Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Happy new year everyone this is the first episode of the new year and I have a special opinion episode to start us off. But let me start with some housekeeping items namely events I need to tell you about. I’ve got some discounts for you. Talent Acquisition Week is coming up at the end of January 28-30 in san francisco and you can use the code RECTECH to save 15% off a ticket...its 3 conferences in one week SOCIAL RECRUITING STRATEGIES CONFERENCE, EMPLOYER BRANDING STRATEGIES CONFERENCE and TALENT SOURCING STRATEGIES SUMMIT - learn more at talentacquisitionweek.com IAMPHENOM - the Phenom People conference will be held in Philadelphia on March 3-5 so if you want to save 25% use code RUSSELL - register at iamphenom.com I will be attending both events and conducting a number of interviews while attending RecTech Live Webinars Jan 16th at 1pm come see a demo of CandidateID a talent nurturing tool that also offers a free recruitment crm. CEO Adam Gordon will give us a preview of their software suite Jan 23rdt at 1pm come see a demo of Talenya - sourcing chatbot...very cool tool for employers...CEO Gal Amog will demo, they are targeting corporate TA professionals so if that you then tune in Register at rectechlive.com Cool tool alert - Tiny Scanner Plus is a 5 dollar app that will make your life easier if you do a lot of scanning. Your smartphone is an extension of your office. One of the most useful apps we found recently is Tiny Scanner Plus. Take a picture os a document and convert an image to a PDF that you can email or export. Contracts, agendas, letters, mark-ups, articles, receipts, kids' schedules or tournament brackets—scan it and send it in a snap. Name, organize and search your scans on the go from your phone. The app costs $4.99 in the app stores. Apple | Google Before we get started let me mention my other sponsor...WorkHere, the hyperlocal candidate delivery tool. Through their geofencing ad platform ….They help employers reach people through online ads with pinpoint precision where they live, work, and shop. Workhere will advertise your jobs on the screens candidates use the most: their mobile phone. That messaging is then delivered into the social and mobile apps they use the most often. From there, a human chat team will then qualify and engage those folks and send them back to your ATS via sms, email or redirect. So, head over to workhere.com and tell them you heard it on the RecTech podcast ------------------------------------------ ONE ATS APPLY TO RULE THEM ALL Now that 2020 is here and the candidate experience is top of mind for many talent acquisition teams, lets talk about the ATS experience for job seekers. To get more specific, lets focus on the apply experience. For too long, the average job seeker has had to navigate a myriad of logins from disparate systems of record, forced to create and remember passwords and usernames in order to apply. But jumping through these hoops has made job search a painful one for candidates. It's time to start reversing that trend. The 'login to apply' feature prominent on most applicant tracking software is an element of days gone by. It is a relic of software past, and if I had a choice I would ban this barrier to apply. The modern job seeker has zero interest in creating another user account to apply to your company. They simply want to upload their resume quickly and move on. Appcast, the programmatic ad platform says that only about 6.6% of candidate traffic converts into an actual apply on desktop. And its even lower on mobile at 4.7%. Though there are a variety of factors as to why someone doesn't apply, making them login is certainly a big reason they don't. There is a use case for having to create a login. But only if its a seamless process. The ideal solution would require adopting an industry wide single sign-on process shared by all recruiting software vendors. Indeed has their apply button, so does LinkedIn. Why don't ATS vendors band together and create one of their own? Imagine a world where each ATS could have their own version of Easy Apply! Two things would happen in my opinion. Job seekers would rejoice. Applications would rise. There are hundreds of ATS platforms in the market so this idea presents quite a challenge. For it to gain traction it would have to start with the bigger players like WorkDay, Brassring and Taleo's of the world to lead the way. The rest of the industry would be sure to follow if they saw the major recruiting software companies sponsor such an open source initiative. If I were the CEO of companies like iCIMS, Greenhouse and others, I would take this suggestion seriously. Job seekers have the RIGHT to an efficient and speedy apply process. A single shared apply account could make that a reality. Pipe dream? Probably. But its worth throwing the idea out there for the powers that be to contemplate. Recruiting software companies must adapt to the times or risk becoming extinct in this new world of experienced based so

Yves Lermusi is CEO & co-founder of Checkster.Checkster is based in the San Francisco Bay Area….The software company aims to improve the world's productivity and harmony by increasing job fit and work achievement, as well as personal career satisfaction and fulfillment. Today Yves and Chris will talk about A.I. in the recruitment process. https://www.checkster.com/ Special thanks to Emissary.ai and WorkHere for their continued podcast support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by Emissary.ai the text recruiting platform and Workhere.com the geofencing ad platform. Rebecca Carr, VP of Success at SmartRecruiters stops by to chat about their recently published content called the Definitive Guide to Hiring Success. Read the guide here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sponsored by Workhere.com and Emissary.ai Hi, this is Kerry Noone, director of Employer Branding for CVS Health, and I'm next on the Rec Tech Podcast. Announcer: Welcome to Rec Tech, the Podcast where recruiting and technology intersect. Each month you'll hear from vendors shaping the recruiting world, along with recruiters who'll tell you how they use technology to hire talent. Now here's your host, the mad scientist of online recruiting, Chris Russell. Chris Russell: Yes, indeed. You're listening to the only Podcast that helps recruiters and employers connect with more [inaudible 00:00:32] technology, inspire conversations. We're all about the new tools and tactics to landmark talent. Today's show is a practitioner edition. The Rec Tech Podcast is sponsored in part by our friends at Emissary.ai the Text Recruiting Platform, your next superstars in demand and on the move, and so the easiest way to connect with them faster and more effectively wherever they are. Use their tool such as a one-to-one text campaigns, group campaigns, share by text, apply reminders, all of which allow you to capture more applicants at that point to apply, and get them into your system, go to Emissary.ai, self schedule a demo, and let them know you heard it on the Rec Tech Podcast. Chris Russell: All right. Kerry Noone is a recruiting marketing and employer branding professional with more than 25 years of experience in developing and delivering knowledge based solutions through digital marketing. Kerry has been instrumental in launching successful media... social media programs that empower employees to share their personal and professional stories as corporate brand ambassadors. She currently manages the CVS health recruit marketing and advertising, and is transforming the CVS Health Candidate experience, though the robust content strategy, recruitment marketing guidelines, mobile apply in a fun, emotional and a purpose-driven recruitment value proposition campaign. I've known Kerry for a number of years going back to her days at Amtrak, and I'm finally glad she's on the show. So Kerry, welcome to Rec Tech. Kerry Noone: Thank you. I'm excited to be here as well. Chris Russell: Definitely. I was looking forward to the conversation, and I'm glad they reached out and pitched me you, to talk to you, because you're definitely someone I want to... I've admired over the years going back to your time at Antrak there. And you've always been a really good recruiting marketing person overall. And so I think you have a wealth of knowledge, and looking forward to hearing what you have to say today. So I guess let's set the scene first. If you could just start out by telling us a little bit about CVS Health's hiring goals for next year, and what you guys are up to lately. Kerry Noone: Sure. So we... about a year ago we integrated with Aetna to become one company. So our goal for 2020... it has been for 2019 and continues to be for 2020, is to integrate the two brands. So not only go down to one system, we'll have one career site as opposed to the two career sites that we currently have. Chris Russell: Oh yeah. Kerry Noone: But then also from a brand perspective, it's making sure that our candidates understand that we're one company, and that we're working towards common goals. So I think that that's probably an opportunity and a challenge for us for 2020. Chris Russell: And tell me about your team there at CVS Health, as far as your employer branding goes, how big is it? And maybe kind of define the roles if you could. Kerry Noone: Sure. So I've actually... I'm very fortunate. I think one of the things that I'm most proud about is the team that we have. When I first started in 2016 we... I was a team of two, it was me and one other person. And over the past three-and-a-half years or so we've continued to take on more work at the organization within talent acquisition as well as outside of talent acquisition. And along with that... those new responsibilities came a larger team. Kerry Noone: So currently I am at a team... or a total team of six, and we are all very hands on, we've created a process. So we have a lot of requests that come in every single day, and we created a process to help streamline that and monitor the workload. Selfishly, I enjoy having work life balance. So of course I want to make sure that my team is equally as balanced as I am. Kerry Noone: So those... we have a primary secondary contact for everything that we do. The team is made up of, as I said, six people. So we have two people who focused on... one person who focuses on high volume hiring campaigns. The other person focuses on more longterm campaigns, and when I say focuses on campaigns, they manage the budgets end, and applicant flow and conversions, monitoring and reporting back to the teams that are providing the budget for those campaigns. Kerry Noone: I also have someone who focuses on just the Aetna side of the business, as well as one person who combined par

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Chris Russell opines on the state of traffic from G4J for job boards and employers as well as the after effects of the Facebook Ad restrictions for employers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Abby Cheesman from Skill Scout discusses tips and tactics for creating video that attracts the talent you seek. Transcript Chris Russell: Leveraging video to attract talent. That's next, on the RecTech Podcast. Speaker 2: Welcome to RecTech, the podcast where recruiting and technology intersect. Each month you'll hear from vendors shaping the recruiting world along with recruiters who will tell you how they use technology to hire talent. Now here's your host, the mad scientist of online recruiting, Chris Russell. Chris Russell: Hey everyone. Welcome to the only podcast at the intersection of recruiting and technology. I'm your host, Chris Russell. Our show of course is sponsored by our friends at emissary.ai, the text recruiting platform. Head over to emissary.ai. Click on the Book a Demo and self schedule yourself a quick 30 minute demo with the team. Matt, Brendan, and Euan. And learn more about how text recruiting can really speed up and make your recruiting process much more efficient overall. So it's really great technology, overlays onto your ATS, and lets you do one-on-one campaigns. Lets you do group campaigns out there. Short codes for events. A lot of great stuff there around text recruiting. And if you're not texting and recruiting today, then you're not basically becoming a modern recruiter overall. Chris Russell: And of course we're sponsored also by workhere.com, the hyper-local [inaudible 00:01:20] delivery tool. WorkHere's geofencing ad platform will help you pinpoint your best to match talent. They attract passive [inaudible 00:01:29] with enticing targeted mobile ads where they live, work, and shop. So head over to workhere.com. Be sure to tell them you heard it on the podcast, and get a demo from them as well. Really good job advertising technology that you really probably haven't tried yet. So we'll give them a shot. People like FedEx use them, Uber, Great Clips. Carvana uses them. So check them out at workhere.com. Chris Russell: All right, quick shout out to one of my listeners, [Norm Fleming 00:01:59] messaged me on LinkedIn this week. He's an IT recruiter out there in Waukee, Iowa. So hello Norm, thanks for listening. And glad you're on board. Tell your friends to check out the show as well. Chris Russell: All right, so today you're going to hear Abby Cheesman from my friends over at Skill Scout, the video job company. They'll come to your place of work. They'll interview your employees and create great two minute videos out there for your employer rank purposes. Anyway, she's going to talk today about how to leverage video properly. And this was audio from I took out of the recent webinar they did or rectechlive.com if you want to go see that. I extracted the audio, cleaned it up a bit, and put it into the podcast here. So she's got a lot of great tips and tactics around how to make your video stand out overall. So really good stuff here, lot of good takeaways. So hope you enjoy the audio, and I'll see you next time. Chris Russell: All right, good afternoon everyone. How's everyone doing today? You got a last show of the year for RecTech Live, and I got my pal Abby Cheesman here from Skill Scout in Chicago. Say hello Abby. Abby Cheesman: Hey guys. Chris Russell: All right, we're going to talk about using video to attract talent today, and she's got some great slides to show us. I've seen this presentation earlier this year and thought it was great. So I wanted to have her on and talk about video. We haven't really done that yet much on the show overall. So you are the co-founder or CFO of Skill Scout, a company based in Chicago, which does employer videos. Give us a quick history of the company and a little bit more about what you guys do. Abby Cheesman: Yeah. So maybe about six years ago, Elena, my co-founder and I, we were working at a consulting firm. And we got put on a project of how do we more meaningfully connect people to employment. So we talked to a bunch of job seekers, bunch of companies, and we heard something over and over. It's really hard to know what a job is all about until you've done it before. Abby Cheesman: So long story short, we started filming behind the scenes. What is it like to be a welder? What is it like to be a nurse? And from there, we really just got started with Skill Scout. Abby Cheesman: So we take a research approach to filming. So typically if you're going to film something, you come as a script. And this is what we're going to talk about. With Skill Scout, we treat it like discoveries. So I want to learn as I'm filming with you. I want to hear from the people in the position to know what it's all about filming. So we come in, we have a discussion guide. Film days are usually super fun. So we go in, we learn about a workplace from the people that are in the jobs. So we know what we might capture, but typically we open it up for discovery. Chris Russell: Let's get to the slides and tell everyone about what we're going to learn about today. Abby C

Zoho Recruit adds Slack Integration Clinch acquired by PageUp Jobcase could be valued at 1 billion Seek invests in JobandTalent Sponsored by Hiretual.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's audio you will hear pitches and Q&A from my two favorite startups that pitched at the recent HR Tech Tank demo day in New York City. Sam Fitzroy's Maia Labs helps companies to reuse those applicants which come to your site but don't apply. While Gal Amog's Talenya chatbot actively sources and engages potential candidate. Sponsored by Emisary.ai (text recruiting) and WorkHere (geofencing job advertising) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Placement wants to be a talent agent and charge seekers 10% of salary https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/21/placement/ https://larocqueinc.com/placement-raises-3-million-for-its-marketplace-job-board-plans-to-disrupt-staffing-firms-by-charging-placed-candidates-for-18-to-36-months/ Indeed Testing a Gig Job Site https://hrtechfeed.com/breaking-indeed-testing-a-gig-job-site/ iCIMS Launches LinkedIn Connector to Streamline Source-to-Hire Workflow https://hrtechfeed.com/icims-launches-linkedin-connector-to-streamline-source-to-hire-workflow/ Diversity & Inclusion Platform Raises $1.5 Million https://hrtechfeed.com/diversity-inclusion-platform-raises-1-5-million/ Five Job Trends to Watch in 2020 https://hrtechfeed.com/five-job-trends-to-watch-in-2020/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow HR Tech Feed on social media: @hrtechfeed on Twitter Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Ryu is quietly fueling the future of work. As CEO of Fountain,a recruiting platform for hourly workers, Under Keith’s leadership, Fountain processes over 1 million applicants each month for companies like Caviar, and Safeway, who make over 130,000 hires/onboards every month The company recently announced the closing of a $23 million Series B funding round which brings the company’s total fundraising efforts to $34 million. Today we’ll learn more about the platform and talk about ....Empowering Employees Through Technology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cultivate Raises 8 Million https://hrtechfeed.com/real-time-digital-coaching-platform-raises-8-million/ MainStreet Paying Workers to Leave Bay Area https://hrtechfeed.com/this-startup-is-paying-people-to-leave-the-bay-area-for-remote-work/ Jobbiak Raises $2.3 Million Seed Round https://hrtechfeed.com/jobiak-raises-2-3m-for-its-ai-based-recruitment-optimization-technology/ Hcareers Adds Fit Score Matching Tech https://hrtechfeed.com/hcareers-adds-ai-fit-score-and-matching-features/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow HR Tech Feed on social media: @hrtechfeed on Twitter Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The organizer of the HR Tech Tank event series where startups, investors and HR pros gather revealed some interesting research he and his team have conducted around the problems certain HR tech startups face when entering the market. Recorded live in New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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-customer-preferred-partner-program/ Latest Workplace Happiness Index is Out https://recruitingheadlines.com/latest-workplace-happiness-index-is-out/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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://recruitingheadlines.com/smashfly-and-altru-labs-announce-integration-to-for-employee-generated-video-distribution/ French Recruitment Startup ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ Raises $22 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/french-recruitment-startup-welcome-to-the-jungle-raises-22-million/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 [email protected]—for a copy of the Candidate Experience Scorecard she mentioned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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-launches-job-offer-onboarding-tool/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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 recruitment and screening https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/11/xor-raises-8-4-million-for-ai-powered-job-candidate-recruitment-and-screening/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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 Assessment API Platform Interview Mocha Launches LogicBox https://recruitingheadlines.com/skills-assessment-api-platform-interview-mocha-launches-logicbox/ iCiMS: Employers hired only 60% of their required tech talent in the U.S. over the last 3 years https://recruitingheadlines.com/icims-employers-hired-only-60-of-their-required-tech-talent-in-the-u-s-over-the-last-3-years/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 recruiting tech stack like...ATS, CRM...etc… How do you view technology when it comes to creating a good candidate experience? You are a client of VideoMyJob, what has that experience been like? What results have you seen as a result of video on your jobs? What tips on video creation do you have? What kind of metrics do you track as part of your job? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Marketing Tech Firm https://recruitingheadlines.com/tmp-worldwide-acquires-maximum-a-netherlands-based-recruitment-marketing-tech-firm/ Montage and Shaker International Rebrand as Modern Hire https://recruitingheadlines.com/montage-and-shaker-international-rebrand-as-modern-hire/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 portable power product platform, secured international aircraft regulatory approval, raised significant capital from blue chip investors and signed important strategic distribution and manufacturing agreements, including a landmark partnership with Intel Corporation (NASD: INTL). 1. As a company, how do you recognize where in your process an AI recruiting solution would be beneficial? 2. How does AI in recruiting affect the candidate experience? 3. It’s important that humans still drive the process of attracting passive candidates. Is there a way that AI can in fact assist recruiters with the challenge? 4. There are quite a few ways that AI can assist in screening; how can you effectively measure if these are working? For example, how do you know if a chat bot is providing helpful (and specific enough) answers? 5. Human interaction has always been key to forming relationships between third party recruiters and hiring companies. The idea of a recruitment marketplace somewhat removes this interaction. How can both parties ensure the right candidates are sourced and submitted without this? 6. With some recruiters worried that AI is coming for their jobs, how do you suggest getting a team or search firm to embrace AI tools? 7. What do you see as the biggest benefits of using AI in the recruiting process? 8. Do you see AI assisting with eliminating bias in recruitment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.com/vimeo-launches-platform-to-find-and-hire-video-pros/ 80+ New Products to Debut at HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas https://recruitingheadlines.com/80-new-products-to-debut-at-hr-tech-conference-in-las-vegas/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 visitors by January 2020. Joining me to discuss the new investment and future plans is their US VP of operations Michael O’Dell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 gets $15M led by Andreessen Horowitz https://recruitingheadlines.com/incredible-healths-hiring-platform-for-nurses-gets-15m-led-by-andreessen-horowitz/ ENGAGE Talent Debuts New Alumni Engagement Tool https://recruitingheadlines.com/engage-talent-debuts-new-alumni-engagement-tool/ MarketerHire Announces $1 Million Seed Round https://recruitingheadlines.com/marketerhire-announces-1-million-seed-round/ Phenom People Now Integrates with SmartRecruiters https://recruitingheadlines.com/phenom-people-now-integrates-with-smartrecruiters/ Wethos Gets $3 Million to Match Marketing Pros to Non-profits https://recruitingheadlines.com/wethos-gets-3-million-to-match-marketing-pros-to-non-profits/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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/beamery-launches-talent-operating-system/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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-companies-tap-into-the-growing-freelance-workforce/ TripleByte expands blind recruitment tool https://recruitingheadlines.com/triplebyte-expands-its-background-blind-recruiting-platform-to-take-on-linkedin-in-hiring-technical-talent/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 contributes to publications such as Fortune magazine, CNN Money, the Detroit Free Press, and Bloomberg Radio. In his latest book...Recruiting Sucks...But It Doesn’t Have To, Steve shares a new approach to attracting, developing, and retaining an accomplished and vibrant workforce. Dispelling six recruiting myths that most HR departments believe, Steve will show you how to prioritize behavior over skills, look beyond LinkedIn, be a marketer, find real ways to inspire employees, take responsibility, avoid reliance on technology, embrace diversity, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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-ats-ambitions/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of feeding me the most "qualified" applicants. Hiring managers were usually too busy to meet with me, even when stellar applicants were waiting to hear back and we risked losing them. Candidate inquiries went unanswered, and they accepted jobs with competitors, while I was criticized for not doing better. Read the full post on Forbes; https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawngraham/2019/08/22/confessions-of-a-former-corporate-recruiter/#5bc6267361cf Add Rejobify.com to your rejection email templates and tell candidates you care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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-not-have-an-employer-branding-strategy-new-survey/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 experience for independent contractors. https://www.sensehq.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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://recruitingheadlines.com/rimeto-raises-10m-to-modernize-the-enterprise-directory/ Nomad Health raises another 34 million for its Healthcare Job Board https://recruitingheadlines.com/nomad-healths-job-platform-raises-34-million/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I sat down with VideoMyJob co-founder Kristen Graham to get an update on what this Australian born DIY video provider has been up to lately. We talk video recruiting, their Monster partnership along with recent product releases. Recorded live at Social Recruiting Strategies in Philly #SRSC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the recent Social Recruiting Strategies Conference #SRSC I caught up with Josh Gampel from Recruitics who gave some insight into their recent purchase of KRT Marketing. You'll also hear his opinion on the recent acquisitions int he programmatic space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Job seekers looking to leave https://recruitingheadlines.com/43-of-workers-to-look-for-new-job-in-next-12-months/ NextStep Interactive Raises Funding for Healthcare Jobs https://recruitingheadlines.com/health-care-job-startup-raises-3-million/ Humanity launches shift scheduling tool https://recruitingheadlines.com/humanity-launches-new-ai-powered-shift-scheduling-tool/ VidCruiter partners with icims https://recruitingheadlines.com/vidcruiter-partners-with-icims-to-streamline-video-interviewing/ Crosschq raises funding for background checks https://recruitingheadlines.com/crosschq-the-platform-for-human-intelligence-hiring-announces-funding/ Nexxt enhances text2Hire https://recruitingheadlines.com/nexxt-announces-enhanced-text2hire-conversation-product/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 30th I travelled to NYC to attend a special panel discussion hosted by ConveyIQ and RussellTobin. They put out a great spread of drinks and apps and of course a lively discussion about the candidate experience with 4 practitioners from area companies. Tune in to hear some real world stories from the world of HR tech. This episode is sponsored by https://workhere.com/ and https://www.emissary.ai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recruitics acquires KRT Marketing https://recruitingheadlines.com/krt-marketing-acquired-by-recruitics/ Harver Lands $15 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/harver-raises-15m-in-series-b-financing/ Monday.com gets $150 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/work-management-platform-raises-150-million/ TalentGuard gets $4 million to stop turnover https://recruitingheadlines.com/talentguard-raises-4m-to-accelerate-employee-retention/ Jobble gets $11 million for gig economy marketplace https://recruitingheadlines.com/on-demand-marketplace-jobble-raises-11-million/ Beamery launches new career site features https://recruitingheadlines.com/beamery-launches-new-career-site-tools/ Talroo and Brazen https://recruitingheadlines.com/talroo-and-brazen-join-forces-to-help-reduce-hiring-friction/ Fuel50 Gets $14 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/fuel50-raises-14-million-series-b-to-transform-the-future-of-work/ Lever ads enhancements https://recruitingheadlines.com/lever-debuts-new-enhancements-in-summer-2019-product-release/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices