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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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SEO for Human Resources

This podcast is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Aley Brown is the VP of marketing for outplacement services firm CareerMinds...As a marketing leader in the human resources space, her expertise includes SEO, content marketing, social media, lead nurturing, demand generation, account-based marketing, and buyer persona and journey development, all within the human resources field. Aley joined Careerminds as an intern in 2011 and has held various marketing roles since then. She has also wo...

Jan 20, 201933 min

Recruiting Headlines from CareerArc, TalkPush, Glassdoor, TopResume

This podcast is sponsored by Hiretual.com the recruiters best friend. CAREERARC RAISES 30 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/careerarc-raises-30-million/ GLASSDOOR EXPANDS https://recruitingheadlines.com/glassdoor-expands-to-singapore-hong-kong-and-new-zealand/ TOPRESUME TEAMS UP WITH AARP https://recruitingheadlines.com/topresume-and-aarp-team-up-on-resume-advisor-service/ TALKPUSH LAUNCHES MOBILE RECRUITING APP https://recruitingheadlines.com/talkpush-puts-recruiters-in-charge-of-chatbots...

Jan 18, 20196 min

How to Use Geofencing for Local Recruiting

This podcast is sponsored by Emissary.ai the text recruiting platform. https://www.emissary.ai/ In todays episode Mike Seidle from WorkHere.com explains how they leverage geofencing technology to help companies recruiting local talent on a pinpoint scale. Geofencing allows employers to advertise down to a specific location with targeted ads on a users phone. Audio extracted from a previous webinar which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO4VwKjRmOk&t=605s Learn more about yo...

Jan 13, 201955 min

Recruiting Headlines for Week of January 11th

This episode sponsored by Hiretual.com OUTMATCH ACQUIRES WEPOW https://recruitingheadlines.com/outmatch-acquires-wepow/ TALENTSOFT GETS $50 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/talentsoft-completes-50-million-funding-round/ OPUSAI IS A NEW BLIND RECRUITING TOOL https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-ai-powered-blind-screening-tool-to-eliminate-bias-in-hiring-launches/ IKIKO IS A NEW RECRUITING SITE https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-recruitment-site-set-to-launch/ TEXTUS IN USE BY 700 STAFFING ...

Jan 11, 20196 min

Recruiting Thoughts for 2019

This episode of RecTech is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai - please support our sponsors. Welcome to the first episode of RecTech for 2019, todays show is just a solo episode to kick off the year and get you ready for what lies ahead. It is the first monday in january and so I am proud to announce that the 2019 recruiting season is officially open for business! For many of you 2018 was a daunting year to recruit and this year is shaping up to be just as challenging. So i will give you ...

Jan 06, 201937 min

Checking in at Talent Tech Labs

Talent Tech Labs is an incubator in the heart of New York City. Located at 38th/8th they have space to rent to HR tech startups and also offer advisory services to employers and startups. I sat down with their president Brian Della Donne and Operations Manager Rory O'Doherty for a chat. I also talked with 3 startups while there: SparcStart, Alyss Analytics and Vervoe. This episode sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Dec 29, 201846 min

Recruiting Headlines from Indeed, ERE, Koru, The Mom Project, FactoryFix

This episode sponsored by Hiretual.com TALENT42 CONFERENCE ACQUIRED BY ERE MEDIA https://www.ere.net/tech-recruiting-event-talent42-joins-ere-media-family/ INDEED EXPANDING TO SEATTLE https://recruitingheadlines.com/indeed-adding-1000-jobs-in-seattle-expansion/ CAPP AND CO ACQUIRES KORU PREDICTIVE https://recruitingheadlines.com/assessment-firm-acquires-koru-predictive-hiring/ THE MOM PROJECT RAISES 8 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/the-mom-project-raises-8m-for-its-mom-job-market/ FACTO...

Dec 21, 20188 min

Making HR More Strategic

The RecTech podcast is sponsored by Workhere.com and Emissary.ai According to research conducted by Accenture earlier in the year, enterprises are primed to shift HR out from the back office to deliver strategic value to their businesses. The problem is making that shift. HR departments lack the necessary AI tools, analytics, and digital skills to do “strategic HR.” Here to talk about addressing this challenge and how to overcome it. Jill K. Goldstein, Talent & HR Business Process Service Le...

Dec 17, 201828 min

Recruiting Headlines from Vangst, LinkedIn, Wonolo and Randstad

This episode of RecTech's Recruiting Headlines is brought to you by Hiretual.com the recruiters best friend. In the News... 15 FASTEST GROWING JOBS https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/trends-and-research/2018/linkedin-emerging-jobs-report-2018 VANGST GIGS https://recruitingheadlines.com/cannabis-recruiting-site-adds-gig-worker-temp-option/ RANDSTAD TAI AWARDS https://recruitingheadlines.com/randstad-announces-awards-initaitive-for-in-house-talent-acquisition-teams/ WONOLO AND WAZ...

Dec 14, 20188 min

Dawn Burke on the Future of the HR Professional

Dawn Burke’s HR and leadership career has spanned the last 20 years, most recently serving as VP of People for Birmingham, AL, award-winning technology company, Daxko. Before that she spent 10 years at one of the nation's largest direct mail organizations, MSpark, serving in a variety of HR leadership roles including Director of Recruiting and Director of HR. ​ Throughout her HR leadership career she have led recruiting, training and development, benefits, and employee relations functions. In ad...

Dec 09, 201836 min

Recruiting Headlines for December 6th

This episode of RecTech's Recruiting Headlines is brought to you by the recruiters best friend: Hiretual.com INDEED TO ADD 500 JOBS https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/Indeed-to-add-hundreds-of-Stamford-jobs-13439604.php WORKING INTENT TO STAY DECLINES https://recruitingheadlines.com/worker-intent-to-stay-keeps-declining-says-gartner-report/ ARE YOUR JOBS ON GOOGLE? https://recruitingheadlines.com/are-your-jobs-on-google-new-tool-launches/ 15FIVE RAISES 8 MILLION https://recruiting...

Dec 07, 20188 min

Katrina Kibben Talks Recruitment Marketing

In today’s episode you will hear Katrina Kibben from Three Ears Media give her take on recruitment marketing tactics...enjoy the audio. Recorded at #HIREconf NYC November 7-8. Podcast sponsored by Workhere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 02, 201832 min

Recruiting Headlines for Nov 30th

RecruitingHeadlines is sponsored by Hiretual, the recruiters best friend! IN THE NEWS... DEPUTY RAISES $81 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/workforce-management-software-platform-raises-81-million-in-funding/ BEAMERY LAUNCHES NEW VERSION https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-version-of-beamery-is-released/ JOBSTORIES - WEBINARS FOR JOBS LAUNCHES https://www.jobstories.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 30, 20187 min

Audra Knight's Job Description Panel from HIREconf

This is the 2nd piece of audio I recorded at #HIREconf NYC which took place on Nov 7-8 in New York City. In this audio you will hear Audra Knight introduce and moderate a panel of recruitment marketing folks such as Katrina Kibben, and others as they chat about job descriptions and more. This episode is brought to you by our friends at WorkHere & Emissary. https://workhere.com/ https://www.emissary.ai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 26, 201838 min

RecTech Headlines with Workable, Wonolo, Hiretual, Zenjob and Enboarder

Here are you fast five recruiting headlines for this week in the recruiting industry. HIRETUAL ENHANCEMENTS https://recruitingheadlines.com/hiretual-adds-augmented-intelligence-to-its-ai-powered-sourcing-platform/ WORKABLE RAISES $50 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/workable-raises-50m-to-automate-recruiting-for-smbs/ WONOLO RAIASES $32 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/wonolo-raises-32m-to-democratize-gig-work-and-streamline-temporary-and-seasonal-staffing/ ENBOARDER RAISES $4 MILL...

Nov 23, 20188 min

Better Candidate Outreach with Angie Verros

Angie Verros from Vaia Talent talked about how she creates better more personalized outreach to candidates. Recorded live at HIREconf in New York City. Hire Conf is put on by the good folks at HiringSolved. The RecTech podcast is sponsored by WorkJere and Hiretual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 18, 201839 min

RecTech: Recruiting Headlines for Nov 16th

This episode is sponsored by RecTech LIOVE: webinars about recruiting technology for recruiters and employers. https://www.crowdcast.io/rectechmedia IN THE NEWS Google Jobs for Vets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiGdH-SAYIo Prophet set to release new version of sourcing tool The Muse Acquires TalentShare https://recruitingheadlines.com/the-muse-acquires-talentshare/ Mercer Launches HRtech Incubator https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-hrtech-incubator-launched-by-mercer-in-nyc/ WorkGenius raise...

Nov 15, 20188 min

High Volume Hiring with Melissa Hassett of Manpower Group RPO

As Vice President of Client Delivery, Melissa Hassett is responsible for overseeing the strategic partnership between ManpowerGroup Solutions (an RPO) and high-volume employers. She acts as a strategic partner to clients, working to streamline processes, launch and manage large scale staffing programs, and entrench herself in the client’s business to deliver customized staffing solutions. She has more than 20 years of experience in recruiting as an employer and RPO buyer. Manpower just published...

Nov 11, 201834 min

Derek Zeller on the Top 5 Recruiting Challenges of 2018

This episode of RecTech is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.com. Derek Zeller is the Director of Recruitment Strategy and Channels for Engage Talent a passive candidate intelligence tool. In this podcast audio extracted from my recent webinar with him we cover the biggest challenges recruiters face in 2018 and I get Derek to dish the dirt with some funny stories from his days as a tech recruiter. Listeners can watch the webinar at: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/top-5-recruiting Learn more abo...

Nov 04, 201846 min

RecTech Recruiting Headlines Nov 2nd

Welcome to the recruiting headlines for week ending Nov 2nd. Facebook Job Updates https://recruitingheadlines.com/facebook-makes-improvements-to-job-board-tools/ Girlboss New Social Network https://recruitingheadlines.com/girlboss-plans-women-focused-social-network-to-take-on-linkedin/ Handshake Gets $40 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/early-career-job-market-handshake-raises-40-million/ Career.com for Sale https://recruitingheadlines.com/for-sale-career-com-premium-domain/ HospitalityFi...

Nov 02, 201810 min

5 Automated Interview Scheduling Tools

Looking to speed up your interview process? Add an automated scheduling tool to the mix. Not only will you free up recruiters time but candidates will love you for it as well. In today’s episode Chris Russell will discuss the top tools on the market. Goodtime is a talent operations platform for interview scheduling and interviewer training. They just raised $5 million in new funding. It sits on top of your ATS. Select interviewers yourself or let us pick the most optimal set of interviewers base...

Oct 29, 201811 min

Recruiting Headlines for Oct 26th

This episode is sponsored by RecTechLive.com 2019 Recruiting & HR Event List https://recruitingheadlines.com/2019-hr-and-recruiting-events/ HIREconf https://www.hireconf.com/ ZipRecruiter New Profiles for Seekers https://recruitingheadlines.com/ziprecruiter-improves-mobile-app-for-job-seekers/ Temable Funding News https://recruitingheadlines.com/teamable-gets-new-funding-makes-acquisition/ Digi-Me's New Dashboard https://recruitingheadlines.com/digi-me-releases-new-reporting-dashboard-for-tr...

Oct 26, 201810 min

Matt Anderson, Healthcare Executive Recruiter

This episode is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.com This is RECTECH….the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. our mission is to teach you about the new tools and tactics for finding talent online. Today’s show is a recruiter edition. Matt Anderson is a healthcare executive recruiter from Minneapolis based Versique where he sources and recruits leaders from management to C-suite levels. His Clients include ...

Oct 22, 201829 min

Recruiting Headlines for October 19th

New Webinar Oct 25 at 1pm ET How to Activate Your Passive Talent List With Qualification-Based Screening https://www.crowdcast.io/e/best-practices-for/register ConveyIQ Funding Annopuncement https://www.conveyiq.com/conveyiq-closes-5-5-million-financing-fuel-rapid-growth-talent-communications-industry-veteran-larry-murff-joins-coo/ Clara Labs Interview Scheduling News https://recruitingheadlines.com/clara-now-offers-interview-scheduling-support-backed-by-machine-learning/ Jobiak's Google Jobs So...

Oct 19, 201813 min

Derek Murphy-Johnson, Talent Acquisition Manager

Derek Murphy Johnson popped up in my LinkedIn feed the other day I figured he might make a good guest. Little did i know he is also a frequent listener of the RecTech podcast. By day he is the Corporate Talent Acquisition Manager for Portland Oregon based Kinder care education and he is also a board member of the newly formed Talent Brand Alliance. TOPICS Describe the recruiting team at Kindercare. Biggest challenge right now? Lets talk tech---what’s your ATS? Taleo What other tools are part of ...

Oct 15, 201834 min

Recruiting Headlines for October 12th

Recruiting Headlines for the week, sponsored by RecTechLive.com , webinar learning for recruiters. LinkedIn Acquires GLINT https://www.workforce.com/2018/10/09/linkedin-signs-deal-acquire-glint/ MyAlly Raises Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/candidate-experience-platform-my-ally-raises-series-a-funding/ Hirevue Launches Pre-built Assessments https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-launches-pre-built-assessments/ G+ Shuts Down https://www.sourcecon.com/google-is-shutting-down-google-now-is...

Oct 12, 201810 min

The Big List of Employer Brand Tools

Sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual The world of employer branding is becoming an increasingly important part in the war for talent. Over the past few years many tools and services have emerged for this part of talent attraction. From video tools to review sites, maintaining and improving your company's reputation is easier with the players listed below. VIDEO TOOLS & SERVICES Ripl (marketing app in your pocket) SparcStart Monster Studios (app) AltruLabs (new startup) VideoMyJob (mobile a...

Oct 08, 201817 min

Recruiting Headlines October 5th

In this weeks news; Amazon Raises Min Wage https://recruitingheadlines.com/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-for-all-u-s-employees/ Saba Software Acquires Lumesse https://recruitingheadlines.com/saba-software-to-acquire-lumesse/ Arcoro Acquires InfinityHR https://recruitingheadlines.com/arcoro-acquires-infinityhr-to-further-expand-hcm-offering/ Goodtime Raises $5 million https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/03/goodtime-raises-5-million-to-bring-artificial-intelligence-into-the-interview-process/ ZipRec...

Oct 05, 201810 min

HR Tech Conversations - Part 2

In our final round of interviews Chris Russell brings you interviews with; Jeanette Maister of Oleeo Rob Fernandes of Pounse Pete Sandias of talemetry Kevin Sessions of talentQuest Thad Price of Talroo David from VideoMyJob RecTech is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 30, 201833 min
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