems are actually recruiting problems in disguise. If you’re filling your company’s vacant positions with B-players, you’re playing with fire. Instead, hire Rockstars (the top 5% of candidates who have the desired competencies and DNA, at the budgeted compensation level) to build an organization with limitless potential. “ Jeff Hyman is is the Chief Talent Officer for StrongSuit and author of a new book, Recruit Rockstars: The 10 Step Playbook t...
Restaurant Recruiting and HR with Steve Browne
January 22, 2018 14:12 - 32 minutes - 23.4 MBSteve Browe is Executive Director of HR for Cincinnati based Larosa’s a popular chain of Italian restaurants... Steve is also the author of "HR on Purpose!!" - a SHRM bestseller that gives a different view of how to practice HR and enjoy it. TOPICS How did you get so HR famous? 16,000 linkedin followers, 39,000 twitter followers. At Larosa’s how many locations and employees do you handle? Is recruiting centralized or decentralized? What’s your ATS? Any other HR tech tools you use? How do you ...
Qualified.io Making Strides as a Software Developer Assessment Tool
January 16, 2018 13:15 - 24 minutes - 18.5 MBNathan Doctor and Jake Hoffner are the co-founders of Qualified.io a software developer assessment tool. TOPICS * What are your clients saying about the challenge of tech recruiting in silicon valley? * What is Qualified and give us a brief history of the company… When launched? * What makes you different from the Hackerranks of the world? * Will this tech eventually be used in other skill sets? Walk us through the user experience from the recruiter perspective * Jake (CTO) How do you spot a ...
Year End RecTech Recap
January 08, 2018 13:07 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBGeorge LaRocque, HCM analyst with HRWins…and Martin Burns from the recruitment advertising firm HireClix...join Chris Russell ...it’s time for our year-end-recap….next on the Rec Tech Podcast Happy new year everyone... it’s time once again for RECTECH….the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. I started this show last year to in order to educate recruiters and employers about how to better leverage technology t...
Aman Brar, CEO of the text recruiting tool, Canvas
December 18, 2017 13:16 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBToday we’ll be talking about hot topics in text recruiting with the CEO of Canvas, based in Indianapolis. The company just launched in June 2017 and is gaining traction. Links: https://gocanvas.io/ and sponsor http://recruitingheadlines.com/ Topics include: -How did you get into the HR tech space, what’s your background? -Tell us briefly what your tool does and how it works? Im curious to hear -What a typical user experience is like... -Why is text interviewing better than a phone screen? -Wo...
Scott Sherman, Director, Talent Acquisition at Sodexo
December 11, 2017 13:10 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBScott Sherman is a Director of Talent Acquisition with Sodexo a food service and facilities management company. Topics discussed include: -Whats New in TA at Sodexo -Size of recruiting team, number of hires expected in 2018 -Sodexo has been a very proactive recruitment marketer, started blogging early, etc...Quesocial -Sodexo HR tech stack, can you tell us what you us...avature, icims, entelo, hiring solved, Text Recruit, Seekout -Favorite tool or technology you guys have brought on this year...
Graham Pionkowski - HR Tech Enthusiast
December 04, 2017 22:10 - 31 minutes - 21.2 MBMy guest today is Graham Pionkowski, who's spent the last decade in the world of corporate recruiting, and helped a number of organizations up level their talent acquisition strategy, operations, and technologies. Most recently, he has served as the head of global talent acquisition at Bizarre Voice, a high tech company based in Austin, Texas. Over the last few years, he's been leading all things recruiting, including the TA strategy and operationalizing the day to day execution to bring top ...
Dissecting a Job Description
November 26, 2017 17:32 - 9 minutes - 6.15 MBChris Russell reads a solid example of a job posting that sells the role, and company well. Listen as he reads it word for word and tells you why it works. Find the link tot he job description from Meetup at RecTechMedia.com on the blog page.
Bersin's David Mallon Talks HR Tech, LMS and ATS
November 19, 2017 21:25 - 16 minutes - 11 MBAs their head of research, DavidMallon sets strategy and drives innovation for Bersin's research team. He is the primary force behind their work in continuous learning, learning cultures, and learning management systems. He is also central to the Bersin thought leadership related to HR's operating models, governance, and the evolution of key roles such as the HR business partner. TOPICS DISCUSSED What were your takeaways from the HRtech conference this year…. What do you make of the recent ne...
New Study Reveals What Candidates Want from Employer Video
November 13, 2017 12:51 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBBen Eubanks is the principal analyst for Lighthouse Research and Advisory, a human capital management firm that recently conducted a study on video in the candidate experience. Topics discussed: Go to HR tech this year? What did ya think What’s a typical day like for an HCM analyst? Really interested to talk about video today and when I first saw the news of the study that you did I know it would make for a great podcast, how did the study come about and who did you survey? Quote: the study s...
Johnny Campbell Says Embrace A.I. and Be Like Super Recruiters
November 07, 2017 23:52 - 23 minutes - 16.8 MBJohnny Campbell is the CEO & Co-Founder of SocialTalent a company that helps “Improve and Measure your Recruiter ROI”. He is here to discuss some of the findings of the 2017 Global Recruiting Survey and has some interesting things to highlight from the results. learn more at https://www.rectechmedia.com/ and https://www.socialtalent.com/
Is your career site killing your recruiting game?
October 29, 2017 12:52 - 35 minutes - 24 MBListen to Chris Russell talk about do's and dont's for your career site. Recorded at RecruitCon Boston.
Lucas Martinez, Co-founder of job aggregator Neuvoo
October 23, 2017 11:50 - 16 minutes - 13.2 MBYou already know job search engines such as Indeed, Jobs2Careers and Juju but you may not know about Montreal based Neuvoo, a global job search engine now operating in more than 60 countries...there is big change going on in the job search world so today we’ll get some perspective from an upstart player in the space, Neuvoo.com (recorded at the 2017 HR Tech conference in Las Vegas) Lucas Martinez is their cofounder. This is your first HR tech show...first impressions? Walk me through the hist...
Ninh Tran from the Sourcing tool Hiretual
October 14, 2017 20:07 - 26 minutes - 20.7 MBNinh Tran is the COO and cofounder of Hiretual, one of the most popular sourcing tools on the planet. We chatted about the company at the recent HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas.