6 Out of the Box Onboarding Ideas
I found six unique onboarding ideas that you can use to make your new hires feel welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 05, 2021•11 min
Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast
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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Headlines: Zominfo gets into the sourcing game and more
ZoomInfo the go-to-market intelligence solution, today announced the general availability of the ZoomInfo Recruiter platform. ZoomInfo Recruiter is built specifically for recruiting teams to identify, target, and connect with top talent so they can fill open requisitions with the right individuals quickly and efficiently. Through the platform, staffing agencies, executive recruiters, corporate recruiters, and sourcers can uncover data such as work history, educational background, and department ...
Jul 02, 2021•6 min
Best Job Boards for Tech Talent
Looking to hire tech talent? Try these 10 favorites. AuthenticJobs.com Angel.co Built In Dice.com F6S.com Hired.com Relocate.me Stack Overflow White Truffle Venture Loop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2021•13 min
Internal Mobility Software List of Vendors
Standalone solutions.... Worqdrive: We are an internal mobility solution designed to make it easy for your employees to stay. | Link Gloat: Internal Talent Marketplace helps enterprises democratize career development, unlock skills, and future-proof their workforce. | Link Fuel50: Matches your people to new opportunities, vacancies, gigs, and learning based on their talents whilst giving your organization powerful insights. | Link Anthill: Designed to reach all types of workers, from corporate t...
Jun 27, 2021•9 min
Oyster gets $50 Million and good times for GoodTime
Recruiting platform dotin Inc., which improves the recruitment and retention of new and existing talent, has released of their latest service module, PerFit-Diversity and Inclusion. The new module leverage AI to gather insights related to employee makeup, helping organizations realize the gender and ethnic diversity within their workforce. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiting-platform-dotin-inc-releases-new-diversity-and-inclusion-module/ Oyster®, the company that makes hiring talented people aroun...
Jun 25, 2021•7 min
Canvas CEO Ben Herman
Diversity technology platforms are starting to spring up and get funding. The latest entrant into this market is Canvas formerly known as Jumpstart they recently raised a $20 million dollar funding round and we’ll get into that with our guest. TOPICS I want to get into the rebranding story but First of all what is canvas…? Describe what your platform does Tell us about the origins of business Rebranding, how do you arrive at the new name? How easy was it to get the domain? DRP….Explain the produ...
Jun 20, 2021•21 min
Beamery Makes it Rain, Linkedin Gets Reprieve in Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has given LinkedIn another chance in its legal fight to stop HR technology firm HiQ Labs from scraping LinkedIn user data against the company’s demands. The nation’s highest court this week issued a writ of certiorari , noting it may hear the case, but telling the appeals court to first redo its earlier decision in favor of HiQ. The court told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to retry the case in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling in a similar case. HiQ La...
Jun 18, 2021•6 min
Crelate CEO Aaron Elder
While traditionally leading the recovery following recessions, experts predict five million Americans will need to find new employment coming out of the COVID recovery. But how can staffing companies put these folks back to work amid the shifts of business and services? Well, According to Aaron Elder CEO of software company Crelate, a platform for staffing and recruiting firms, you do that with what he calls ‘transferable velocity”, meaning looking for skills that are applicable and movable from...
Jun 13, 2021•25 min
RecTech Headlines: Eightfold, Talent Inc, Loophire, Stoke, Charthop & More
Eightfold is at it again. After raising a $125 million dollar round round last they just announced a $220 million dollar series E round. Wow. They are now valued at 2.1 billin dollars. The funds will be used to continue the growth and development of Eightfold’s AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform and expand its growing partner ecosystem. Since the announcement of Eightfold AI’s Series D funding round in October of 2020, the valuation of the organization has more than doubled. This is a direc...
Jun 11, 2021•8 min
Spokn offers 'Podcasts for Work' Platform
Podcasts are mainstream now so when I saw the news about Spokn, a startup which helps companies create their own audio I wanted to hear about what they are up to. Spokn’s customers create podcasts for employee engagement; onboarding; diversity, initiatives; and learning & development. Joining me to discuss the company is one of their co-founders, Mariel Davis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 06, 2021•23 min
Headlines from YellowBird, Eightfold, Cadient, Hibob and Pathrise
Eightfold AI , the provider of the Talent Intelligence Platform™, today announced its integration partnership with Greenhouse , the hiring software company, and availability of the Eightfold Talent Intelligence Suite for all Greenhouse customers. https://hrtechfeed.com/eightfold-talent-intelligence-suite-now-available-on-greenhouse/ Pathrise , the leading online mentorship and job placement platform for tech professionals, announced today that it has secured $9 million in Series A Funding — incl...
Jun 04, 2021•7 min
Terry Baker, CEO of PandoLogic
Conversational Ai ---aka recruitment chatbots are being acquired at a record pace, last week Stepstone, a job board company bought Mya and PandoLogic acquired Wade&wendy. These deals make a lot of sense because each is working to drive traffic to jobs and the conversational AI helps to qualify and screen those candidates. Explain the problem you are trying to solve with this kind of acquisition? Explain what what and wendy does for a company (user experience) You ran some pilots with Wade&am...
May 31, 2021•22 min
Top Headlines from Spokn, Workrise, DailyPay, Canvas, BrightHire
Congrats to Ziprecruiter is in order their stock debuted on the NYSE yesterday and closed the first day up 17%...it opened at 18 and closed at just over 21 bucks per share. The ticker symbol is ZIP in case you want to look it up. ---- Spokn , the podcasting platform for work, announced that it has closed a $4M Seed round with funding from NEA, Y Combinator, along with several other investors The financing will support further market expansion and enable Spokn to enhance the platform for content ...
May 27, 2021•6 min
Jobvite's New CEO Pete Lamson
Pete Lamson, former CEO of JazzHR now heads up the trio of Jobvite, JazzHR and NXTThing RPO. This merger is a big bet on the long term horizon for recruiting. Pete discusses the news in this 26 minute audio. Sponsored by Brazen.com/RT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 24, 2021•27 min
Mergers, Profits and Feeling Stoked
StepStone, one of the world’s leading online job marketplaces, has acquired the San Francisco based, Mya, a conversational AI (artificial intelligence) technology. The company will embed Mya’s technology into its online job search. StepStone says they will fundamentally change the way it engages with job seekers, nurture candidates, and match them to right job opportunities. On top of just searching for jobs, StepStone will interact with its users conversationally through new channels to discove...
May 21, 2021•6 min
Creative Recruitment Marketing Strategies to Drive More Applies
Looking to up your recruitment marketing game in order to stand out in a crowded job market? Well this one hour webinar is here to help! Chris Russell, Jodi Brandstetter and the crowd go over nearly two dozen ways to make your job ads stand out. Audio from Webinar Replay. Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp7uZRZwdDU&t=409s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 16, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Handshake Agreement, Going Blind and Tik Tok for jobs
INDIANAPOLIS — An on-demand screening platform called Qualifi which allows recruiting teams to phone interview 100s of candidates in minutes, has raised a $600,000 pre-seed investment. The Qualifi platform enables recruiters to create seamless one-way interview experiences using audio and voice that candidates respond to over a standard phone call, eliminating back-and-forth scheduling, reducing communication times with candidates, and capturing better data to help recruiters scale screening eff...
May 14, 2021•8 min
How Chattr Solves High Volume Hiring
The CEO of chatter.ai stops by to talk about current state of retail/restaurant hiring and demo their hiring software tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 09, 2021•38 min
Headlines from Wedge, Crelate, Lever, InterviewIA and Greenhouse
DENVER interviewIA — a technology platform that manages all aspects of the job interview workflow to enable the coexistence of equitable and efficient hiring — has raised $2 Million in its seed round to fund strategic hires and product development as well as growth initiatives. This Series Seed round was led by The Colorado Impact Fund, with participation from several investors. interviewIA fills an urgent need to help all interviewers deliver a consistent, non-biased experience driven by struct...
May 07, 2021•7 min
Phenom's Jonathan Dale
Attracting, engaging, and hiring the right candidate starts the moment a job seeker lands on your career site. As the digital window into your company culture, employers must leverage their career site to convey a strong brand, quick and easy access to jobs, and information that helps talent make an informed decision about whether your company is right for them. Now as organizations prepare for a post-pandemic workforce and a new era of HR, delivering an incredible candidate experience is the on...
May 02, 2021•33 min
IPO's, Merger Mania and New Funding
Ceridian a global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ideal, a leading talent intelligence software provider based in Toronto, Ontario. This acquisition is anticipated to optimize Ceridian’s talent management offering once Ideal’s capabilities are integrated into the Dayforce platform. The acquisition is expected to close on April 30, 2021 Ideal’s talent intelligence products enhance recruiting processes, including ...
Apr 30, 2021•7 min
Ziprecruiter IPO: Behind the Numbers
Last friday Ziprecruiter announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed public direct listing of its Class A common stock. ZipRecruiter intends to list its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ZIP. Here to discuss the filing with me is Peter Zollman the publisher and editor of the AIM group which covers the recruitment/classified marketplace industry. LINK: https://aimgroup.c...
Apr 26, 2021•31 min
Headlines from medReps, Deel, RippleMatch, IBM and Jobilla
Helskini-based Jobilla has raised €2.16 million. Founded in 2015, Jobilla is aiming to stake its claim in a €450 billion industry, often plagued by complicated and/or not-so-user-friendly software packages. The funding round was led by Trind VC, and €700,000 of the investment arrives via loans and government grants. Jobilla is reporting that the funding will be used to further develop its recruiting software as well as drive expansion efforts into Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, and scale...
Apr 23, 2021•7 min
Grace Tyson Co-Founder of Luma
Luma is a new interview intelligence platform, which recently launched to help businesses run more intentional interviews and make better hiring decisions. Joining me to discuss the platform is their CEO Grace Tyson Lumateams.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 18, 2021•21 min
Headlines from Degreed, Hired, Ziprecruiter Fuel50 and More
Upskilling platform Degreed has raised $153 million in Series D funding. The investment, which was co-led by Sapphire Ventures and Riverwood Capital, values the company at $1.4 billion. Dan Levin, former COO of Box will succeed Chris McCarthy as CEO of Degreed. The funding will be used to accelerate product development, enhance data infrastructure, fuel global expansion, and pursue strategic acquisitions. Technology enhancements will focus on upgrading Degreed’s reporting and analytics, ensuring...
Apr 16, 2021•7 min
Angelo Pancho from Rockwell Automation Talks Recruiting Technology
Angelo Pancho oversees Recruiting Tech Innovation and International Strategic Talent Sourcing for Rockwell International and today we’ll talk about the technology he uses to hire talent. Describe your current role for the audience Do you have a fav sourcing story as a recruiter? Whats the pitch to come join Rockwell? benefits? What are the recruiting tech tools in place at Rockwell? (current ATS etc) Paid ads whats working best? Are you planning new ones? If so please describe…Altru Last tool yo...
Apr 11, 2021•37 min
Headlines from Phenom, Dice, Talroo, Workshop, Recruiter
Recruiting Technology Headlines This week in Rec Tech: Phenom hits the mother load, Workshop gets funded, Talroo unifies its product suite, Dice adds features and Recruiter.com makes another acquisition. This episode is sponsored by HR Lancers, the freelance marketplace for recruiters and HR pros. Does your company need help with HR or recruiting? Post a project, or contractor role today for free and target ver 5,000 freelancers looking for work right now. HRlancers.com On to the news... Phenom ...
Apr 09, 2021•6 min
RecTech Meetup with Datapeople's Amit Bhatia
Industry meeting with some industry peeps including the co-founder of Datapeople.io who just received $8 million in VC funds for its talent analytics platform. Sponsored by Brazen.com the virtual job fair platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 07, 2021•43 min
Hashtagging for Recruiting 101
With Matt Lozar from Haley Marketing this session is all about hashtags for recruiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 04, 2021•28 min
Rejobify.com Rejection Email Service Demo
Rejobify is a service from RecTech Media, that was built to help employers add value to their rejection process….in a way that positively reinforces your company brand and gives candidates something useful to do besides deleting your rejection email. Let us help you improve the part of your candidate experience that everyone hates, the rejection email. Rejobify clients actually get thank you emails from those they reject. How many companies can say that? https://www.rejobify.com Mention this pod...
Apr 04, 2021•15 min
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