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Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Chris Russellwww.rectechmedia.com
Hosted 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. CONTACT: chris@rectechmedia.com
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How Southwest Airlines implements HR technology

Recorded at the recent IAMPHENOM event in Philadelphia...in this particular audio the Director of talent acquisition at Southwest airlines (Greg Muccio) talks about how they implemented the Phenom People platform and other aspects of how he runs his team and how they use HR tech. I found his talk full of little details that really gave a good glimpse at how they approach recruiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 05, 201930 min

Recruiting Headlines from Facebook, StafQuik, SparcStart, Namely, Google

Since its launch more than a year ago the Facebook job board has been missing jobs from one key segment: corporate employers. They simply did not have an easy way to share their jobs to the Facebook audience other than their own business page. But good news has arrived... Facebook will be partnering with ATS vendors to include their clients jobs into the Facebook job board automatically. This move will certainly add a huge number of credible, professional listings to the social network alongside...

May 03, 20197 min

Truck Driver Recruiting Discussion

Jason Crowell leads the Brady Trucking People Process managing recruitment marketing, talent acquisition, engagement, and - employee retention. * in 2018 he Led turnover reduction of 31% during explosive headcount growth of 40% * also responsible for Producing Bradys online presence: newsletter, ads & social content using employee stories and employee generated content, and even 60 second EB videos I first met Jason while doing a demo of Rejobify for him and realized he has a lot to say abou...

Apr 29, 201932 min

Recruiting Headlines from CATS, Phenom People, Eightfold, Zippia and Facebook Jobs

BROUGHT TO YOU BY HIRETUAL! Phenom People has a released a major enhancement to it product suite this week; Theyre calling it the Talent Experience Management (TXM) ...a methodology and platform that unifies technology and experience design to enhance the talent journey, turning interested candidates to thriving employees to enthusiastic brand advocates, while helping recruiters and management boost productivity and communicate seamlessly. Talent Experience Management connects the four key exper...

Apr 26, 20196 min

Maury Hanigan Talks Recruitment Marketing

Excerpts from a recent RecTech LIVE webinar with Maury Hanigan, the CEO of SparcStart a recruitment video platform. Lean about her background, hear her thoughts on recruitment marketing and more. Episode sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 22, 201934 min

Recruiting Headlines from Breezy.hr, Hireology, Triplebyte, Spur and Uncubed

Hireology, the leading recruitment CRM for multi-location, decentralized enterprises, today announced it has closed $27 million in Series D financing led by Blue Cloud Ventures, with full participation from current investors Bain Capital Ventures and Baird Venture Partners, as well as Silicon Valley Bank. This latest round of investment brings its total capital raised to $60.5 million and underscores Hireology’s momentum and position of strength in the market. Funds will be used to accelerate th...

Apr 19, 20198 min

Gerry Crispin on the Candidate Experience

If you ever been to a recruiting conference chances are you know the name Gerry Crispin. He is the principal and co founder of CareerXroads a community of talent acquisition professionals whose aim is to move the profession forward. Today we will discuss the state of the Candidate Experience. TOPICS INCLUDE: 1) Are employers getting the message about the candidate experience...whats the current state of it? 2) how do you see technology playing a part in crafting the right CE? 3) tell us a few co...

Apr 15, 201930 min

Recruiting Headlines from iHire, Loxo, Zoho, MomRelaunch, Talent Brew

iHire Releases State of Online Recruiting Report Inaugural report addresses challenges and opportunities for bridging the gap between employers and qualified talent iHire announces its inaugural State of Online Recruiting report, highlighting the results of a survey of more than 1,650 U.S. employers and job seekers across more than 50 industries. As employers and job seekers struggle to find the right talent and the right careers, respectively, this report identifies the challenges and opportuni...

Apr 12, 20198 min

Jim Stroud: Robots Will Not Replace Recruiters!

Sponsors: Emissary.ai & WorkHere.com Jim Stroud has been observing the changing landscape of work; most notably how automation is affecting the recruitment industry. A general consensus purports that robots will ultimately replace recruiters. Jim has an alternative view. The Unique Challenges of the Shifting Labor Market Tony Stark as the Model for the Modern Recruiter The Future of Sourcing is Programmatic The Future of Recruitment is Employment Brand Jim is now Brand Evangelist for ClickIQ...

Apr 08, 201932 min

Recruiting News from Xing, Honeypot, Tac Bell, Glassdoor, Indeed

Podcast sponsored by Hiretual - the recruiters best friend. Xing , the business networking platform that has been described as Germany’s answer to LinkedIn, has made an acquisition to beef up its recruitment business ahead of a rebrand of the business as “New Work.” The company has acquired Honeypot , a German startup that has built a job-hunting platform for tech people, for up to €57 million ($64 million). Xing tells us that Honeypot is its biggest acquisition to date. The figure includes the ...

Apr 05, 20198 min

Has Social Media Failed Recruiting?

Podcast sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Today we are going to talk about social recruiting with a couple of peeps from WorkScene a new social media platform joining me on the phone Mike Webb CEO and Cyndy Trivella, Vice President, Strategic Relations --What do you mean when you say social media has failed recruiting because I kind of view as the opposite that recruiters have failed at social media… --Why does the current state of social media not working as effectively as it should for rec...

Apr 01, 201927 min

Recruiting Headlines from LinkedIn, Capterra, EmployStream, BlueCrew, H&M

Sponsored by Hiretual.com H & M, Hennes and Mauritz Inc., one of the world’s largest fashion retailers famous for offering fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way, is happy to announce the launch of its latest Place of Possible (P.O.P) campaign; H&M’s employer branding campaign aimed at attracting the best in retail talent. The campaign aims to show people looking for a great place to start a career that H&M is truly the place of possible, the place to be! Featurin...

Mar 29, 20197 min

How to Make the LinkedIn Algorithm Work for You

RecTech is brought to you by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Ever wondered how the LinkedIn news feed serves you content? In this special episode of RecTech, Chris Russell takes you behind the scene of their content algorithm so you can understand how when and why content gets seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 25, 201915 min

Recruiting Headlines from Facebook, Indeed, Hiretual, Prophet and Fetcher

This episode is brought to you by Hiretual. First up in the news…. According to the Wall Street Journal Facebook agreed to overhaul its lucrative targeted advertising system to settle accusations that landlords, lenders and employers use the platform to discriminate. The far-reaching settlement compels Facebook to withhold a wide array of detailed demographic information — including Zip codes, gender and age — from advertisers when they market housing, credit and job opportunities. Facebook said...

Mar 22, 201910 min

Recruitment Marketing Discussion - Bonus Event Coverage

The RecTech Podcast is sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary. https://workhere.com/ https://www.emissary.ai/ Today's episode features a panel discussion on recruitment marketing and healthcare recruiting. The panelists divulge some interesting stats around job seekers and recruiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 18, 201935 min

Recruiting Headlines from Cluster, Textio, Gem, and FairyGodBoss

Psychologyjobs.com, a niche job site is seeking a new owner. Its been online for 10 years and serves mental health and behavioral health type careers. Would be a great buy for a staffing firm in this niches. Or another healthcare job business...For details visit jobboardsecrets.com and click on the For Sale category. SEATTLE, March 8, 2019 — Textio, the developer of the world’s first augmented writing platform, today announced a new partnership with the McDonald’s Corporation. Together with its ...

Mar 15, 20196 min

Matt Singer, VP of Marketing at Jobvite

In February K1 Investment Management today announced a majority investment in Jobvite, the industry leader in best-of-breed recruiting software. K1 and Jobvite also announced three major acquisitions: Talemetry , the award-winning recruitment marketing company, RolePoint , the leader in employee referral and internal mobility, and Canvas , the industry’s only text-based conversational recruiting company. For the first time, this combination enables hiring teams to source, engage, hire, onboard, ...

Mar 10, 201927 min

Recruiting Headlines from Paradox, Claro, Wade & Wendy, JobDiva and Ceridian

Im chris russell, here are your fast five recruiting headlines for the week ending March 8th Its been another big week of venture capital in HRtech But first a quick reminder about the next RecTech Live webinars March 21st 1pm EST - understanding social media algorithms - get more engagement from what you post on social media April 4th - Video Enhanced job posting for global employers, sponsored by SpacrStart I’ll be joing by their founder to talk about why embedding video into your job descript...

Mar 08, 20196 min

Conversations from Recruiting Trends & Talent Tech Las Vegas

I attended the Recruiting Trends & Talent Tech Live Conference in late February in a snowy Las Vegas. During the expo hall hours I chatted up a few industry players for your audio enjoyment; Appearing in this episode; Doug Kerken from Hireclix Marc Mapes, Avature Kevin Nelson, EmployeeReferrals.com Scot Sessions, Talvista Tom Boyle, Cornerstone The RecTech Podcast is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai - please check them out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Mar 04, 201931 min

Recruiting Headlines from Jobcase, HackerRank, LandIt, ZipRecruiter, Herefish

FIND THESE HEADLINES AT http://recruitingheadlines.com/category/press-releases/ And the venture capital funding keeps flowing... Jobcase.com, a boston based open-access platform dedicated to empowering people in their work-lives, has closed a $100 million in growth equity round led by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG). PSG is an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners L.L.C., a global private equity and credit investment firm with $57 billion in capital under management. The new funding will acc...

Mar 01, 20196 min

Cybersecurity Staffing and Lean Job Descriptions

This podcast is sponsored by Emissary.ai and Workhere.com Deidre Diamond is the founder and CEO of CyberSN. After 21 years working in technology and staffing, and stemming from her love of people and cyber security; Deidre created the Cyber Security Network, a company transforming the way Cyber Security Professionals approach job searches. CyberSN.com aims to remove the frustration from job-hunting, and aid in interpersonal connections and education. TOPICS Current state of the cybersecurity job...

Feb 25, 201930 min

Recruiting Headlines from Rainmaker, DigiMe, AllyO, BetterWorks, Beamery

Sponsored by Hiretual.com Rainmakers.co, the leading technology-specific sales talent marketplace, is announcing that it is now available to employers and salespeople in the greater New York City area. Rainmakers will be introducing the platform to more than 200 sales and recruiting executives at the Modern Sales Pros Leadership event on February 20th at WeWork, Hudson Square. AllyO, the technology company renowned for its end-to-end AI recruiting solution, today announced the general availabili...

Feb 24, 20197 min

State of Recruiting Automation, Jon Bischke, CEO of Entelo

Brought to you by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Employers are shifting away from traditional hiring methods and this year. 75% say technology will play a larger role in their companies hiring process in 2019, and 22% percent plan to increase their spend on AI-powered recruiting software. These findings come from the 2019 Entelo Recruiting Automation Trends Report which surveyed 625 talent acquisition professionals from around the world to identify the trends and innovations driving the recruiting and...

Feb 17, 201923 min

Recruiting Headlines from Jobvite, Google Hire, iCIMS, TMP, and LinkedIn

This podcast sponsored by Hiretual.com JOBVITE GETS $200 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/investment-firm-putting-200-million-into-jobvite-acquires-3-more-vendors/ TMP ACQUIRES CKR https://recruitingheadlines.com/tmp-to-acquire-ckr-interactive/ ICIMS DOUBLES IN SIZE https://recruitingheadlines.com/icims-surpasses-200m-in-revenue-doubles-in-size/ LINKEDIN LIVE IS COMING https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/11/linkedin-debuts-linkedin-live-a-new-live-video-broadcast-service/ GOOGLE HIRE NOW IN UK...

Feb 14, 20198 min

The Big List of FREE Recruiting Tools

Welcome to the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. If you want to know about the about the latest and greatest tools and tactics for finding talent online, this is your show. The RecTech podcast is sponsored in part by WorkHere, the hyperlocal candidate delivery tool. WorkHere targets candidates Through their geofencing ad platform with GPS precision. …....imagine being able to target your competition directly w...

Feb 10, 201937 min

RecruitingHeadlines from RigUp, ShifGig, Hirevue, CollegeGrad.com and DHI Group

Podcast sponsored by Hiretual.com IN THIS EPISODE RigUp Raises $60 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/rigup-raises-60-million-in-funding-for-energy-industry-job-market/ Hirevue forms AI Advisory Board https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-is-first-hr-tech-company-to-form-advisory-board-for-ethical-ai-development/ Best Ever Entry Level Job Market https://recruitingheadlines.com/its-the-best-entry-level-job-market-of-all-time-says-collegegrad-com/ ShiftGig Launches New Tool for Staffing Fir...

Feb 08, 20197 min

How to Properly reject Candidates

This podcast is sponsored by; https://www.emissary.ai/ https://workhere.com/ Alright...today is a solo show with yours truly Before I start I have to give a stout to my buddy Tim Sackett. I was checking twitter this monrning when I saw something that made me fall on the floor lauging…..tims been on fire lately with lots of funny tweets and I just had to read you his latest one… Have you seen that documentary yet about that Fyre Festival that happenedin in the Bahamas? If you havent it is a story...

Feb 03, 201915 min

Recuiting Headlines from FirmPlay, MYA, Jyve, Phenom People and GoCo

This episode sponsored by Hiretual.com BOSTON FirmPlay ( firmplay.com ) is launching a new employee referrals solution that instantly sources top talent from 100% of your employees’ networks, instead of the 3% that your employees can remember when making a referral. As a result, cut time-to-hire in half and grow referrals to over 50% of hires, all while boosting diversity and retention. How does it work? In just a few minutes, your employees upload their contacts to FirmPlay, which then does the...

Feb 01, 20198 min

The MOM Project

The MOM Project is a niche job community that helps moms re-enter the workforce. The company recently received $8 million in new funding to expand their footprint and get more moms back to work. Joining Chris on the podcast is Colleen Curtis, Head of Marketing and Community. She and I talk about the challenges moms face, how it got started and what they plan for the future. This episode of RecTech is sponsored by Workhere.com the geofencing recruitment company and Emissary.ai the text recruiting...

Jan 27, 201925 min

Recruiting Headlines from Craigslist, CareerBuilder, Glassdoor and Greenhouse

This episode is sponsored by Hiretual.com CRAIGSLIST CRACKS 1 BILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/craigslist-cracks-1-billion-in-annual-revenue-says-aim-group/ CAREERBUILDER ACQUIRES ALL OF TEXTKERNEL https://recruitingheadlines.com/careerbuilder-acquires-textkernel/ GREENHOUSE HITS 3000 CLIENTS https://recruitingheadlines.com/greenhouse-approaches-3000-customers/ HOTTEL TONIGHT FOR JOBS? https://fistfuloftalent.com/2019/01/hoteltonight-look-like-jobs.html GLASSDOOR ARTICLE https://www.mercu...

Jan 25, 20199 min
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