Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

RecTech Industry Meetup Topics/news stories New Tool of the Month: Job Title Tracker: https://jobtitle.io/ (Get real time notifications when your contacts change jobs. Don't let a job change impact your existing accounts, starts at $25 a month.) Acquisitions: Indeed buys Zapinfo, Circa buys Americas Job Exchange, ModernHire acquires Sonru https://hrtechfeed.com/acquisitions/ Layoffs at Linkedin and HiringSolved https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/22/linkedin-microsoft-msft-job-cuts/ SmartRecruiters and Beamery both said they had strong quarters Google People Cards in India https://india.googleblog.com/2020/08/introducing-people-cards-virtual.html Funding news https://hrtechfeed.com/venture-capital/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Turing.com gets $14million https://hrtechfeed.com/turing-com-announces-14-million-seed-funding-for-software-engineer-hiring/ UKG Rebrand https://hrtechfeed.com/kronos-and-ultimate-software-to-rebrand-as-ukg/ EmployStream Now Able https://hrtechfeed.com/employstream-rebrands-as-able/ ModernHire launches Cognition https://hrtechfeed.com/cognition-by-modern-hire-launches-to-highlight-need-for-ethical-transparent-hiring-approach/ ########## Dont just reject candidates, Rejobify them. The Rejobify rejection email service will help those you cant hire. Give back to the candidates who take the time to apply with your company….book a demo today at rejobify.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An interview with Patrick Sheahan, CEO of Wisconsin based Circa, formerly know as LocalJobNetwork. The company operates 600 local job sites and offers OFCCP and diversity tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com https://www.rejobify.com/ Equest to launch self serve portal https://hrtechfeed.com/equest-to-launch-self-service-job-posting-portal-for-smb/ Charthop raises $14 million https://hrtechfeed.com/charthop-raises-14-million-for-its-people-data-organizational-platform/ Interview Mocha funding https://hrtechfeed.com/interview-mocha-announces-pre-series-funding-of-600k-for-digital-skills-assessment-tool/ Loxo Release https://hrtechfeed.com/loxo-introduces-state-of-the-art-recruiting-crm/ Inclusion https://hrtechfeed.com/incluzion-launches-remote-jobs-and-learning-platform-for-black-latinix-communities/ ########## Dont just reject candidates, Rejobify them. The Rejobify rejection email service will help those you cant hire. Give back to the candidates who take the time to apply with your company….book a demo today at rejobify.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Secunda is the Founder and CEO of WorkBright, an HR tech startup that moves traditional employee onboarding to a 100% remote process that workers complete before they arrive. Subscribe to RecTech: https://www.rectechmedia.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hiretual Funding https://hrtechfeed.com/hiretual-raises-13-million-series-b/ Joblist Launch https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2020/08/17/san-francisco-based-joblist-is-the-new-kid-on-the-block/ Brazen/WayUp https://hrtechfeed.com/brazen-wayup-partner-to-elevate-diversify-modern-campus-recruitment/ Cornerstone https://hrtechfeed.com/cornerstone-virtual-conference-set-for-sept-16-17/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I know many recruiters and HR professionals out there have lost their jobs and this episode will be focused on helping you land your next job. In conjunction with HR Lancers you will hear me interview Laura Mazzullo from East Side Staffing who places hr pros but with hiring such as it is she has been design out her own version of job search advice to help the HR folks in need. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

his Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com JazzHR Enhancements https://www.jazzhr.com/blog/save-time-and-stay-organized-with-jazzhrs-enhanced-offers-and-esignatures/ GoGame https://hrtechfeed.com/the-go-game-launches-virtual-culture-building-platform/ Jobvite https://hrtechfeed.com/jobvite-expands-evolve-talent-acquisition-framework/ PandoLogic https://hrtechfeed.com/pandologic-announces-continued-workforce-recovery-grant-efforts/ ########## Dont just reject candidates, Rejobify them. The Rejobify rejection email service will help those you cant hire. Give back to the candidates who take the time to apply with your company….book a demo today at rejobify.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally aired on July 2017. Best of segment. Do your job descriptions suck? Are they boring candidates to sleep? If so, you need to listen to the latest episode of RecTech. We chat with Chris Mulhall a talent executive who actually commissioned a study of what works and what doesn't when it comes to promoting your jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dan Sines is the CEO of Traitify, visual-based personality assessment platform that identifies best-fit candidates, especially in high volume and high turnover environments like the retail industry. An entrepreneur to the core, Dan has an extensive background in user experience and graphic design. In the past He’s managed design firms and previously started a social media marketing & production firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com tilr ™, a Cincinnati, Ohio-headquartered and Toronto, Ontario-based corporation, proudly announces the launch of its new skill matching and skill mapping, patent-pending hiring platform. tilr ™‘s machine learning algorithm is based on unique ‘skills-matching’ technology that utilizes weighted skills, relevant occupations and other job preferences tailored to serve both the public and private sectors, including part-time and full-time workers, with a web application (‘App’) readily available for companies and governments, and a mobile application for job-seekers. This new version of tilr ™, combined with years of inputs from past matches, enables the technology to learn intuitively in order to ensure the best possible job match. Companies will be able to choose from a labor marketplace of readily available workers and identify where skills lie ‘in-house’, saving in both human resources time and costs, while eliminating bias in the onboarding process. Job-seekers can input their skills through tilr’s intuitive application or by using tilr’s resume-to-skill mapping technology. They will be able to then match their skill-sets with the positions best suited in real-time and further, find opportunities conveniently located near them and accommodating to their schedules. tilr ™ Co-Founder and CEO, Stephen Shefsky, stated that, “We are pleased to announce the launch of tilr ™‘s new skill-matching and skill-mapping technology. tilr ™ provides a fast, efficient and user friendly alternative to antiquated key word searches on job boards. This is the culmination of our Team’s investment in and dedication to continued technological originality, differentiating ourselves in automating and innovating the onboarding experience, one in my view that was previously inefficient in bringing jobs and job seekers together. https://hrtechfeed.com/tilr-launches-new-app-matching-job-seeker-skills-to-employment-opportunities/ Modern Hire, the all-in-one enterprise hiring platform that enables organizations to continuously improve hiring experiences and outcomes with trusted science and technology, announced its acquisition of Sonru, an Ireland-based provider of automated video interviewing technology. The combined organization offers the most comprehensive enterprise hiring technology product suite in the global marketplace, extending Modern Hire’s team, reach and expertise, and providing enhanced value to Sonru’s clients. Over the past decade, Sonru has established itself as a talent acquisition technology leader within the EMEA and APAC regions. Its video interviewing solution maximizes the candidate experience and enables recruiters to replicate a live interview by replacing early-stage phone, Skype or face-to-face interviews. Sonru’s technology reduces recruitment lifecycle time and costs by 50 percent. Its customers come from a wide variety of industry, including several Fortune Global 500 companies such as DHL, Nestlé, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce, UBS and Westpac. Incorporating Sonru into the Modern Hire brand expands Modern Hire’s client-facing presence to include offices and staff in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, enabling Modern Hire to serve most major regions and time zones around the world. “The Sonru and Modern Hire union brings together two companies focused on innovation with emphasis on the candidate experience,” said Ed Hendrick, founder and CEO, Sonru. “Our strategic decision to combine with Modern Hire allows us reinforce our clients’ leadership in enhancing the candidate experience with Modern Hire’s expanded suite of solutions. We look forward to contributing further to our clients’ success with the most comprehensive enterprise hiring platform globally, empowering them to use science and data to attract and engage the right talent.” https://hrtechfeed.com/modern-hire-acquires-another-video-interview-platform/ Handshake, the number one site for college students to find jobs and get hired, today announced the availability of an end-to-end virtual job search and recruiting solution. With this new offering, colleges and universities can host virtual career fairs, employers can leverage the first seamless solution to manage all virtual recruiting for early talent, and college students can participate in virtual fairs and events to get on the fast track to get hired. This virtual solution includes a purpose-built mobile and web video experience, enabling authentic personal engagement through the recruiting process. Handshake’s comprehensive virtual recruiting solution allows employers to:Receive up-to-date candidate recommendations based on network activity and their specific hiring criteria from the nationwide Handshake school network that includes over 1,000 colleges and universities.Spend more time engaging with students, building meaningful personal connections through video, audio, and chat directly within Handshake’s website and mobile app.Build their

So far in 2020, the trend in job postings, a real-time measure of labor market activity, was 22% lower than in 2019, as of July 17, the eleventh week of gradual improvement. (source: indeed) Hiring freezes are still in effect across many companies so what do you do as a recruiter? Optimize your recruiting tech stack Learn new skills Turn employees into brand advocates Create more content Revamp job descriptions Backfill plan Update your career site Recruitment automation Hiring manager relationships Streamline application process Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Gem, a software platform for modern recruiting, today announced it has raised a $37 million Series B investment led by Greylock with participation from existing investor Accel, to double down on product innovation. This brings the total capital raised by Gem to $48 million. Gem is also launching Diversity Analytics, a new feature aimed at helping companies build diverse teams by giving them unparalleled visibility into the hiring funnel. Up to 80% of recruiting happens prior to a candidate applying for a role, meaning that recruiters and hiring managers are spending the majority of their time finding, nurturing and gaining the confidence of prospective candidates. Despite this effort, there’s been no way for teams to track and manage all their work before Gem’s all-in-one recruiting platform. “With Gem, our customers can build relationships with talent, ultimately filling open roles faster. The strong word-of-mouth growth among recruiters helped contribute to 4X revenue growth in 2019, and our best quarter yet in 2020,” said Steve Bartel, Co-Founder and CEO of Gem. “With this latest investment, we’re thrilled to continue expanding Gem’s product to help our customers meet their hiring goals, including through our newest feature, Diversity Analytics.” Gem’s platform integrates with LinkedIn, email, and customers’ Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Its Chrome extension allows recruiters to source, get visibility into the entire history of a prospect’s interactions with team members, personalize messages, and schedule automated follow-ups—all without ever leaving a LinkedIn profile. Gem’s CRM gives talent acquisition leaders data about their teams’ performance, allowing them to better plan for, and achieve, their hiring objectives. With Pipeline Analytics, teams can measure things like time-to-hire for a particular role in a specific geography, or understand how many candidates they need in every stage of the funnel in order to meet their hiring goals. ## Jobcase, Inc., provider of a social platform dedicated to empowering and advocating for workers, has announced a significant new capital investment, with Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) acquiring a majority stake and Workday Ventures participating as a strategic investment partner. The investment includes $30 million of primary capital to accelerate Jobcase’s product development, member services, and employer partnerships. In addition, Jobcase is joining the Workday Software Partner Program. Jobcase is currently the third largest online destination for career services in the U.S. (as rated by Comscore), with more than 110 million registered members and 20 million monthly active unique users. As a community of “people helping people,” Jobcase seeks to provide the critical support that America’s workers need today to face unprecedented challenges. This investment and these partnerships will further support innovation like Jobcase’s recently released features – including virtual hiring events and an onsite unemployment resource center – to help workers and employers navigate their way through both existing work-life challenges and those that the COVID-19 pandemic has created. The funding will also transition controlling ownership of the company to PSG, Workday Ventures, and existing investor Savano Capital Partners, and exit long-time shareholder Link Ventures. ## Glassdoor - is partnering with their sister company, Indeed - the world's #1 job site, to provide new offerings to help employers attract, recruit and hire quality talent more efficiently. The two companies, while remaining separate with distinct brands and operations, became sister companies when Recruit Holdings, parent company of Indeed, acquired Glassdoor in 2018. We know that companies who tell their story well turn relevant candidates into hires. Employers will now have the opportunity to reach an unmatched audience of over 80% of U.S. online job seekers*, across industries, education levels, and years of experience. This partnership also allows Glassdoor to focus on our strength - workplace transparency - in order to help both job seekers and employers make more informed decisions. "We are excited to partner with Indeed to further improve the talent attraction and hiring process for employers," said Glassdoor CEO, Christian Sutherland-Wong. "The combined strength of our two brands will help employers tell their story and hire quality candidates at scale easier." Greater Hiring Efficiency and Streamlined Experience New offerings available immediately include: Job Postings: Employers will now be able to reach job seekers on both Glassdoor and Indeed through Indeed job advertising products. Select Branding Bundle: This co-branded sales bundle of employer branding products includes Glassdoor's Employer Profile offering and Indeed Company Pages Premium and enables employers to tell their authentic company story across both platforms in order to attra

Recorded at the IAMPHENOM conference in early March check out this audio with Richard Carsley and team. Richard is the Director of Talent Acquisition for the IKEA Group in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Competitive Wedge, the video interviewing solution that helps recruiters make authentic connections with candidates, today announced details of its funding. The company completed the final tranche of its seed funding, bringing its total funding to $1 million raised to date. With social distancing now the norm, recruiters and candidates are unlikely to have in-person interviews anytime soon. The use of video has been ranked as one of the top work communications tools that are helping businesses thrive during the pandemic. Since resumes were never adequate to convey a job candidate’s true capabilities – especially in the hourly workforce – Competitive Wedge enables them to share their enthusiasm, skills and know-how through its one-way video interviewing platform. Wedge CEO, Matt Baxter, commented, “Wedge was designed with both the recruiter and candidate at the core. For recruiters, we streamline processes and reduce screening times. For candidates, they gain an anytime, any device job interviewing platform that enables them to use the communications medium they’re already familiar with – video – to express their interest in the open requisition and company.” Founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur Matt Baxter, Competitive Wedge’s primary solution is Wedge, the one-way recorded video assessment that enables candidates to show their true selves. For more information, visit https://competitivewedge.com/ https://hrtechfeed.com/video-interviewing-solution-raises-1-million/ NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –JumpCrew, the leading B2B outsourced sales and marketing solutions provider has launched salesabroad.com. This initiative will provide jobs for sales professionals who want to embrace the remote lifestyle. JumpCrew has become the leading outsourced sales partner for venture-backed B2B startups and established brands. Their Satellite Sales offering is a turnkey, outsourced sales solution. Their clients get a dedicated team of sales reps, marketers, client success specialists, and operations support; focused on quickly generating revenue at scale. “Building a platform to support a global remote workforce, of extremely talented salespeople, who suddenly have no job is a no brainer. JumpCrew is still agile enough to see this opportunity and launch a vehicle to leverage it,” says Lavall Chichester, CMO of JumpCrew. “Salesabroad.com supports the increased global demand for outsourcing sales and allows us to help salespeople support their families.” https://hrtechfeed.com/jumpcrew-launches-salesabroad-com-to-build-a-global-remote-workforce/ INDIANAPOLIS, IN, (July 13, 2020) – Jobvite, the leading end-to-end talent acquisition suite, today announced that it has acquired the artificial intelligence (AI) and data science team at Predictive Partner. Morgan Llewellyn, CEO of Predictive Partner, will serve as Jobvite’s Chief Data Scientist and oversee a team leveraging AI through automation, predictive analytics, data science, machine learning, natural language processing, and optical character recognition. “As the first provider to introduce both machine vision to generate ‘Magic Resumes’ and candidate de-identification technology to reduce screening bias in chat transcripts, we understand the potential AI holds for talent acquisition professionals,” said Aman Brar, CEO of Jobvite. “The addition of Morgan and the Predictive Partner team to our ranks will help our customers derive even more value from the Jobvite Talent Acquisition Suite. By weaving native AI into all aspects of our software, we will deliver more than mere features—we will deliver the future of smart automation, intelligent messaging, candidate matching, and data-driven hiring decisions for talent organizations of all sizes.” Coinciding with the acquisition, Jobvite has also announced the launch of enhanced candidate engagement scoring and intelligent candidate matching capabilities. Enhanced candidate engagement scoring will help talent acquisition teams better gauge candidate interest through at-a-glance engagement metrics for every candidate. Intelligent candidate matching will enable recruiters to scale their efforts by reducing the time it takes to identify a qualified candidate from a large volume of candidates. https://hrtechfeed.com/jobvite-acquires-predictive-partner-team-to-accelerate-ai-innovation/ SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Lattice, the leading people management platform for businesses with people-first cultures, today announced that it has raised a $45 million Series D growth round of funding led by Tiger Global with participation from Frontline Ventures, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital Partners, Fuel Capital, and Y Combinator. The new round of funding will accelerate Lattice’s focus on expanding offerings to better serve its global clients and continuing to scale its team to meet ambitious product goals. Lattice launched in 2016 to enable people leade

The RecTech Virtual meetup audio from July 8th. Next one will be early September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No new audio this week because of the July 4th holiday. Instead enjoy this pod from 2017 where i dissect an effective job description. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Im chris russell here are the headlines this week in recruiting technology Reminder on July 8th at 4pm ET we will do our monthly virtual meetup for the recruiting technology space, so come network, learn about startups making headlines and more. ...to register head over to rectechmedia.com and look for the link on the home page.. On to the news. Humanly https://www.geekwire.com/2020/humanly-raises-800k-help-companies-automate-recruiting-process-amid-economic-crisis/ The Mom Project https://hrtechfeed.com/the-mom-project-lands-25m-in-series-b-funding/ Candidate Labs https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/25/candidate-labs-wants-to-be-modern-talent-agency-for-techies/ Greenhouse/Zoom https://www.greenhouse.io/blog/stay-agile-distributed-world-greenhouse-zoom-integration Candidly https://hrtechfeed.com/candidly-launches-skills-based-job-matching-platform-for-tech-talent/ ########## Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ - browse more than 500 freelancer profiles today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the full transcript visit RecTechMedia.com On this episode I wanted to highlight some free ways that companies can promote their jobs online for free. By implementing the tactics you are about to hear you can reduce your spend on other channels and drive more job seeker traffic to your career site and/or job postings. So lets get right to it. Get on Google for jobs. The Facebook Job Board. Email/Newsletters. Social Media Distribution. Social Media Hashtags. Linkedin. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode you will hear from Steven Rothberg the founder of CollegeRecruiter.com a long time job search business that focuses on entry level hiring, we’ll hear about how the business started, what their clients are saying about entry level hiring and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Im chris russell here are the headlines this week in recruiting technology First up, just want to tell you about two upcoming virtual events here at RecTech media, first on July 1st at 2pm we will talk to the founders of Jobwriter an unique to that helps you write job descriptions. It looks to be a better cheaper version of Textio, I have already it and really like what i saw. Register for that event at rectechlive.com Then on July 8th at 4pm ET we will do our monthly virtual meetup for the recruiting technology space, so come network, learn about startups making headlines and more. ...to register head over to rectechmedia.com and look for the link on the home page.. On to the news. Steady, a platform solely focused on advising and advocating for freelancers seeking stable income in the US, announced it has raised an additional $15 million in Series B funding led by Recruit Strategic Partners, a venture capital arm of Recruit Holdings Co., (yes the same company that owns Indeed.com) Funds from this round will be used to fund accelerated growth to support America’s workforce and grow its U.S. based data, product and technical operations. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerates Steady’s mission, which is to improve the increasingly challenging lives of American hourly and gig workers. Workers using the Steady platform can track their income, receive personalized income insights, receive guidance on relevant work opportunities, get paid to improve their financial health and receive access to benefits relevant to hourly and gig workers, such as Steady’s new telemedicine support. Launched in 2018, the Steady app has been downloaded more than 2.7 million times. and can be downloaded for free from the App Store and Google Play. https://hrtechfeed.com/financial-well-being-app-for-freelancers-lands-16-million-in-funding/ SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Brightside, the leading financial care platform for employers, today announced that it raised $35.1 million in Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from existing investors Comcast Ventures and Trinity Ventures, the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund, and others. This funding will be used to bring Brightside to more employers and families at a time when they need it most, and improve its financial health offering. Employee financial stress costs employers nearly $4,000 per employee per year under normal circumstances, according to recent estimates.1,2 Millions of working Americans facing the loss or reduction of income in at least one family member will exacerbate this impact. Financial stress reduces productivity and retention, drives up healthcare costs, and poses a major challenge to any employer with diversity and inclusion goals. Brightside helps employers improve the financial health of their workforce by providing a single destination for employees to address any personal finance need. Brightside combines a human-approach to financial health via dedicated Financial Assistants, available to all employee families with advanced rules engines and unique products linked to paychecks in a way that provides real solutions to employees’ financial stress. On average, Brightside puts over $1,200 back in the pockets of the families they serve. For more information, please visit: https://www.gobrightside.com. https://hrtechfeed.com/financial-wellness-platform-for-employees-gets-big-round-of-funding/ CareerBuilder today unveils innovative updates to its comprehensive Talent Acquisition Suite, helping businesses reach and convert qualified candidates faster. With a suite of services that impact the entire recruitment process, the updates provide clients with easier access to data and information, facilitate improved communication with candidates and provide an enhanced candidate and client experience. The streamlined end-to-end technology solution enables clients to make smarter, faster and more impactful decisions while cutting costs up to 50 percent and delivering a significant return on their investment. “From our enhanced career sites, improved data and reporting tools, mobile app updates and new employee engagement offerings, the latest updates to our TA Suite were built with market data and client feedback in mind,” added Humair Ghauri, Chief Product & Technology Officer, CareerBuilder. “Our team continues to be a leader in the HR Tech industry, driving innovation and offering a comprehensive solution built on AI and machine learning technology. Our team thrives on seeing our products deliver more qualified candidates for our end-users, helping them covert them quickly and providing a seamless experience across our client and job seeker audiences.” Updates being released include: Delivering a seamless client experience and launching a new career site built on the power of CareerBuilder.com platform. CareerBuilder’s Talent Network now allows clients to easily manage their talent net

On this episode you will hear from Toby Dayton as he details the upsurge in job postings they are seeing on the job aggregator linkup...we’ll also discuss in Indeed has hit their peak, some startup funding news and a wide ranging discussion about remote work with several participants include Mike Tempkin from Shaker, Adam Gordon from Candidate ID Marvin Smith from Lockheed and a host of others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Im chris russell here are the headlines this week in recruiting technology Linkup job data is out: In May, created job listings were up 12%, while deleted listings were down 16% - a promising sign that organizations are gaining the confidence to start hiring again. While jobs overall continued to decline, they declined at a slower rate than the previous month. May's job listings were down -10% nationwide; a huge improvement from a dismal -29% in April. April showed jobs down in 100% of industries, occupations and states, May shows slight improvement in two of the three (industries and states). In this climate, we’ll take that as a win! BOSTON–Trade Hounds, the largest professional community built exclusively for the construction industry, today announced the closing of its $3.2 million seed funding round. The round was led by prominent seed-stage venture capital firms Corigin Ventures and Brick and Mortar Ventures, both of which have significant experience investing in construction technology startups. Investors in the round include Suffolk Construction, one of the nation’s top construction companies, and CCS Construction Staffing, a premier construction staffing firm, reflecting the important role Trade Hounds plays in connecting participants across the construction ecosystem. In conjunction with the funding, Trade Hounds announced plans to launch a Jobs platform this summer that links qualified tradespeople with construction companies and staffing firms, enabling fast, seamless communication. Construction companies and the staffing firms that support them stand to benefit from immediate access to a larger pool of qualified candidates, including the passive job seekers who post about their work on Trade Hounds but may not be actively searching for work on job boards. Skilled tradespeople benefit from a community of like-minded professionals where they can showcase their skills and find new career opportunities. David Broomhead, Co-Founder and CEO of Trade Hounds, said: “It’s always bothered me that tradespeople – the skilled workers who build our hospitals, schools and infrastructure – don’t have access to a technology platform that meets their professional needs. We’ve set out to change this with Trade Hounds. We are proud to be the largest digital platform that aims to unite and empower the millions of proud, hard-hat-wearing workers who are building the world around us.” https://hrtechfeed.com/trade-hounds-raises-3-2m-for-construction-industry-network/ RALEIGH --PeopleFluent, a leading provider of cloud-based talent acquisition, talent management and learning solutions for large and mid-sized enterprises, today announced the availability of its next-generation enterprise recruiting solution. Designed for enterprise organizations of all sizes, PeopleFluent Recruiting makes it faster and easier for global organizations to recruit and hire the best possible talent from both internal and external candidates. PeopleFluent Recruiting provides multiple talent acquisition capabilities into one solution designed to improve internal and external hiring, process efficiency within the hiring teams, and candidate experience. “In 2020, the war for talent has been totally transformed,” said Tom Sykes, Director of Product Management at PeopleFluent. “Recruiting teams are currently under enormous pressure due to increased role complexity, fluid hiring volumes, and requirements to leverage internal resources. When making technology investments, organizations often focus just on external candidate experience but there’s now an even greater need for leaders to invest in tools that optimize candidate pools and improve efficiency and quality of hire. PeopleFluent Recruiting addresses that need, providing an end-to-end candidate experience with the needs of today’s busy recruiters and hiring managers top of mind.” https://hrtechfeed.com/peoplefluent-launches-new-recruiting-platform/ Summit Partners announced that it has closed on a growth funding round in CoderPad, a leading platform for assessing technical skills. The new growth funding will help fuel hiring and continued expansion for the already-profitable company as CoderPad scales to meet increasing demand for remote technical interview solutions. Built by engineers, for engineers, CoderPad is on a mission to fix the technical interviewing process. The company offers a collaborative programming environment that helps hiring organizations efficiently and accurately assess technical skills of candidates. CoderPad launched in 2013. The company has been profitable since its start and has grown revenues 50% over the past year. The company serves over 1,700 customers, from startup organizations to some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated technology employers, including Dropbox, Lyft, Spotify and Quora. Customers have conducted more than 2.5 million technical interviews on the CoderPad platform. CoderPad creates a rea

On this episode we will talk to the CEO of JazzHR an SMB focused recruiting software company based in Pittsburgh and get his take on the what they’re seeing in the job market and learn about what else the company has been up to. Full transcript will be available on RecTechMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ll start in Denver: PAIRIN, a trusted technology partner to today’s leading workforce programs, governments and education systems, today announced the close of $2.1 million, the first tranche of its Series A investment round that will be used to support continued growth of the company and its My Journey platform. “Everyone should have the opportunity to define their own future, regardless of their background. During this period in our nation’s history, supporting the organizations and professionals helping people along their career journey is more important than ever,” stated Michael Simpson, CEO and co-founder of PAIRIN. “We’ve worked tirelessly alongside our partners in government and education to simplify the processes by which Americans enter and excel in the workforce. This funding will allow us to accelerate rollouts and key features that help connect people to critical resources, education and career assistance in an increasingly volatile job market. The enthusiasm and support we’ve received from investors are indicative of the widespread need for this technology.” The Series A funding will help support the company’s rapid growth and hiring initiatives. PAIRIN plans to grow its workforce by 33 percent in the next year with new hires in engineering, design and project management roles, among others. At this rate, the company expects to be cash-flow positive and double its current number of employees by the end of 2021. PAIRIN is a social enterprise company with a mission to make education relevant and hiring equitable. My Journey is a workforce process management platform that personalizes career exploration, job matching and skill development for education, workforce programs and governments. https://hrtechfeed.com/pairin-raises-2-1-million-series-a-funding-to-aid-american-workforce/ Salary.com, this week released Job Architect, a powerful job description management tool to keep job descriptions accurate and up-to-date — adding velocity to hiring the right people at the right pay. Job Architect can be used as a stand-alone product or as an integrated part of Salary.com’s leading CompAnalyst® platform. Job descriptions are often created and stored in silos throughout an organization, creating challenges to hiring velocity and the overall strategy of talent management that often leads to the inaccurate pricing of jobs. Worse yet, over time, poor job descriptions make it difficult to retain valuable talent because compensation structures and skills sets are misaligned with the organization’s needs or expectations of employees. “We’re seeing unprecedented upheaval in how companies are defining jobs and managing the work that people do,” said Kent Plunkett, founder and CEO of Salary.com. “Job Architect helps companies manage their job content library to get job descriptions right and optimize the performance of their people.” https://hrtechfeed.com/salary-com-releases-job-architect-a-powerful-job-description-management-tool/ Vetty, a fast growing provider of an AI-based employee verification platform for gig-economy marketplaces and enterprises announced it is raising a Pre-Series A round of $4M USD. The Pre-Series A financing builds on a successful year for Vetty which saw a rapidly growing roster of clients seeking a frictionless background screening option for verifying potential employees. Vetty is primed to capture market share in its fast growing industry sector by using these funds to grow sales and accelerate development of the platform. Vetty’s customers include industry leading companies such as Wag!, Bellhop and MASTERCLASS. “As an industry, we’re just scratching the surface of the background verification market,” Subrat Nayak, Founder and CEO of Vetty said. “We are working hard to truly dominate this fast-growing market and 3Lines has been more than an investor for us. They have created tremendous value by bringing in their expertise in the AI-enabled tech startup world and guiding us to steer clear of the pitfalls, and working with us on formulating key business strategies. We are confident, with their expert guidance, that we will continue to find success.” Vetty describes itself (https://vetty.co), as a fast-growing early stage company in the highly-fragmented background verification market with an AI-based employee verification platform for gig-economy marketplaces and enterprises to proactively manage hiring risks and enforce regulatory compliance. https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-verification-platform-raises-4-million/ iHire announces the general availability of its Virtual Outplacement Services. The recruiting technology provider’s Virtual Outplacement Services help companies assist laid-off and transitioning employees – including those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic – with finding new jobs. Drawing from more than 20 years of experience connecting candidates with the right jobs in 56 industries, iHire has combined personalized job seeker support with its best-in-class career manage

Listen as Chris catches up with Jobvite's Andre Boulais to hear about what the popular recruiting software company is up to. Link to Rapid Response Talent Hub for jobseekers: https://app.jobvite.com/TalentNetwork/action/campaign/w/NzI3MzE Link to Rapid Response Talent Hub for jobseekers: https://app.jobvite.com/TalentNetwork/action/campaign/w/NzI3Mjk Blog about program: https://www.jobvite.com/collaborative-hiring/jobvite-joins-indy-chamber-in-rapid-response-prgram/ Link to 2020 Job Seeker Nation Report: https://www.jobvite.com/lp/2020-job-seeker-nation-report/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com ClearCompany Adds Texting Feature https://hrtechfeed.com/icims-acquires-opening-io-launches-new-ai-solution-for-building-transformative-workforces-at-scale/ JazzHR Launches White Label Solution https://hrtechfeed.com/mhr-international-introduces-a-new-era-of-remote-work-experience-with-u-s-launch-of-people-first-connect/ Hackerrank Remote Hiring https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitology-to-launch-virtual-career-fairs/ HireClix Launches their own candidate experience lab https://hrtechfeed.com/hireclix-launches-candidate-experience-lab/ OysterHR acquires Carrom https://hrtechfeed.com/oyster-acquires-carrom-to-accelerate-global-employment-platform/ Finally...Salary.com has released new survey data that shows 66% of employers either reduced their workforce or negatively impacted employee pay in response to COVID-19, though just 10% of survey respondents expect the layoffs to be permanent. The survey revealed that 32% of employers laid off people (temporary or permanent), 10% saw a reduction in base pay, and 21% reduced variable pay (including bonuses and commissions). In addition to the expectation that 90% of layoffs may be temporary, 65% of employers reported that base pay remained unchanged and 45% say they are leaving merit raises in place in 2020. Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ - browse more than 500 freelancer profiles today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poach.ai is the newest venture by Serial Entrepreneur and fellow industry podcaster Joel Cheesman. The platform aims to track worker sentiment to help companies identify when it's the right time to recruit employees away from your competitor. I've known Joel, and Joel and I go way back. Have known each other for many years in the industry. I was on his show early this year, so now it's time for me to ask the questions. Learn more: http://poach.ai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com iCIMS Makes Acquisition https://hrtechfeed.com/icims-acquires-opening-io-launches-new-ai-solution-for-building-transformative-workforces-at-scale/ MHR Announces new Remote Collaboration Platform https://hrtechfeed.com/mhr-international-introduces-a-new-era-of-remote-work-experience-with-u-s-launch-of-people-first-connect/ Employee Communication Platform Workvivo Raises $16m https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitology-to-launch-virtual-career-fairs/ Traitify Gets Funding https://hrtechfeed.com/traitify-raises-12m-for-its-visual-based-personality-assessment-platform/ Chief Lands $15 Million https://hrtechfeed.com/private-network-for-women-lands-15-million-in-funding/ Stories Inc Launched Virtual Stories https://hrtechfeed.com/stories-incorporated-launches-virtual-story-sessions/ Finally a couple other news stories that caught my eye: Uber is shuttering its Uber Works project after going through a massive layoff this week. I had high hopes that they were going to be a player in the temp staffing world but because of the pandemic it will no longer happen. Good news for the existing platforms like Wonolo, Shift and others. Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ - browse more than 500 freelancer profiles today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remote, an HR technology startup enabling simplified global employment, recently announced a Seed investment of $11M. The fundraising round was led by Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from several other investors. The financing will be used to expand Remote’s onboarding platform and extend coverage to forty new markets by the end of 2020, including Canada, Germany, the United States, and France. Remote handles payroll, benefits, compliance, and taxes all in one single solution across international markets. With remote work only increasing, hiring a contractor or a full-time employee in another country is simplified with Remote’s platform. Joining me today to discuss the new world of remote hiring is CEO and co-founder Job van der Voort. Questions Great name by the way...are you dutch? @jobvo on twitter by the way for the listeners. Remote work is having a moment…can you give us a quick history of the company and talk about the pain point for what you are trying to solve? Is Remote for companies who have already found a person they want to hire or do you actually help find the person first...how it works…? What countries currently supported? You have a remote job board…how has adding that helped your core business? Can anyone post a job? When did you acquire the domain…? You are a fully distributed company with employees based in several different countries. Can you describe how you onboard a new employee remotely and talk about managing a distributed team? Are you hiring? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Workstream raises $10 million https://hrtechfeed.com/hourly-hiring-platform-workstream-lands-10-million-funding-round/ Paradox Land $40 million for chatbot tech https://hrtechfeed.com/paradox-raises-40m-in-new-funding/ Recruitology unveils virtual career fairs https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitology-to-launch-virtual-career-fairs/ Lever announces news features in spring release https://hrtechfeed.com/levers-spring-release-new-automation-workflows-advanced-analytics-candidate-surveys-and-more/ PC Recruiter pushes out an update https://hrtechfeed.com/pcrecruiter-9-7-37-presentations-themes-updates/ Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ - browse more than 500 freelancer profiles today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Russell gives you some tips for how to hold virtual hiring events and you'll hear from Eightfold as they describe how their platform works to hold an online career fair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com TechStars to start workforce accelerator in Denver https://hrtechfeed.com/techstars-to-create-workforce-startup-accelerator/ Emtrain Raises 8 million for workplace culture https://hrtechfeed.com/emtrain-raises-8m-for-workplace-culture-platform/ Appcast Launches Next Generation Programmatic Job Ad Exchange https://hrtechfeed.com/appcast-launches-next-generation-programmatic-job-ad-exchange/ CareerArc launches video assessment tool for seekers https://hrtechfeed.com/careerarc-launches-ai-powered-video-assessment-tool-for-seekers/ Survey: software developers hate meetings https://recruitingheadlines.com/software-developers-hate-meetings/ Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ - browse more than 500 freelancer profiles today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Chris Russell shares his thoughts on why the rejection process for applicants is broken and how to fix it. Why You Should Care About Rejection 5 tactics to implement Companies doing it right Rejobify (better way to reject) https://www.rejobify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com HelpOneBillion Lanuches for Covid 19 jobs https://recruitingheadlines.com/phenom-launches-helponebillion-to-give-hope-and-jobs-to-covid-19-unemployed/ Linkedin to launch video intros https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/product-updates/2020/linkedin-video-intro Alexander mann launches Virtual Internship Platform https://hrtechfeed.com/alexander-mann-solutions-launches-virtual-internships-platform/ Powderkeg MAtching Tech Tool https://hrtechfeed.com/powderkeg-provides-early-access-to-job-matching-tool-matches/ Topia Raises $15 million https://hrtechfeed.com/topia-raises-15-million-for-talent-mobility-platform/ Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ - browse more than 500 freelancer profiles today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DIY TOOLS Zoom.us Crowdcast.io DEDICATED In my research I found at least eight vendors whose sole purpose is to host online job events. Pricing varies https://www.brazen.com/ https://easyvirtualfair.com/ https://www.hexafair.com/virtual-job-fair/ https://www.vfairs.com/ https://www.careereco.com/ https://www.6connex.com/virtual-job-fair-hosting/ https://info.workcast.com/ https://www.virtualjobfairhosting.com/ OTHER https://www.xor.ai/virtual-career-fairs https://www.paradox.ai/virtual-hiring-events https://eightfold.ai/capabilities/virtual-event-recruiting/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Hourly is a new recruiting platform for hourly workers https://hrtechfeed.com/alexander-mann-solutions-unveils-new-hourly-worker-recruiting-solution/ Glassdoor creates Cov-19 related job searches https://hrtechfeed.com/glassdoor-launches-new-covid-19-related-job-search-tools/ Oyster Gets Millions for its distributed recruiting platform https://hrtechfeed.com/oyster-an-international-hiring-startup-raises-4-2-million/ Remote.com gets $11 million for its remote recruiting platform https://hrtechfeed.com/remote-raises-an-11m-to-help-companies-to-hire-and-onboard-talent-anywhere-in-the-world/ RoiKoi Gets Acquired https://hrtechfeed.com/talent-mapping-vendor-roikoi-acquired-by-terminal/ Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ - browse more than 500 freelancer profiles today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I recently spoke with Suzanne Lucas who has written the Evil HR lady blog online since 2006. In this show you’ll hear me interview her and field questions from the HR lancers community. http://www.evilhrlady.org/ Sponsored by Emissary.ai and HR Lancers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Rejobify.com Job listings decline: STAT OF THE DAY: Compared to April of last year, job postings in the US have dropped by almost 31%, according to Indeed data. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-job-advertisements-crater-during-second-half-of-march-142615914.html Next Step Secures $3.6 Million https://hrtechfeed.com/skills-training-platform-raises-3-6m-to-help-workers-transition-to-health-care-roles/ Loxo Announces Free Contact Info Feature for Sourcers https://hrtechfeed.com/loxo-announces-free-and-unlimited-personal-contact-information/ CareerBliss to go free for 2020 https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2020/04/16/careerbliss-moves-to-free-job-postings-for-all-of-2020/ Layoffers Launches https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2020/04/14/new-job-community-that-tracks-layoffs-launches/ Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode features the audio portion of a recent HR Lancers Live event where a number of freelancers crowd sourced their favorite software tools, apps and sites that help them do their job. Chris Russell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmrussell/ GoDaddy bookkeeping: An invoicing tool used for tracking income, expenses, invoicing, mileage ,Hourly time tracking – “very simple bookkeeping app”, “like it for its simplicity overall” Cost: $110/year Ripl: Marketing Tool that allows you to create branded videos and images in minutes, then instantly post to all your social media accounts at once. - “favorite tool out of all that I am sharing today”, “will make your social media a lot better looking. Can build it into your brand” Cost: $10/month TinyScannerPro: A little scanner app that turns android device into a portable document scanner and scan everything as images or PDFs. “take a picture with your phone in the app, it creates a pdf and can email right from your phone” Cost: $5 one time fee Dlvr.it – Auto schedule and post blogs, photos, RSS, news and videos to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, you can use this to push out content from multiple social media accounts- “pretty powerful, can do a lot of social media marketing” Cost: Free to $24.88/month Snagit – Screenshot, screencast tool Cost: $50 Stat counter – a simple but powerful real-time web analytics service that helps you track, analyze and understand your visitors so you can make good decisions to become more successful online. “simpler version of Google Analytics” Cost: Free to $9/month Javianna Nelson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javiannanelson/ QuickBooks self-employed: Invoicing tool Canva: The design software that makes design simple, convenient, and reliable—create what you need. Good tool for marketing. - “my business is an employer brand business…use it to engage employees of clients on Social Media” Cost: $120/year Hello Bonsai: Project Management contracts, e-signing, & invoices – client profile, contracts and proposals, time tracking, makes forms and keeps forms. Cost: $16/month Alissa Penny: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alissa-penney/ Venngage: Infographic creator. “I use it to do a lot of infographics for my consultation, I do strategic analysis and data analysis so it helps me show really quick charts to a lot of my clients” Cost: $19/month Slack: Client Communication for all projects, recommended for folks who are doing remote work. “If you are more into doing video based projects, I enjoy using Discord, more for the gaming industry” Cost: Free Hootsuite: Social Media Posting Management Cost: Free Tonja LaFrenz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonjalafrenz/ Feedly: A news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile devices running iOS and Android – “find what you are looking for, a project you are working on, it gives you articles, then you can post the article out through Hootsuite” Cost: Free ATS/CRM: Big Biller through Top Echelon “can add your candidates, can add your companies, they do training all the time, their customer service is unreal” Cost: $70/month Fivrr: $15 for email signature, logo $10 and slogan $40 – freelancer site Wisestamp: email signature generator Orin Davis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davisoc/ GetPocket.com: previously known as Read It Later, is an application and web service for managing a reading list of articles and videos from the Internet Harvest- Time tracker: Simple time tracking, fast online invoicing, and powerful reporting software. Simplify employee timesheets and billing. ScannerPro: Allows you to scan paper documents into PDFs that look clean and professional. Expensify – for tracking expenses https://www.getcroissant.com/a/orin76 - coworking space $39 for 10 hours – “giving you hourly access to co-working spaces….need a place to sit down and work, don’t want to do a coffee shop” hours rollover and accumulate. They are a global organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Workjam raises $50 Million Series C https://hrtechfeed.com/workjam-raises-50-million-series-c-to-meet-growing-demand-for-digital-workplace-solutions/ Drafted launches Layoff network https://hrtechfeed.com/drafted-launches-layoff-network/ Jobcase virtual Events https://hrtechfeed.com/jobcase-launches-virtual-hiring-events-to-connect-hourly-workers-impacted-by-covid-19/ Hirevue Eliminates App Based Interviews https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hirevue-solutions-remove-barriers-for-video-interviews/ Bluecrew Adds Telemedicine Benefits to Hourly Workers https://gigheadlines.com/bluecrew-offers-free-telemedicine-to-hourly-workers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Tanner and Kat Guseva from recruitics join Chris to reveal 3 ways employers can use Google for Recruitment Marketing: Adwords, Gmail Ads, Google for Jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Rejobify.com Paradox Launches Virtual Recruiting Event Platform https://hrtechfeed.com/mya-systems-secures-18-75m-series-c-funding/ HireRight Partners with Social Media Screening form https://hrtechfeed.com/engagedly-to-provide-remote-work-toolkit-for-free/ Eightfold Launches Virtual Recruiting Tool https://hrtechfeed.com/outmatch-offering-free-video-interviewing-platform/ Appcast Ad Grants https://hrtechfeed.com/dice-launches-sourcing-feature/ Free Jobs on Linkedin https://hrtechfeed.com/the-mom-project-acquires-workplace-analytics-tool/ Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lianne Vineberg is the Founder and Director of Talent & recruitment at Toronto based Talent in the 6ix, an HR and recruitment consulting firm that specializes in finding talent for startups. She passed on some words of wisdom about onboarding remote employees and she joined me from her home base in Toronto to discuss. Find her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineberg/ Article she wrote: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vineberg_remote-onboarding-ugcPost-6645678416429408256-kPiT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A number of vendors including Gr8 People, Lever, PandoLogic, Bayard, and Engagedly are stepping up to offer free tools during the virus outbreak. See the list: https://hrtechfeed.com/tag/free/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A number of reports and studies regarding the freelance world, AKA the ‘gig economy’ have been published lately so I wanted to summarize the key statistics found in the data. 50%: of the workforce will be comprised of gig workers by 2028. Source: PYMNTS.com The 57 million Americans who freelanced this year represent 35% of the U.S. workforce and an increase of 4 million freelancers since 2014. SOURCE: Upwork 16 Million: number of Americans who consider themselves self-employed as of July 2019. Source: PYMNTS.com 1 in 6 enterprise workers are actually gig workers paid as either 1099-MISC (1099-M) workers or short-term W-2 employees working one to six months. Source: ADP 56 million people are now freelancing,... an increase of 3.7 million over the past 5 years. Source: Freelance Union The freelance workforce is overall very young, with nearly 70 percent of freelancers surveyed being under the age of 35, and 21 percent are under the age of 25. SOURCE: Payoneer The worldwide average hourly rate charged by freelancers is $21, higher than the $19 average rate reported in Payoneer’s 2018 survey and significantly higher than the average salaries in many of the countries surveyed. SOURCE: Payoneer Female freelancers earn on average 84 percent of men’s earnings across all fields. SOURCE: Payoneer 43%: The total proportion of the American workforce that’s expected to move to remote- and freelance-based employment as of 2020 as reported by Innovation Enterprise Ltd. The biggest users of contingent workers are organizations operations/production/services division (37%) and the IT departments (32%) SOURCE: EY According to a study conducted by Randstad USA, 60% of the population will be freelancing within the next 10 years. For the first time, as many freelancers said they view this way of working as a long-term career choice as they do a temporary way to make money. In addition, the share of those who freelance full time increased from 17% in 2014 to 28% this year. SOURCE: Upwork Skilled services are the most common type of freelance work, with 45% of freelancers providing skills such as programming, marketing, IT and business consulting. SOURCE: Upwork Freelancers contribute nearly $1 trillion in freelancing income to the economy, or nearly 5% of U.S. GDP. SOURCE: Upwork Nearly two-thirds of HR professionals indicate the gig economy is impacting hiring and staffing practices. A majority (64%) are experiencing some sort of change because of gig economy trends. SOURCE: HR.com There are up to 15.5 million Americans – 10 percent of the total U.S. labor force – who use contingent or alternative work as their primary source of income. SOURCE: ICIMS It’s a freelance nation, and we’re just living it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Rejobify.com Mya Systems Gets $18 million in funding https://hrtechfeed.com/mya-systems-secures-18-75m-series-c-funding/ Engagedly to Provide Remote Work Toolkit for Free https://hrtechfeed.com/engagedly-to-provide-remote-work-toolkit-for-free/ Outmatch Offering Free Video Interviewing Platform https://hrtechfeed.com/outmatch-offering-free-video-interviewing-platform/ Dice Launches Sourcing Feature https://hrtechfeed.com/dice-launches-sourcing-feature/ The Mom Project Acquires Workplace Analytics Tool https://hrtechfeed.com/the-mom-project-acquires-workplace-analytics-tool/ Hourly, an employee management platform, has raised $7.15 million in seed funding https://larocqueinc.com/hourly-raises-7-15-million-seed-round-for-its-time-and-attendance-app/ Got a project that an HR freelancer can handle? From writing an employee handbook to freelance sourcers to HR bloggers you can find the right freelancer to handle your HR or recruiting needs right now on https://hrlancers.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to what recruiters are saying about whats happening with the hiring market in the Coronavirus crisis. @StacyZapar....Recruiters, how has your job changed in the last week (since the quarantine)? Still sourcing or holding off for now? What will the hiring market look like in upcoming months? Will people even be open to changing jobs or likely hunker down till the storm has passed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remote work is having its day in the sun due to the coronavirus outbreak...seminal moment... and my guest today just wrote an article on his new remote experience managing a team of people remotely. We ‘ll talk with him in a minute but i posed this question on my facebook group, RecTechies and wanted to read you some of the replies. Working remotely is more popular than ever before. One Gallup survey found that 43% of Americans work from home occasionally. That's up from 39% of those who did in 2012. And according to Quartz, U.S. Census data indicates that 5.2% of U.S. workers completely worked at home in 2017 — that's about 8 million people. Joining me now is Chad Fife is the VP of marketing at AI recruitment startup Talview. Here's the link to his article on LinkedIN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices