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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

Sense Acquisition, Namely Merger

Sense , the market leader in AI-driven talent engagement solutions for recruiting, announced its acquisition of Skillate , an AI recruitment platform incubated within SAP Startup Studio . The addition of Skillate’s technology enhances Sense’s ability to provide AI-powered hiring including candidate matching, job distribution, job description assistant, and talent relationship management. https://hrtechfeed.com/sense-expands-ai-talent-engagement-platform-with-skillate-acquisition/ Namely , the le...

Sep 09, 20226 min

Donald Knight, CPO of Greenhouse Software

Donald knight is the Chief People Officer for hiring software leader Greenhouse. Donald leads with a people-first mentality, hoping to unlock the potential of Greenhouse talent globally. Prior to Greenhouse, Donald served as Senior Vice President of Global Talent for Edelman and helped shape the HR brand as a proactive, insightful, and collaborative solution provider. In todays episode we get his take on the ATS landscape, diversity, employee engagement and more. Learn more about your ad choices...

Sep 06, 202228 min

Demo and Q&A with Cliquify

Cliquify is an employer branding platform for recruiters and hiring managers to showcase your culture and create buzz across social media. Activate your brand to get future candidates to connect with your values and generate excitement among your employees. https://www.cliquify.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 28, 202245 min

HireRoad Makes an Acquisition

HireRoad , the end-to-end talent management and insight software, announced the acquisition of PeopleInsight , a provider of workforce analytics software. PeopleInsight’s technology seamlessly ingests, normalizes, and correlates data from any HR system, making it easy for customers to analyze data across all their HR systems in one place. By unifying data across numerous systems, users are able to uncover previously hidden insights that their companies can use to make timely and informed decisio...

Aug 26, 20225 min

Beyond the Resume

This roundtable features Vanessa Raath - The Talent Hunter. We’re going to talk about how to get creative with candidates in both your outreach and your expectations of their response to you - with a big focus on the use of video. A lot of us have gotten used to video communication over the last two years so we should definitely be using it more. Here a few more things we covered: How to stand out as a company at scale while still conveying your personality as a brand How to use video to attract...

Aug 22, 202258 min

Big Funding for Hibob and Lawyer Jobs

Incredible Health, the fastest-growing career marketplace for permanent healthcare workers, today announced it has secured $80 million in Series B funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.65 billion. Now the highest valued tech-enabled career marketplace in healthcare, Incredible Health has radically transformed not only how nurses are hired but the experience of nursing itself. This new funding will support the company’s initiatives to help health systems and their employees manage surgi...

Aug 18, 20226 min

Gartners Future Workplace trends

The employee value proposition (EVP) must change for hybrid work and respond to shifts in employee expectations. In short: Ongoing changes in the way people work have permanently transformed employees’ relationship with and expectations of work. Hybrid work could be a great opportunity or a great risk, particularly for diverse talent . These nine high-impact trends create an exciting opportunity for organizations to differentiate themselves as employers of choice. The last two years have had a l...

Aug 17, 20229 min

Bacon, Lever and Workday Rising

The Bacon ( www.bacon.work ) an on-demand workforce app has received $8 million in Series A-1 funding from some of the nation’s premier investment firms—as well as a former gig worker who is now investing in the company he credits for his comeback. The “temp agency in an app” will use the latest funding to hire key team members and expand to 40 more markets in the next 18-24 months. https://hrtechfeed.com/gig-app-bacon-work-secures-8-million-funding/ Lever , a leading talent acquisition suite, i...

Aug 05, 20224 min

The Rise of Text Recruiting

As companies look to improve communication, Text Recruiting is becoming a strategic priority. Forty percent (40%) of companies have increased their use of text in talent acquisition this year, according to new research conducted by Aptitude Research in conjunction with Emissary .ai the text recruiting platform… Entitled “ The Rise of Text Recruiting & The Business Impact “, the report states that although text is widely adopted in other areas of business, talent acquisition has been slow to ...

Aug 01, 202239 min

Kona, InternMatch & More

INTERNMATCH HAS RAISED $10 MILLION IN A SERIES A AS IT LOOKS TO GO GLOBAL The cash will support InternMatch’s expansion into Canada, the United States and the UK. https://hrtechfeed.com/internmatch-raises-series-a/ Job.com, the data-driven, AI-powered recruitment platform, announced today the acquisition of PrincetonOne, a New Jersey-based talent solutions provider with an emphasis on Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and permanent recruitment services. The acquisition is a continuation of J...

Jul 29, 20224 min

Demo Day Audio

In the last demo day for the summer you'll hear from 3 vendors as they show off their features in rapid fire fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 202249 min

Steven Rothberg from CollegeRecruiter.com

TOPICS Whats new in the world of college recruiting? (any slowdown?) Any trends you are seeing in terms of types of jobs, etc Is gig work the new entry level job? Whats your pricing model and what kind of traffic volume do you offer employers? What mistakes do employers make when it comes to recruiting students and grads. If you were starting college recruitment function inside of a large employer how would you set that up and tell me about the strategy you’d implement? Last client you talked to...

Jul 24, 202227 min

Hireart is Alive, Bullhorn & More

15Five , the continuous performance management platform, has raised $52M in funding to accelerate growth and continued innovation. Led by Quad Partners the Series C round validates 15Five’s proven approach to human-centered talent management and its mission-critical role in achieving a company’s business outcomes. https://hrtechfeed.com/15five-raises-52-million-series-c/ Veremark, a global pre-employment screening and verified career credentials firm, has raised a further $8.5m in equity funding...

Jul 22, 20224 min

Equitable Interviewing with Jackye Clayton from Textio

In our next installment of the roundtable we’re tackling this topic and welcoming Jackye Clayton, VP of Talent Acquisition and DEI at Textio to lead the conversation. Jacyke isn’t just passionate about this topic, she’s living it by implementing strategies that work: Prepping candidates Providing questions early Ensuring accommodations aren’t creating bias But it’s more than that; before, during, and after interviews life is happening to all candidates. Future employees have kids, parents, house...

Jul 17, 202258 min

Sourcing Panel Discussion

At RecruitDC a few weeks ago I recorded the panel on sourcing. Enjoy the audio. Recap: https://www.rectechmedia.com/blog/2022/6/22/recruitdc-recap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 10, 202235 min

CareerEco and Workvivo

CareerEco gets acquired. https://hrtechfeed.com/virtual-hiring-event-platform-acquired/ Workvivo lands Tiger Global Investment https://hrtechfeed.com/workvivo-raises-22m-series-b-as-employee-experience-market-booms/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 08, 20224 min

Jobsync Roundtable

We are being joined by the brain behind Recruiting Brainfood, Hung Lee, for our upcoming roundtable and we’re going to address some hard hitting questions. How do you deal with a divided office? How do different opinions on hot topics affect your recruiters and how you hire? What are some of the unintended consequences of the decisions your employees make when it comes to things they ‘shouldn’t’ speak about at work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 03, 20221 hr

Magic Posts, New Partner Network and Some Healthcare Funding

CareerArc Launches Magic Posts https://hrtechfeed.com/careerarc-magic-posts-for-employer-brand/ HackerRank Partner Network https://hrtechfeed.com/hackerrank-launches-new-partner-network/ Nomad health Raises $105 Million https://hrtechfeed.com/nomad-health-raises-105-million-for-healthcare-staffing/ TaskHuman lands $20 Million in Funding https://hrtechfeed.com/taskuman-raises-9-5-million-for-digital-coaching-platform/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 01, 20226 min

Gem.com's Rick Osmer

I caught up with Rick Osmer from the hiring platform Gem.com at Unleash in Las Vegas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 28, 20225 min

RecTech Demo Day Audio

Its time for another Rec Tech Demo Day. Come see 4 different recruiting technology vendors show off their platforms in rapid fine 10 minute demo slots. Learn what's new to help you recruit faster and more effectively! 1. Goodseeker makes it easy to collect employee stories and job testimonials to reinforce EVP, promote work experiences, and prove culture claims. Combine stories with related jobs to give recruiters and advocates personalized content for talent attraction. 2. Talentcare is a full ...

Jun 27, 202259 min

Amit Parmar from Cliquify

Cliquify.me is a unique recruitment marketing utility tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 21, 20227 min

Employee Referral tool Erin App

Erin App is an employee referral tool. I caught up with Raul Aquino their new director of global sales at Unleash 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 21, 20227 min

Adzuna CEO Talks About Getwork Acquisition

Adzuna , the smarter job search engine, is pleased to announce the acquisition of leading US enterprise job search engine Getwork . The Getwork team, led by President Brad Squibb, will work alongside the 100-person strong Adzuna business, bringing together decades of job search expertise and accelerating Adzuna’s growth in North America. The acquisition will combine the quality reputation and enterprise-focus of Getwork with the international reach and programmatic/tech expertise of Adzuna, crea...

Jun 19, 202217 min

Virtual job training, job search engines and a new round of funding

CEIPAL, a talent acquisition platform,announced it has closed its Series B funding round, led by Camden Partners. CEIPAL secured $16.5 million in its Series B round with an additional $4.5 million in debt financing for a total of $21 million in funds. https://hrtechfeed.com/ceipal-secures-16-5-million-in-series-b-funding/ Transfr VR (Transfr), best known for pioneering the use of virtual reality to simulate on-the-job training, today announced $35 million in Series B funding as it expands into r...

Jun 17, 20225 min

Sense Co-founder Pankaj Jindal

I caught up with Pankaj Jindal the co founder of Sense and AI recruiting tool at Unleash America 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 15, 20227 min

Are Virtual Hiring Events the Future of Talent Acquisition?

Intro: Virtual hiring solutions, which have been around for quite some time, exploded to the forefront of the talent acquisition space due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, are they here to stay? Anthony Gentile, a talent acquisition expert with 20+ years of experience, talks about why virtual hiring matters right now and how to use online recruitment events to attract quality candidates, engage job seekers, and fast-track your hiring process. Anthony Gentile, Managing Partner at Live Recruit , has...

Jun 12, 202219 min

RippleMatch, Teal, Reflex In the News

RippleMatch , a recruitment automation platform changing how Gen Z finds work, announced a $45m Series B today led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs). https://hrtechfeed.com/gen-z-career-platform-ripplematch-raises-45m/ MIAMI - Teal , a company that empowers people to grow their careers on their own terms, has raised a $6.3 million seed round. Teal is building the tools for a new era of professionals who want more control over their career growth....

Jun 10, 20225 min

Alex Murphy, CEO of Jobsync

I talked with Alex Murphy the CEO of Jobsync at Unleash 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 08, 202210 min

Interview with Dalia - Birch Faber

I chatted up Birch Faber, VP of Marketing at Dalia - live form the show floor at Unleash 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 07, 20226 min
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