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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SAP, ShiftNOW and Sterling
January 04, 2024 16:18 - 5 minutes - 4 MBTech job board Dice.com has introduced two new features. Company Profile and Discover Companies to help companies attract in-demand skilled technology professionals. https://hrtechfeed.com/dice-launches-discover-companies-feature/ SAP introduced a new, modern and state-of-the-art Career Site Job Search together with Job-Layout-related and Administration-related updates for SuccessFactors Recruiting Career Site Builder (CSB). https://hrtechfeed.com/successfactors-recruiting-new-caree...
RecTech Media Special Announcement
January 01, 2024 17:00 - 4 minutes - 3.3 MBA look at what's coming to the pod and help for HR tech job seekers in the form of a new job community. https://hrtechjob.com/
How to Harmonize Recruitment Operations
December 17, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 38.1 MBOne-hour peer-to-peer recruitment roundtable featuring Heidi Gerhard, VP of Global Talent Acquisition Strategy & Operations at Mastercard, as our featured speaker! By the end of this session, you'll be armed with fresh strategies to seamlessly harmonize recruitment operations in your organization. Heidi will share invaluable insights on discovering the ideal talent, optimizing processes, and building teams that stand the test of time.
Employer Branding Priorities & Budgets Report
December 11, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes - 11.8 MBCliquify 2024 Employer Brand Priorities Report is out and CEO Amit Parmar joins the pod to discuss their findings. Free Download: https://www.cliquify.me/resources/2024-employer-branding-priorities-and-budget?utm_campaign=RecTechMedia
Breaking News: Indeed To End PPA
December 07, 2023 15:16 - 4 minutes - 143 MB VideoIn a stunning reversal, Indeed.com will end its pay per application business model only a year after launching it.
Workleap buys Pingboard, Skills Day and Inclusively
December 06, 2023 20:00 - 8 minutes - 6.81 MBFama Technologies, Inc., a leader in candidate screening that makes hiring great people easy, has been recognized as a “Hot Companies to Watch in 2024” by Nucleus Research, one of the world’s top HCM industry analyst firms. https://hrtechfeed.com/fama-technologies-inc-announced-as-a-hot-company-to-watch-in-2024-by-nucleus-research/ Workleap, a leading software company behind products that improve the employee experience for 20,000 companies in more than 100 countries, has acquired Ping...
Workday, Happy, Kahuna and Every
November 30, 2023 21:36 - 7 minutes - 5.73 MBHOUSTON—-Kahuna Workforce Solutions, a pioneer in operational skills and competency management software, has announced a $21 million Series B funding round led by Resolve Growth Partners. https://hrtechfeed.com/skills-management-software-platform-raises-21-million/ Workday, (NASDAQ: WDAY), announced results for the fiscal 2024 third quarter ended October 31, 2023. Fiscal Third Quarter Total Revenues of $1.87 Billion, Up 16.7% Year Over Year Subscription Revenues of $1.69 Billion, ...
How Will Google for Jobs be Implemented?
November 19, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutes - 12.9 MBSpeculation around Google for Jobs continues but no one is quite sure what the paid version will look like nor how it will be implemented. I brought in the founder of JobAdX Amit Chauhan to discuss.
EarnBetter, Remote.com and Twitter Job Search
November 17, 2023 16:09 - 7 minutes - 5.46 MBCielo is introducing a series of intelligence tools that leverage automation and AI to help companies optimize the hiring experience for all:they are calling it Digital Accelerators™. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-cielo/ Remote, a leader in building, managing, and supporting globally distributed workforces, today launched a marketplace for employers and job seekers. Fully integrated with Remote’s global HR platform, Remote Talent provides companies and their future teams arou...
Integrating Talent Intelligence for Long-Term Talent Acquisition Success
November 12, 2023 15:00 - 59 minutes - 34.9 MBThe Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades): Integrating Talent Intelligence for Long-Term Talent Acquisition Success In today's rapidly evolving recruitment landscape, Talent Intelligence has emerged as a key component of your talent strategy. While adding this to the growing list of responsibilities for talent leaders, leading companies not only need Talent Intelligence; they also require a dedicated team to distill the data and operate as a key advisor to the business. As you look to...
Rival, Engagedly, IAMPHENOM
November 09, 2023 16:49 - 4 minutes - 3.26 MBChicago — Rival, formerly SilkRoad Technology, today announced a relaunch of its recruiting product, Rival Recruit, which is now available. The new url is https://rival-hr.com/ https://hrtechfeed.com/silkroad-changes-name-to-rival/ Engagedly, the cloud-based talent management software for Performance, Learning & Development, and Employee Engagement solutions, in its pursuit to improve employee engagement, performance, and experience, has acquired theEMPLOYEEapp, an employee communicatio...
Temp Healthcare Staffing with Nomad Health
November 06, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 13.6 MBStarted by clinicians for clinicians in 2015, Nomad Health became a pioneer for digital temporary healthcare staffing providing clinicians with a degree of transparency, control and efficiency that traditional healthcare staffing companies don’t deliver. Nomad clinicians have cared for millions of patients at over one thousand healthcare facilities across all 50 states. Justin Lambert, COO joins the podcast.
UKG Labs, Espresa, Accounting Sprout & More
November 03, 2023 11:00 - 6 minutes - 5.04 MBUKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people, today introduced its second cohort of early-stage companies — from four different countries — as part of its fast-growing, in-house global startup ecosystem and virtual laboratory, UKG Labs. This newest class includes: Bites, based in Israel, which is on a mission to enable every organization to train, onboard, and engage with their frontline employees successfully and effectively; Denim, based i...
Gerry Crispin Talks Recruiting
October 30, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 36.2 MBJobsync's conversation with Gerry Crispin kicked off with defining what recruiting really is, what recruiters really do, and how not all things recruiting are learned in school.
Radancy buys Brazen
October 27, 2023 14:02 - 4 minutes - 3.66 MBSmartRecruiters, announced the latest expansion of talent acquisition updates designed to broaden global reach and productivity. The new release includes over 27 product enhancements and 15 new partner integrations offering smarter workflows, seamless integrations and bulk actions that empower global talent leaders to achieve more with less. https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-latest-q3-feature-release/ Rally®, the leading platform for learning best-practice recruitment marketing a...
HR Tech Interviews Part 3
October 23, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes - 30.9 MBIn the final round of interviews from the expo floor at HR Tech 2023 you'll hear from Phenom, Plum, Veritone, Refer, and Workbuzz.
Recruitment Marketing with TrackFive's Oliver Feakins
October 23, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 13.7 MBTrackFive is a recruitment marketing agency based in Central Pennsylvania. Founded in 2007, their vision is To fill every open job with a qualified candidate. https://trackfive.com/
LinkedIn Layoffs, New Funding
October 20, 2023 14:47 - 5 minutes - 4.55 MBLinkedIn is laying off more than 660 workers across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams, the employment-focused social media site announced Monday. https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/linkedin-laying-off-more-than-660-workers/ micro1, an AI-driven platform for sourcing top engineering talent has announced an oversubscribed $1.3 million investment. This funding, coupled with the initial $2 million pre-seed investment, has propelled the company’s valuation to an impressive $3...
HR Tech Interviews, Part 2
October 18, 2023 16:19 - 20 minutes - 16.1 MBIn the latest episode from HR Tech Las Vegas you'll hear from Greenhouse, Hopward and Lumina. Sponsored by Plum.io
HR Tech Interviews: CollabWork, Crosschq, First30
October 17, 2023 14:00 - 18 minutes - 13.3 MBHR tech interviews from the expo floor at the 2023 event. COLLABWORK, CROSSCHQ, FIRST30 Sponsored by Plum https://www.plum.io/
High Volume Hiring Discussion
October 16, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.7 MBAt the recent RecFest event in Nashville I caught some of the panel on high volume hiring.
What Job Seekers Hate!
October 09, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBA panel of job seekers talk about what they hate about applying for jobs online.
Patents, Funding and AI
October 06, 2023 13:22 - 6 minutes - 5.64 MBCangrade, an AI-based predictor of job candidate success and retention,has announced its new patent 11734566 which predicts a job candidate’s fit for multiple positions using one assessment. This innovative technology redefines the way organizations source talent, allowing companies to leverage Cangrade’s Pre-Hire Assessment to effortlessly boost recruiting and sourcing efficiency, enhance the candidate’s experience, and build talent pools and internal mobility. https://hrtechfeed.com/ca...
Talent Attraction at Visa
October 02, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBCelinda Appleby who manages talent attraction at Visa gave a presentation at RecFest Nashville on her recruitment marketing tips and tricks.
Oyster & Erudit
September 29, 2023 13:41 - 4 minutes - 3.49 MBOyster: https://hrtechfeed.com/oyster-launches-talent-network/ Erudit: https://hrtechfeed.com/erudit-raises-10m-series-a-to-transform-the-employee-experience/
Citizens Bank HR Tech Stack
September 25, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 12.4 MBMy guest today is MaryAnn Pelland, Head of TA for Citizens Bank….Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with more than 17,000 colleagues nationwide. You can check out their career site at jobs.citizensbank.com TOPICS 1. Give the audience a sense for How many people do you hire every year? Whats the size of the TA team at citizens…? 2. How does Citizens use hr technology to facilitate hiring…(walk us thru...
HiBob Strikes it Rich
September 21, 2023 15:54 - 7 minutes - 6.03 MBSparcStart, a leader in recruitment marketing innovation, has unveiled its latest product, Empower, the recruitment marketing portal that transforms how companies manage, measure, and share their employer brand and recruitment marketing assets. https://hrtechfeed.com/sparcstart-empower-revolutionizing-recruitment-marketing-asset-management/ HireClix, a leading recruitment marketing services company, today launched the Employer Brand Network (EBN) to help enterprise-level organizations ...
My RecFest Wrapup
September 19, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 8.3 MBJust a quick episode with my thoughts on RecFest held in Nashville last week with a couple of interviews with IQtalent and Plum.
Terry Terhark, CEO of NXTThing RPO
September 18, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 15.2 MBTerry Terhark, CEO of NXTThing RPO, an Employ Inc. brand, is here to talk about opportunities for AI and automation in recruitment. There’s growing demand for recruitment technologies that streamline hiring and make recruiting more scalable … In fact a recent study indicated that 47% of companies plan to increase spending on automated recruiting and intelligent sourcing technologies this year, so talent acquisition teams need a roadmap to better understand the tech they’ll work with.
The Recruiter Less Future with Allyn Bailey
September 11, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 14.6 MBAllyn Bailey is a talent futurist and currently heads up Hiring Success Services at SmartRecruiters the San Francisco based hiring software company. She is here to share some interesting thoughts on AI and the recruiting process. Whats new at SmartRecruiters? You've had a lot of leadership changes in the past year or so… Has Smart released any generative AI features yet? What has been your experience to-date with AI in the talent acquisition and recruitment space? Have we been using AI ...
PowerToFly & CareerBuilder (again)
September 07, 2023 15:48 - 4 minutes - 3.36 MBAfter making pay per resumes live last week CareerBuilder says they are now offering pay for performance job ads… It appears to be an option as regular duration based job ads are still available to buy. https://hrtechfeed.com/careerbuilder-to-add-pay-for-performance-job-ads/ Culinary Agents has enhanced its hospitality industry-leading hiring platform with existing partner Indeed, for more seamless job application submissions. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/culinary-agents...
August Jobsync Roundtable
September 04, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes - 34.6 MB𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, & 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 Join us on August 17th as we welcome John Higgins to the JobSync Recruitment Marketing Roundtable. We'll be talking about: • How to analyze your process, people, and technology (and existing commitments) to understand where your opportunities lie. • How to look at your entire process through the lens of candidate experience and use that to drive total process and technology improvement. • How to get success out of ou...
Confirm, Oyster, Chipotle
August 31, 2023 16:00 - 6 minutes - 5.07 MBConfirm, a platform that uses Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) to improve performance reviews, has raised $6.2 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Spero Ventures with participation from SHRMLabs, Elefund, Gaingels, Black Angel Group and several existing customers. https://hrtechfeed.com/performance-reviews-software-lands-6-2m-funding-round/ Oyster®, the employment platform to hire, pay, and care for global teams, today launched Pearl, an AI-powered chatbot that can an...
Assessment Software Discussion
August 28, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 10.3 MBStephane Rivard is the CEO at HiringBranch a Montreal based talent assessment software company. TOPICS What makes a good assessment tool? Could you share with our listeners the inspiration behind developing HiringBranch? How long does your assessment take and is it taken pre-apply or post apply? Is it targeted toward certain skill sets or…? What impact have you seen on the recruitment process and candidate selection since its implementation? Candidate Experience: Many candidates mi...
Toothio, Howdy and CareerBuilder
August 25, 2023 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.45 MBThe U.S. saw 21.74 million new job postings during the first half of 2023, down just 8% from the previous six-month period, according to a new report from staffing giant PeopleReady. https://hrtechfeed.com/job-postings-steady-in-first-half-of-2023/ Phenom is hosting AI Day — setting the HR industry’s direction for AI’s role in empowering organizations to hire faster, develop better and retain longer, while reaching new levels of efficiency. Domain experts will dive deep into the types ...
Shattering AI Illusions
August 21, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 40 MBRecorded from a live LinkedIn event hosted by Qualifi. Listen for a lively discussion about AI in recruiting.
Abode: Gen Z Onboarding Tool
August 14, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 11.9 MBAccording to Abode an early career onboarding platform. Early-career reneges and turnover don't just affect your bottom line; they also take a toll on morale and productivity, making them incredibly costly for your organization. Joining me to discuss is Ben Siegel the Co-founder & CEO Learn more at abodehr.com
Indeed & Ziprecruiter Earnings
August 10, 2023 18:42 - 5 minutes - 4.45 MBOne Model, a people analytics software company, announced the successful completion of its growth funding round, securing a $41 million investment led by Riverwood Capital, a leading global investor in high-growth technology companies. https://hrtechfeed.com/people-analytics-software-raises-41-million/ SeekOut, the Talent Intelligence Platform, announced two new innovations to help recruiters achieve better results. First, the company made SeekOut Assist, GPT-powered recruiting, public...
AI & Recruiting According to RecruitBot CEO Jeremy Schiff
August 07, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 16.2 MBRecruitBot recently raised $8.2 million in additional seed funding to fuel growth of its AI-powered hiring software. RecruitBot is a sourcing tool that lets you find, contact, and hire talent – all in one top-of-funnel solution. They claim a database of more than 600 million candidates. Joining me today is their CEO & Founder Jeremy Schiff Congrats on the funding round, what is the origin story behind RecruitBot Explain the user experience of the tool for the avg recruiter. There are lo...
Rippling Launches ATS
August 03, 2023 15:47 - 5 minutes - 3.81 MBRippling the payroll and benefits software has announced the launch of Rippling Recruiting, a new applicant tracking system. With Rippling Recruiting, clients can approve new headcount, post requisitions to over 25,000 job boards, schedule interviews, and go straight from offer letter to onboarding in 90 seconds, all in a single system. https://hrtechfeed.com/rippling-launches-ats/ Perceptyx, the leading employee listening and manager effectiveness platform, has acquired Humu, a techno...
How AI & Data Analytics Are Becoming the Newest Member of Your Hiring Team
July 30, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBData in the middle but you got much bot. 🎶 Yep, we're going there. It's time to talk about all things #AI, #machinelearning, and #dataanalytics. Grace E. Niwa from Vertex Pharmaceuticals is joining us to discuss: 👩💻 How to combine new school and old school data to solve in-the-moment problems with practical solutions 🤖 How to slice your hiring data from different angles to reveal insights that may have been overlooked before in your processes 👀 How to see opportunities for st...
Findem, Skillit, Recruitics
July 27, 2023 17:45 - 7 minutes - 5.32 MBFreelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing marketplace, recently released new figures revealing a surge in freelance creative writing jobs, growth in business marketing activities, and an increase in on-site photography and videography gigs. Creative Writing – up 58% (from 1,868 to 2,961 jobs) User Interface Design – up 52% (from 2,017 to 3,075 jobs) Twitter Marketing – up 41% from (1,650 to 2,334 jobs) Photography – up 40% from (2,101 to 2,945 jobs) Writing (Microsoft Word) – up 3...
Google for Jobs Discussion
July 16, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutes - 15.3 MBIn the 2nd part of my interview on Shawn Days Hire Lead Chill podcast we talk about all things Google for Jobs.
Appcast, Twitter, RecruitBot
July 13, 2023 21:03 - 5 minutes - 4.26 MBSan Francisco, CA — RecruitBot, the powerful hiring platform that transforms the entire recruiting experience, has raised $8.2 million in additional seed funding to fuel growth of its AI-powered software. The investment was led by Slow Ventures with participation from other investors https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitbot-lands-additional-8-2-million-investment/ Appcast, the global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising technology and services, announced today its acquisition of re...
Hire, Lead and Chill - Part 1
July 09, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 19.8 MBI was a gust on Shawn Day's Facebook live show for his group called Hire Lead & Chill where we talked about a variety of topics in online recruiting. Part 2 will be out next week talking more about Google for Jobs.
Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait
July 02, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 14.9 MBDaniel Chait CEO of hiring software Greenhouse.io joins the show to talk about the state of HR Tech, AI, remote work and more.
Funding and Founders Foolery
June 30, 2023 15:56 - 6 minutes - 5.29 MBAccord to a story on calcallisttech.com Israeli startup Joonko, which has developed an automated sourcing platform focused solely on underrepresented candidates, is on the verge of a closure. An investigation conducted by the company's board of directors and investors revealed that the number of its real customers differed significantly from the number reported by its managers to the investors. In those reports, the company stated that it has 150 customers, when in practice the number was si...
Future of AI Job Search
June 26, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 6.79 MBIn the coming years, artificial intelligence (AI) will play a major role in the job search process. Much has been written about how AI will affect recruiting but I’d like to explore it from the other side of the table. https://www.rectechmedia.com/blog/ai-job-search
Vidcruiter, LinkedIn and HR Copilots
June 23, 2023 13:19 - 6 minutes - 5.32 MBThe Josh Bersin Company will preview its new AI system, The Josh Bersin Company HR Copilot at their upcoming Global HR Leadership conference, Irresistible. https://hrtechfeed.com/josh-bersin-company-to-unveil-ai-based-hr-copilot/ VidCruiter, Inc.—a leading interviewing platform used by Fortune 500 companies, national governments, and international organizations— has acquired AI-startup Ingage Solutions. The acquisition increases VidCruiter’s interview intelligence technologies by expand...
Job Board ROI
June 19, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes - 39.1 MBWe dive into all of the recent changes on the major job boards and discuss how to navigate them so that you can turn your ROE into ROI (recruiting operational efficiency). Leah Daniels and Alex Murphy will be joined by a mystery guest to help you level up your #recruiting and make the most of the ever-changing job board landscape.