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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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Episodes

Crash Course on Tech Recruiting

Special thanks to Workhere.com and Emissary.ai for their continued sponsorship. Listen as Allison Daley describes the basics for getting up to speed as a new technical recruiter. #HIREconf New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 11, 201934 min

RecTech Headlines: Symphony Talent, CareerBuilder, Elpha, Greenhouse

Sponsored by Hiretual.com Symphony Talent Acquires SmashFly https://recruitingheadlines.com/symphony-talent-acquires-smashfly/ Professional Network for Women in Tech Raises $1.1. Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/professional-network-for-women-in-tech-raises-1-1-million/ CareerBuilder to sponsor WWE Wrestling https://recruitingheadlines.com/careerbuilder-to-sponsor-wwe-wrestling/ Greenhouse Launches Customer-Preferred Partner Program https://recruitingheadlines.com/greenhouse-launches-cust...

Nov 08, 20199 min

The Challenges of HR Technology Adoption

Coral Zelachowski from Sodexo, Talks About The Challenges of Technology Adoption in HR including negotiating and training. Recorded live at HIREconf NYC 2019. Sponsored by Workhere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 04, 201910 min

Cool SEO Hack for Your Jobs

Sponsored by Emissary.ai and Workhere.com Listen as Craig Fisher from Allegis Global unveils a very cool SEO hack for your jobs using Eventbrite, the event search site. Recorded live at HIREconf NYC, an event hosted by HiringSolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 04, 20194 min

RecTech News from Smashfly, Fountain, Jobility and more.

Gig and Hourly Recruiting Platform Fountain Raises $23 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/gig-and-hourly-recruiting-platform-fountain-raises-23-million/ Engage Talent Acquired by Workforce Logiq https://recruitingheadlines.com/engage-talent-acquired-by-workforce-logiq/ Jobility Announces New Gig Worker App https://recruitingheadlines.com/jobility-announces-new-gig-worker-app/ SmashFly and Altru Labs Announce Integration to for Employee-Generated Video Distribution https://recruitingheadline...

Nov 01, 20198 min

Job Portraits' Miki Johnson on Content Marketing for Employers

Miki Johnson is a cofounder of Job Portraits , a San Francisco-based creative studio that works with startups to create compelling content—photos, videos, blog posts, etc.—about their teams to help them market their job opportunities. On today's show….5 things candidates want that companies aren't giving them. Listeners can email miki@jobportraits.com —for a copy of the Candidate Experience Scorecard she mentioned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 28, 201935 min

Headlines from Lever, Linkedin, Hirevue, SHL and QJumpers

Lever Launches Zoom Integration https://recruitingheadlines.com/lever-launches-video-interviewing-capability/ Linkedin launches Events https://recruitingheadlines.com/linkedin-launching-new-events-feature/ Hirevue Launches Game Assessments https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-launches-game-based-assessments/ SHL Acquires Aspiring Minds https://recruitingheadlines.com/shl-agrees-to-acquire-aspiring-minds-assessment-platform/ QJumpers New Onboarding Tool https://recruitingheadlines.com/qjumpers...

Oct 25, 20198 min

Phenom People, WorkHere, AppyHere

In our final interviews from HR Tech Las Vegas I chatted with Jonathan Dale and Parker Bettis of Phenom People about their web site accessibility initiatives, got an update from our sponsor WorkHere and met a new blue collar recruiting app called AppyHere . Sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary.ai the text recruitment platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 22, 201920 min

HR Tech Interviews: Paradox & JobAdx

In part 3 of my 4 part series this episode features interviews with Paradox/Olivia CEO Aaron Matos and Amit Chauhan of programmatic job player JobAdx. Recorded live at HR Tech Las Vegas. Special thanks to WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai for their generous sponsorship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 21, 201916 min

Recruiting Headlines from XOR, Lattice, RigUp, TMP, Talroo

RigUp Gets $300 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/energy-job-market-rigup-raises-300-million-series-c/ Lattice Raises $25m Series C https://recruitingheadlines.com/lattice-raises-25m-series-c/ TMP Worldwide Acquires Social Media Firm https://recruitingheadlines.com/tmp-worldwide-acquires-social-media-firm/ Talroo Launches Talroo Events™ to Drive Attendance to In-Person Hiring Events https://blog.talroo.com/talroo-launches-events Xor raises $8.4 million for AI-powered job candidate recruitm...

Oct 18, 201910 min

HR Tech Interviews: Salary.com & PaddleHR

In our continuing coverage of the 2019 HR tech conference you will hear from Salary.com's CEO Kent Plunkett and the founder and CEO of a startup called PaddleHR. Special thanks to Workhere.com and Emissary.ai for their support of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 15, 201914 min

My Favorite Startup from #HRtechConf 2019

CuriousThing is an AI based digital interview tool that represents the future of HR Tech. I spoke with Zubin Fitter, head of Partnerships for this Australian based company and got his take on the tool and why its cool. Recorded live at the HR Tech Expo Hall in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 14, 201920 min

This Week in RecTech

Employee Engagement Tool Emplify Receives Big Investment https://recruitingheadlines.com/employee-engagement-tool-emplify-receives-big-investment/ Utmost, an HR app for Gig Economy Raises $11.2 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/utmost-an-hr-app-for-gig-econonmy-raises-11-2-million/ Talenya – The AI Technology Recruitment Company, Completes $6.5 Million Funding Round https://recruitingheadlines.com/talenya-the-ai-technology-recruitment-company-completes-6-5-million-funding-round/ Skills Ass...

Oct 11, 20197 min

Talent Relationship Marketing - Eleni Efstratiades from Siemens

I met today’s guest at the Social Recruiting Strategies Conference in Philadelphia this summer. In her role at Siemens Eleni Efstratiades helps propose solutions that enhance candidate experience through marketing and technology innovations. I asked her to come on and talk about her efforts around brand and marketing Siemens jobs. TOPICS INCLUDE Whats the Siemens EVP...how do you pitch potential candidates on your career site and other channels? Examples for being authentic What’s your recruitin...

Oct 07, 201926 min

Recruiting Headlines from: 7Shifts, Uber, Modern Hire, Bullhorn, TMP

Uber has Announced Uber Works a new job placement app https://www.npr.org/2019/10/03/766861700/uber-launches-an-app-to-connect-job-seekers-with-gig-work 7shifts Raises Additional $6 Million Funding for Its Restaurant Labor Platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/7shifts-raises-additional-6-million-funding-for-its-restaurant-labor-platform/ Bullhorn Acquires Erecruit https://recruitingheadlines.com/bullhorn-acquires-erecruit/ TMP Worldwide Acquires Maximum; A Netherlands-Based Recruitment Market...

Oct 04, 20198 min

Ken Lazarus from Scout Talks A.I. in Recruiting

Ken Lazarus is CEO of Scout Exchange. Having co-founded, led and advised over a dozen technology-based startups, he has over twenty-five years of experience growing innovative companies. Ken is passionately focused on using the power of data, marketplace dynamics, and technologies such as machine learning to disrupt and improve how companies find and hire the best talent. Prior to joining Scout in 2013, he served as CEO of Lilliputian Systems, where he led the development of Lilliputian’s portab...

Sep 30, 201930 min

Recruiting News from McDonalds, FirmPlay, Terminal

McDonalds Adds Voice Apply Thru Alexa Integration https://recruitingheadlines.com/need-to-find-a-job-at-mcdonalds-just-ask-alexa/ Terminal Raises $17M to Connect Remote Tech Talent to Companies https://recruitingheadlines.com/terminal-raises-17m-to-connect-remote-tech-talent-to-companies/ FirmPlay Launches New Employee Referral Platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/firmplay-launches-new-employee-referral-platform/ Vimeo Launches Platform To Find And Hire Video Pros https://recruitingheadlines...

Sep 27, 201912 min

neuvoo's Michael O'Dell Talks About Job Board Funding

An investment group in Canada, recently announced an equity investment of $53 million canadian dollars in Montreal based, neuvoo, one of the fastest growing employment websites in the world. Neuvoo just ranked 14th in Canadian Business magazine’s 2019 Growth Businesses which lists Canada’s fastest growing companies. This investment will enable neuvoo to continue its expansion into new markets, and allow it to further optimize its platform. The company says It expects to reach over 100 million vi...

Sep 23, 201932 min

This Week in Recruiting: Tons of Funding and New Products

Special thanks to Hiretual.com Job Site neuvoo Receives $53 Million Dollar Investment https://recruitingheadlines.com/job-site-neuvoo-receives-53-million-dollar-investment/ Checkr Fuels Platform Development with $160 Million in New Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/checkr-fuels-platform-development-with-160-million-in-new-funding/ D&I Platform Joonko Raises $2.4 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/di-platform-joonko-raises-2-4-million/ Incredible Health’s hiring platform for nurses...

Sep 20, 201911 min

The Best Job Sites to recruit More Women

Looking to hire more women into your organization? You are in luck. There are actually 11 different sites now online that allow you to post jobs and recruit female candidates. For the full list of links click here: https://recruitingheadlines.com/6-job-sites-to-recruit-women/ Special thanks to Emissary.ai and Workhere.com for their podcast sponsorship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 16, 201910 min

Recruiting Headlines from LinkedIn, Joveo, Beamery, PeopleScout, Smashfly

Linkedin lawsuit https://www.tlnt.com/appeals-court-says-federal-law-does-not-prevent-web-scrapping/ PeopleScout New RPO Platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/peoplescout-launches-its-beyond-the-expected-managed-service-provider-service-approach/ Smashflys New Apply https://recruitingheadlines.com/smashfly-releases-apply-overlay-to-simplify-apply-process/ Joveo Goes Global https://recruitingheadlines.com/joveo-goes-international/ Beamery Launches its own TOS https://recruitingheadlines.com/be...

Sep 13, 201910 min

Interview with Brad Kielinski, IT Recruiter, Philadelphia

Brad Kielinski is the founder of IT Pros Philly….which provides access to proven technology talent in the Philadelphia region and beyond. He’s also someone I follow on Twitter for great recruiting tweets and its a pleasure to have him on the show. In this episode we'll talk about the technology he uses to hire and store candidates as well as commentary from his tweet stream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 09, 201934 min

Recruiting Headlines from CultureAmp, Hirevue, Stoke, TripleByte and JazzHR

Special thanks to Hiretual.com First Up CultureAmp Receives $82 million in funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/culture-amp-raises-82m-to-double-down-on-the-people-culture-space/ HireVue to get New Investor https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-receives-another-investment/ JazzHR launches HR marketplace https://recruitingheadlines.com/jazzhr-launches-marketplace-to-expand-customers-hr-capabilities/ Stoke raises $4.5 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/stoke-raises-4-5-million-to-help-co...

Sep 06, 20199 min

Recruiting Sucks with Steve Lowisz

Steve Lowisz is a recruiting industry veteran and talent optimization guru with more than two decades of experience helping companies find and unlock the performance of their teams. He is an expert on talent acquisition, talent assessment, talent engagement, diversity and inclusion, and business performance, which has allowed him to serve hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals across the globe. As the CEO and founder of the Qualigence Group of Companies, Steve regularly contribut...

Sep 02, 201927 min

This Week in RecTech - Entelo, Google, Zapinfo, HackerRank, Capacity

Entelo and Convey IQ Merger https://recruitingheadlines.com/entelo-acquires-conveyiq/ Jane.ai Rebrands https://recruitingheadlines.com/hr-chatbot-jane-ai-changes-name-rebrands-to-knowledge-sharing-platform-raises-13-million/ HackerRank for Data Science https://recruitingheadlines.com/hackerrank-launches-data-scientist-hiring-tool/ ZapInfo Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/zapinfo-raises-1-75m-series-seed-2-funding/ Hire by Google Shutdown https://recruitingheadlines.com/google-gives-up-on-...

Aug 30, 201910 min

Ex Corporate Recruiter Confesses

In a past life, I was a corporate recruiter for a few different global organizations. My team was housed under Human Resources, and I recruited for a variety of roles from administrative to senior line professionals in multiple functions. Like most corporate recruiters, I was assigned more job requisitions to fill than was humanly possible, wasn’t well-versed in what to look for in potential candidates other than key words, and relied on an applicant tracking system (ATS) to do the heavy lifting...

Aug 28, 201910 min

David vs Goliath Recruiting Discussion

In today's audio you will hear execs from Itsy, Netflix and Sodexo compare notes and discuss how to recruit from a small vs large company perspective. Hosted by Jessical Miller Merrell from Workology. Special thanks to show sponsors WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 26, 201929 min

Recruiting Headlines from Handshake, NurseFly, Recruitology and HackerRank

HackerRank adds new features https://recruitingheadlines.com/hackerrank-adds-new-features/ Recruitology to power BH Media jobs https://recruitingheadlines.com/recruitology-inks-agreement-with-bh-media-group/ Nursefly acquired https://recruitingheadlines.com/travel-nursing-job-market-acquired-by-iac/ Handshake opens nationwide to all students https://recruitingheadlines.com/handshake-opens-platform-to-students-nationwide/ Employer Brand Study https://recruitingheadlines.com/4-in-10-companies-do-n...

Aug 23, 20197 min

Gig Economy and the Liquid Workforce

Anil Dharni is the co-founder and CEO of Sense. He founded the company to help fix temporary employment for the 42 percent of the U.S. workforce that are contingent workers. Before founding Sense, Anil received his MBA from MIT and was co-founder and COO at Funzio, which was acquired by GREE in 2012, where Anil continued his work as COO. Anil led Funzio’s seed round, raised $20 million in Series A funding, and arranged the sale to GREE. Sense helps staffing agencies create a better work experien...

Aug 19, 201923 min

This Week in Recruiting Technology: Google for Jobs, Upward.net, Betts Recruiting

Is Google for Jobs a monopoly? https://recruitingheadlines.com/eu-getting-antitrust-complaints-from-job-boards-about-google-for-jobs/ Betts Recruiting Launches its own job board https://recruitingheadlines.com/betts-recruiting-launches-own-job-market-for-sales-marketing-ops-roles/ Upward.net Acquires SMB recruiting platform Proven.com https://recruitingheadlines.com/upward-net-acquires-proven-com-expands-into-smb-market/ Rimeto gets $10 million for its employee directory platform https://recruit...

Aug 16, 201910 min
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