Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

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

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Special thanks to our sponsor, Hiretual.com Jobsoid released a new job description library https://recruitingheadlines.com/jobsoid-releases-a-free-job-description-builder/ Jobsoid, an award-winning applicant tracking software, focused on simplifying recruitment, recently released a Job Description Builder with an online library of customizable job description templates, available for free on their website at https://resources.jobsoid.com/job-descriptions. With the Free Job Description Builder, hiring managers will now be able to quickly draft that perfect job description with minimal effort. They can choose a template from the online library of over 500 ready to use job descriptions, customize it and kick start their recruitment in a matter of minutes. The library is meticulously crafted by HR experts from the industry and contains templates which are clear, concise and cover the precise points necessary to attract the right talent for the job. The Free Job Description Builder by Jobsoid will help hiring teams to: Choose an existing job description template and customize it to suit their own requirements Choose points from multiple templates to write a better job description Draft desired job descriptions and post them on multiple channels in one click Post various job descriptions for different industries on job boards directly, using Jobsoid Download the customized job description in PDF format and save it for recruitment records Gusto Raises $200 Million for its SMB HR software platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/gusto-raises-200-million-for-its-smb-hr-software-platform/ SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gusto, the people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams, today announced that it has raised $200 million in Series D funding. Leading late-stage investor Fidelity Management & Research Company, and the dedicated sustainable investor Generation Investment Management, joined existing Gusto investors Dragoneer Investment Group, General Catalyst, and those advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. in the round. “As Gusto continues to scale, we’ve been intentional about choosing investors that optimize for the long term. We’ll be building Gusto for decades, and our goal is to be a durable and sustainable business,” said Josh Reeves, Gusto CEO and co-founder. “Fidelity and Generation share our belief that the best business model is to align the success of your customers with your own success. Currently, only 50 percent of small businesses in America make it past year five. This is unacceptable, and we’re here to change that. Gusto is committed to increasing the durability of small businesses everywhere by helping them build great places to work where their employees thrive.” The investment will be used to double down on research and development as Gusto continues the expansion of the company’s people platform, enabling small business owners and operators to onboard their employees, pay them, provide health insurance, and support their teams all in one integrated solution. Gusto will also continue growing its team in Denver, San Francisco, and New York. Toast acquires restaurant HR software platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/toast-acquires-stratex-to-simplify-hr-for-restaurants/ Toast, the fastest-growing restaurant management platform in the U.S., today announced it acquired StratEx, a leading provider of HR and payroll software for restaurants. StratEx’s HR software and consulting services help restaurants automate applicant tracking, scheduling, payroll, benefits, and labor law compliance. “At Toast, we know that for a restaurant to be successful it often starts with recruiting and retaining a great team, yet many restaurants wrestle with employee turnover that can exceed 70 percent,” said Chris Comparato, CEO of Toast. “By adding StratEx to the Toast Platform, we can better support restaurants of all sizes in simplifying HR, payroll, and talent management on a platform that works seamlessly with Toast and our technology partner ecosystem.” As a result of the acquisition, the former StratEx product is now part of Toast Payroll & Team Management, an all-in-one HR solution built specifically for the restaurant industry. Designed to seamlessly work with Toast Point of Sale, the solution automates employee onboarding, accurately tracks hours across locations, streamlines payroll, and simplifies compliance for restaurants of all sizes. “We’re passionate about the restaurant industry and helping our community of restaurateurs succeed in today’s dynamic – and often challenging – labor market,” said Adam Ochstein, CEO of StratEx. “In Toast we discovered a partner that is equally as passionate about the restaurant community. Joining forces allows us to accelerate investments in our platform and build new employee-facing products that will allow restaurants running on Toast to attract, hire, and retain great teams.” Staffing software tool Top Echelon has been acquired Top Echelon

In this bonus audio recorded at Unleash Las Vegas you will from from Kevin Blair of IBM. They are reshaping the way they recruit and the technology they use to do it. The RecTech Podcast is sponsored in part by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special thanks to Hiretual.com our sponsor! TMP acquires Perengo https://recruitingheadlines.com/tmp-worldwide-acquires-programmatic-platform-perengo/ BuiltIn gets $22 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/tech-network-built-in-gets-22-million-in-funding/ AlloyO teams up with ICIMS https://recruitingheadlines.com/allyo-partners-with-icims/ HiringSolved releases Prophet II and Prophet Pro https://recruitingheadlines.com/hiringsolved-modernizes-candidate-sourcing-with-prophet-ii-prophet-pro/ LoopFlow’s private text messaging app https://recruitingheadlines.com/loop-flow-is-new-private-text-messaging-platform-for-the-recruitment-process/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today my guest is Dan Caporale he is the founder of the veteran job site Hire Our Heroes dot com and the founder and chairman of the non-profit by the same name. HireOurHeroes is a volunteer organization that leads efforts for today's transitioning Veterans and their Spouses. It was founded by Veterans for Veterans. The mission of Hire Our Heroes (HOH) is to empower veterans and employers with the knowledge, skills, and innovative tools necessary to optimize a strategic workforce by providing free training and education. TOPICS Let’s start with July 25th because that day is fast approaching with special significance for veterans...tell the audience what day that is and why it’s so important to you? Where did the idea come from? You were in the Marines, what was transitioning like for yourself when you left the service? Is that typical for what veterans face when they enter civillian life? What else does your non profit do for veterans? How can employers get involved wit the non profit Success story? What do employer tell you about why they love to hire vets Tell us about the job board...when did it start and what can employers do on it.. Pricing? Are their certain types of jobs that veterans are attracted to? More blue collar than white collar? What’s your message to employers about why they need to hire more veterans https://hireourheroes.com/ https://hireourheroes.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The StepStone group acquired 85 percent of the US-American company Appcast for about EUR 70 million. Appcast is the leading technology provider for programmatic job advertising in the US. With the acquisition, Axel Springer continues its growth strategy and further expands the StepStone group’s portfolio of intelligent recruiting and matching tools. Appcast specializes in displaying job ads online precisely where suitable candidates find them. Appcast’s clients include well-known US brands as well as hundreds of other companies from all industries. Appcast was founded by CEO Chris Forman in 2014. He will continue to lead the company after the takeover of the majority stake by the StepStone Group. Today, the company headquartered in Lebanon, New Hampshire, already employs about 100 people. https://recruitingheadlines.com/appcast-acquired-by-stepstone/ PITTSBURGH, July 10, 2019 — JazzHR, the leading recruiting software provider for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced an integrated partnership with candidate-assessment provider Wonderlic to enable companies make more informed hiring decisions. JazzHR users can now view results from Wonderlic’s scientifically backed “Wonscore®” tests right from JazzHR – empowering them to compare candidates, predict engagement and accelerate time-to-hire. Wonscore assessments are designed by industrial-organizational psychologists to evaluate candidates for cognitive ability, motivation and personality. Seeing how candidates scored in each of these areas without leaving JazzHR saves time and gives hiring teams a competitive edge in making the right hire, faster. “We’re so excited to combine JazzHR’s easy-to-use recruiting solution with the power of Wonderlic’s pre-employment testing,” said JazzHR’s VP of Strategic Alliances, Amanda Friedl. “Users can now move candidates through their recruiting stages with confidence reinforced by each candidate’s Wonscore.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/jazzhr-partners-with-wonderlic-pre-employment-testing-provider/ 15Five, the pioneer in continuous performance management, today announced the close of a $30.7 million Series B round led by Next47, a global venture firm created by Siemens, with participation from Matrix Partners, PointNine Capital, Jason Calacanis’s LAUNCH Fund, Newground Ventures, Bling Capital, Chaifetz Group, and Chicago and Salt Lake City-based Origin Ventures, which led the startup’s Series A funding round. This latest round of financing brings 15Five’s total capital raised to $42.6 million. 15Five will use the Series B funding to further accelerate growth, scale sales and marketing, and continue to invest heavily in their innovative product that delivers on the promise of their unique Best-Self Management methodology. 15Five’s further investment in talent, will more than double its 2018 headcount by the end of 2019 to a total of 190 employees. “This latest round of funding signifies a paradigm shift in organizations’ people management practices, driven by a new generation of employees,” said David Hassell, co-founder and CEO of 15Five. “Millennials perform at their peak when given regular feedback, flexibility in how they work, and growth opportunities. Now as managers, directors and even founders, they see the value of investing in technologies that enable thriving workplaces. We believe that the market has arrived and demand for talent management software like 15Five will continue.” 15Five differentiates itself by basing its product and Best-Self Management approach on the latest research in organizational development and positive psychology. This new approach posits that when leaders build cultures and institute practices that support people in being and becoming their Best Selves, then high performance and uncommon loyalty are the result. Best-Self Management begins with a “Best-Self Discovery” process—setting at least one Personal Development Objective along with other quarterly OKRs—and leverages other key 15Five features like the Weekly Check-in and 1-on-1s. https://recruitingheadlines.com/15five-raises-over-30-million-for-its-performance-management-software/ Every day, hundreds of our military personnel leave the service in search of civilian employment. On July 25th, employers across the country are reminded to consider these servicemen and women as highly trained, qualified individuals to fill open positions in their ranks during National Hire a Veteran Day. While legislation is in place protecting separating servicemen and women as they enter the nonmilitary workforce, the best way a potential employer can honor a veteran is to hire one! Around the world, our military personnel serves to protect our freedom. While they are doing so, provide their returning brothers and sisters with the opportunities to pursue a career in the civilian world. Find qualified candidates for a range of fields from Information Technology, Engineering, and Cyber Security, to Sales, Marketing, Management, Finance, Healt

Max Rocha is the Executive Director for Global Talent Attraction and Employment Branding at CSG, where he leads global recruiting initiatives for the company. With over 15 years of experience, Max brings a wealth of knowledge in human resources principles, policies, and best in class practices to his recruiting function. On today’s show we’ll get a sense of how Max and his team recruit and talk about his recent case study in conjunction with Phenom People on how they used the Phenom Talent Experience Management (TXM) platform to convert more candidates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsors: Workhere.com and Emissary.ai Zach Linder has led analytics and automation initiatives at several high-growth companies, most recently including his role as vice president and head of US operations at Virtusa, Currently he oversees machine learning and analytics functions at Canvas the text interview company that was recently acquired by Jobvite… Your background and what you do at Canvas...VP of Machine Learning & Analytics, Talk a little bit about the recent acquisition with Jobvite...how’s that going? ...reaction? What new features have rolled out in the last six months?...whats next ? What do the analytics say about texting and recruiting? Give us some insights...Do you have any stats you can share? How can companies use Canvas to better their recruiting processes? (use cases) AI/ML/ natural language-based analytics are popular right now. How should the average recruiter approach technologies like these when it comes to understanding how to leverage them? Why are they such a great thing in recruiting today and the future? How Canvas is working to create the connection between human and bot recruiting process? What does a company need to do to make a bot installation successful? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special thanks to our sponsor Hiretual.com CodeVue Offers New Anti-Cheating Capability in Coding Assessment Tests https://recruitingheadlines.com/codevue-offers-new-anti-cheating-capability-in-coding-assessment-tests/ Digi-Me Releases New Self-Recording Video Feature with Teleprompter https://recruitingheadlines.com/digi-me-releases-new-self-recording-video-feature-with-teleprompter/ ExecThread Unveils Executive-level Candidate Sourcing Platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/execthread-unveils-executive-level-candidate-sourcing-platform/ Eightfold’s New API Connect to Any Existing Talent Management System https://recruitingheadlines.com/eightfolds-new-api-connect-to-any-existing-talent-management-system/ Alexander Mann Solutions Acquires AI Innovator Karen HR https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alexander-mann-solutions-acquires-ai-innovator-to-accelerate-the-launch-of-exciting-new-digital-products-300876099.html Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Workhere.com and Emissary.ai I attened the Greenhouse user conference in NYC last week and was able to record a few sessions. Today you will hear my favorite session from that event a conversation about employer branding between the Claude Silver from Vayner Media and Maria Katsis CEO of BuiltIn the recruiting site. Its a frank discussion about being transparent and authentic and one of the better talks on EB i have witnessed...also at the end of the talk there was time for one audience question so be sure to listen to the end to hear what he has to ask. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special thanks to our sponsor Hiretual.com The big news of the week, ATS platform ICIMS acquires crm/career site provider Jibe https://recruitingheadlines.com/hrtech-acquisition-icims-buys-jibe/ Workhound Raises $1. 5 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/workhound-secures-seed-round-of-funding/ Enboarder Raises $8 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/enboarder-raises-8-million-series-a-to-fuel-the-shift-to-experience-driven-employee-onboarding/ PredictiveHR gets $1million in Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/predictivehr-raises-1-million-to-provide-workforce-analytics-to-human-resource-c-suite/ The Workies Awards https://recruitingheadlines.com/disrupthr-nyc-launches-awards-program-called-the-workies/ 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 while attending the Phenom People user conference in Philadelphia recently. She runs HR for Kansas based, Garmin International. You probably know Garmin as the company that produces activity trackers and sports watches, and GPS devices. In this interview we'll discuss her HR tech stack, recruiting channels and more. What have you been up to you since you got back from the conference? Can you describe your current hiring needs for 2019? How many open reqs, how many hires will be made in 2019? How big is your recruiting team? Which HR technologies are currently part of your HR tech stack? Taleo, oracle/fusion/kronos/learn.com/handshake/simplicity Any sourcing tools? What tech is on your radar? Sourcing stories? What’s your pitch to potential candidates about coming to work for Garmin? Fav Garmin device? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Hiretual.com BetterUp receives $103 million for its employee coaching app https://recruitingheadlines.com/betterup-raises-103-million-for-its-employee-coaching-tool/ PhenomPeople and ZapInfo Team Up https://recruitingheadlines.com/phenom-people-and-zapinfo-launch-integration-to-reduce-recruiter-sourcing-time/ Onboarding tool Workramp Gets $8 million https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/06/workramp-raises-8-million-to-simplify-employee-onboarding/ New AI recruitment tool is set to help recruiters save 80% time spent in initial interviews https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-ai-recruitment-tool-is-set-to-help-recruiters-save-80-time-spent-in-initial-interviews/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the recent CITRIX Synergy Conference in Atlanta I sat down with their Chief People Officer, Donna Kimmel. We spoke about the company’s new shift into the employee experience and a range of other topics from employer brand to the remote workforce. This episode sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special thanks to our sponsor Hiretual.com THE NEWS AllyO has raised $45 for their AI based recruiting platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/allyo-raises-45m-series-b-funding-in-largest-ai-recruiting-round-ever/ ZipRecruiter Adds New Matching Feature for Job Seekers https://recruitingheadlines.com/ziprecruiter-adds-new-job-matching-feature-for-seekers/ Rectxt launches affordable text recruiting platform to the SMB market https://recruitingheadlines.com/rectxt-launches-affordable-text-recruiting-platform-to-the-smb-market/ Walmart targeting High Schoolers https://www.hrmorning.com/news/walmart-college-tuition/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the recent Unleash Las Vegas conference I travelled the expo hall conducting interviews with some cool Recruiting Technology vendors. Today you will hear from: Bennet Sung of AllyO Patrick Rooney from Click Boarding Brad Windsor from SplashBI Vin from PocketRecruiter This podcast is sponsored by Emissary.ai and Workhere.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the recent Unleash Las Vegas conference I travelled the expo hall conducting interviews with some cool Recruiting Technology vendors. Today you will hear from: David Karandish of Jane.ai Prachi Gore from SmartRecruiters Joel Passen from Beamery Laurent from Wonderkind This podcast is sponsored by Emissary.ai and Workhere.com Follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisrussell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

more funding for Smartians, a new acquisition for Indeed and a CareerBuilder rumor in the news. Special thanks to our sponsor Hiretual.com Recruit Holdings Co., parent company of Indeed.com has announced that its HR Technology SBU (Strategic Business Unit) has signed an agreement to acquire Syft Online Limited (“Syft”) through Indeed Ireland Operations Limited. Syft is a leading recruiting platform for the hospitality, events and industrial industries in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2015, Syft’s proprietary technology provides a simple, effective recruitment solution and shift management tool for part-time and flexible work, connecting and matching qualified and vetted jobseekers with available shifts through its desktop and mobile app. Chris Hyams, CEO at Indeed, commented: “At Indeed our mission is to help people get jobs. Syft’s simple and transparent approach to shift work hiring is an innovative solution to the growing demand for part-time and flexible work. We look forward to supporting the Syft team as they continue to improve the hiring experience.” So here’s my take: indeed wants in on one of the hottest segments of online hiring today. They are currently way behind an an already crowded field that includes players like Wonolo and Shiftgig. With Google encroaching on their turf and facing increased compeition from Linked and Facebook they are broadening their offerings. Will have to wait and see if they can make it successful. I am curious if they are bringing it to the usa https://recruitingheadlines.com/recruit-holdings-announces-acquisition-of-recruiting-platform-syft/ EW YORK, May 29, 2019 — Careerlist Inc., a recruiting technology company, today announced the completion of a $3.7 million round of seed funding. Launched one year ago, Careerlist is changing the recruiting industry by combining the world’s best recruiters with the greatest minds in technology to transform how companies access and hire the most remarkable talent. Careerlist corporate customers include WeWork, Yext, AB InBev and more than 100 others. Investors in this round of funding included BreakawayGrowth, Grid Ventures, Garage Capital and a number of notable individual investors. Funds raised in this round will be used to accelerate the attraction of recruiters, unique talent and employers as well as to advance technology investments. “Careerlist is building the infrastructure, data and tools that will power the next generation of recruitment and job search,” said Michael Scissons, Chairman and CEO of Careerlist. “This new funding is only the beginning of a massive expansion in technology that will attract the world’s best recruiters to amplify their businesses with us. Our mission is to open doors for the world’s most remarkable talent.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-york-based-careerlist-raises-3-7-million/ For Recruiters A better financial model through increased opportunity, efficiency and talent representation. For Talent An alternative to the traditional job search process allowing easy, confidential exposure to opportunities and self-marketing tools. DHI Group, Inc….announced today that Dice, the career site for technology professionals, has launched their latest innovation, Candidate Match™, a powerful tool that uses intelligent automation and machine learning to surface the most qualified candidates for tech jobs. “Our Candidate Match solution is tailor-made for tech, using our robust understanding of the technology marketplace and the needs of both professionals and recruiters,” said Art Zeile, President and CEO of DHI Group, Inc., parent company of Dice. “Our proprietary skills data model and taxonomy, Knowledge Graph™, uses sophisticated algorithms to uncover interrelationships among skills to provide the most relevant recommendations to employers hiring tech talent. It’s another step demonstrating Dice’s commitment to developing best-in-class matching algorithms to make recruiting top candidates easier.” Candidate Match… Goes beyond traditional keyword matching by looking at job and candidate data to provide the best match. Allows recruiters to sort applicants by match within five classification levels, while many competitive services offer only one or two levels of classification. Learns by leveraging the input and expertise of tech recruiters, HR professionals, tech professionals, and tech hiring managers to continuously improve the outcomes of its machine learning algorithm. Intelligent automation results in better matches and removes unconscious bias Candidate Match assigns a match level to each applicant, which helps recruiters quickly assess an applicant’s fit to a job posting, allowing recruiters to focus on engaging the most qualified candidates first. https://recruitingheadlines.com/dice-launches-new-candidate-matching-tool/ Recruiting platform SmartRecruiters, announced it has raised a $50M Series D round, led by repeat investor Insight Partners and joined by long-time investors Mayfield Fund and

Elliott Garms is the co-founder and CEO of humanpredictions.io, a data science company whose recruiting software helps companies find tech talent and who recently received a 1 million dollar investment. Elliott has devoted his entire career to tech recruiting. He ran his own tech recruiting business for many years, led tech recruiting at Groupon, and co-founded Dev Bootcamp Chicago, which was acquired by Kaplan. Growing up in a family of recruiters, he started working in the industry when he was 16 years old. In his work, Elliott is guided by his firm belief that computers can never replace people in a human-centric business, but that they can help when used to solve the right problems. TOPICS What was it like growing up in a family of recruiters? Congrats on the recent funding round tell the audience what you guys do at HumanPredictions? Quick history... says it has a database of more than 44 million profiles of tech workers around the world. Where did you get those 44 million tech profiles? Types of tech talent you focus on? Good tech talent is notoriously hard to contact and engage... Feature set...what can a recruiter do on your platform. There’s a lot of discussion about automation and recruiting. How do you see this playing out in the next 5 years? Tell me a few success stories about clients that have successfully ;leveraged your platform? What’s the pricing structure? Any plans for exhibiting at some of the recruiting conferences this year? Special Thanks to Emissary.ai and Workhere.com Follow Chris Russell; @chrisrussell on Twitter or Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special thanks to Hiretual.com our sponsor. Shaker International, a leading provider of predictive talent intelligence and assessment solutions, has merged with Montage, the single solution to engage, interview and hire better candidates, faster. The companies are based in Cleveland and Wisconsin respectively. The new company will help its combined client base, which includes hundreds of leading global brands and 47 of the Fortune 100, transform talent acquisition by embedding predictive intelligence into automated hiring workflows that enable better candidate experiences and smarter hiring decisions for 100% of an organization’s hires. The company will be led by Kurt Heikkinen from Montage as CEO and Brian Stern from Shaker International as President, and a leadership team comprising of executives from both companies. All employees and offices of the two companies are being retained, and the combined company will be co-headquartered in Cleveland, OH and Delafield, WI. “Montage and Shaker International share a common vision and heritage for creating candidate-centric and outcome-driven solutions,” said Shakers Brian Stern. “By joining teams, we’re bringing together world-class expertise in SaaS, AI and predictive analytics to help clients transform talent acquisition operations to more effectively and efficiently meet the needs of their internal business stakeholders.” To learn more about the merger of Shaker International and Montage, please visit: shakermontagemerger.com. -- Bangalore based Instawork has secured $18 million in new funding from new investors, Spark Capital, GV, and Burst Capital, with participation from existing investors Benchmark, Y Combinator, Tuesday Capital, and SV Angel. The new funding will be used to accelerate expansion across the United States. The company is also announcing an expansion into Greater Phoenix. Instawork is now available to all Professionals and Partners across Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, and surrounding areas. Further, they are opening a second U.S. office in Scottsdale with plans to hire dozens of full time employees who will be based out of Scottsdale. The company helps connect hospitality workers to restaurants and hotels. https://recruitingheadlines.com/hospitality-job-market-app-instawork-secures-18-million-in-funding/ SALT LAKE CITY, — HireVue, provider of the most comprehensive AI-driven talent assessment suite and video interviewing solutions, today announced it has delivered more than ten million video interviews to date for our customers. This important milestone in HireVue’s growth comes just 18 months after the company recorded its five millionth interview as an increasing number of companies worldwide seek to hire a diverse pool of the best candidates and to do so objectively and efficiently. Today, HireVue’s more than 700 customers — including Hilton, AdventHealth, Unilever, Under Armour, Delta and JP Morgan Chase — interview approximately 1 million job candidates every 90 days in over 180 countries and in 32 languages. Nearly 40 percent of all HireVue interviews were conducted on mobile devices and nearly 80 percent were completed by candidates outside of regular business hours. “Great talent exists everywhere, but there are often significant barriers standing between potential candidates and employers,” said CEO kevin Parker. “On-demand video interviewing delivers a more dynamic view of the candidate and enables companies to significantly expand the number of candidates considered. This gives more skilled candidates a chance at being discovered and interviewed, as well.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-surpasses-ten-million-video-interviews/ WESTON, Mass., May 21, 2019 — Monster, a leader in connecting people and jobs, announced the global launch of its latest innovative solution geared towards allowing candidates and recruiters to see each other more clearly so that they can make better matches—Monster Studios. Monster Studios is a native app that enables talent acquisition, recruitment and HR teams to record, edit and publish video job descriptions from their smartphone in minutes. The addition of video to job postings enables recruiters and hiring managers to powerfully convey the benefits of a job opening, the employer’s personality, and the work environment. For candidates, it provides valuable insight into the role, work environment and business culture. “Video job descriptions bring the workplace culture to life,” said Scott Gutz, Chief Executive Officer, Monster. “We know that candidates, especially on their mobile phones, don’t want to consume information by reading the large blocks of text that make up a traditional job description. Video allows a company to create a more complete view into a job which drives better connections and fit throughout the process. Monster Studios is an important step in transforming the way both sides interact with each other. Creating more honest and transparent conversations and interactions between e

Adam Godson, SVP of Technology Solutions, Cielo here to discuss the latest trends + topics in the recruiting ecosystem TOPICS Introductory question – tell us about yourself and your role, etc. In your role as you described it, you get to see a lot of recruiting technology ecosystems. What do you see companies doing well today as they think about their recruiting technology? What role does an RPO play in the future of recruiting technology? Is the onrush of recruiting technology good for RPO or a threat to the industry? You talk a lot about outcomes related to technology – why is focusing on outcomes so important from your perspective? There’s a lot of discussion about the tension between automation and candidate experience. How do you see this playing out in the next several years? What are some trends you see happening in the recruiting technology space that aren’t getting enough attention? Content mktg There are so many point solutions in recruiting technology and in HR tech in general. How are you helping clients navigate which tools to use and when to use them? Are there opportunities to consolidate their HR tech stack? Special thanks to sponsors Workhere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CHICAGO—humanpredictions.io, a machine learning technology company whose product helps recruiting companies and enterprises identify and build relationships with tech talent, today announced a $1.16 million funding round led by Network Ventures with additional investment from Hyde Park Angels, SaaS Ventures, and M25. This capital will help humanpredictions further grow and invest in its team of engineers and data scientists. The firm says it has a database of more than 44 million profiles of tech workers around the world. Recruiting for tech roles can be difficult. Because of the competitive nature of tech, it is often challenging for recruiters to find people who both have the right skills the company needs and are ready to pursue a new job opportunity. Once they have identified people of interest, recruiters may struggle to start the conversation in terms that prospects will respond to. To address those problems, humanpredictions provides organized data-search tools and gathers public data to create profiles of people in the tech industry, specifically Technology Leaders, Software Engineers, DevOps, Data Science, Product, iOS/Android, Designers/UI/UX, and QA. The platform then uses machine learning to predict which individuals are more likely to leave their current roles. In addition, humanpredictions facilitates the conversation with people by indicating when and how to reach out. By accessing these insights, recruiters can better target their outreach, find the right matches more easily, and improve the flow of the interviewing process. https://recruitingheadlines.com/tech-recruiting-database-secures-1-million-in-funding/ CHARLESTON, S.C.– MAY 15, 2019 — ENGAGE Talent has raised $3.5 million to accelerate the innovation and scaling of its groundbreaking AI Talent Intelligence technology that powers both the recruitment and retention of key talent. High Alpha Capital and Grand Ventures led the raise, with participation from other existing investors, new strategic investor Engage venture fund, and Silicon Valley Bank. The funds come from a mix of equity and debt. With this recent raise, the total investment in the company has reached $10M. “We’re thrilled to support ENGAGE Talent’s continued growth and innovation,” High Alpha partner Eric Tobias said. “Employers everywhere know that their ability to recruit and retain talent in today’s extraordinarily competitive labor market directly impacts their ability to be successful as businesses.” ENGAGE Talent listens to more than 30,000 data sources and processes more than a billion data points monthly to map and predict people movement–empowering it to provide unrivaled talent acquisition and retention insights and recommendations. Customers like Allstate, Dell, Transamerica, and Harris Healthcare experience quantifiable improvements, such as 200 to 700 percent increases in candidate engagement rates. https://recruitingheadlines.com/engage-talent-raises-3-5m/ SEATTLE, May 15, 2019 — Karat, the leader in conducting technical interviews on behalf of companies, today announced that it has raised $28 million in funding led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and 8VC. Karat will deploy the Series “B” financing to globally to scale its category-defining solution and its community of Interview Engineers. The company will also invest in R&D to leverage its robust body of structured-interview intelligence to continuously improve its highly predictive and fair technical interviews for hiring software engineers. “Tiger’s investment in Karat is a watershed moment for the profession and science of Interview Engineering,” said Mohit Bhende, co-founder of Karat. “Just like Back-End engineers do Back-End work and Front-End engineers do Front-End work, companies need Interview Engineers who focus on interviewing with consistency, rigor, and empathy. As every company becomes software-driven, we are seeing the demand for Interview Engineering grow exponentially. Karat is uniquely positioned to address this universal trend and set the gold standard for technical interviewing. In 2019 alone, Karat’s clients will gain over one million engineering hours by accelerating hiring and unlocking developer productivity.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/technical-interview-platforms-nabs-28-million/ SEATTLE—SeekOut today announced Series A funding of $6 million led by Madrona Venture Group, with participation from existing investor Mayfield. As the world becomes increasingly digital, companies in every industry have an urgent need to find tech talent to thrive. SeekOut offers companies a competitive edge in hiring tech talent and to support their diversity goals. Launched in early 2018, the company has quickly gained ground with more than 75 enterprise customers spanning multiple industries, including technology, defense, finance, pharma, consumer packaged goods, food & beverage. Tech talent is hard to find because developer

Recently I attended Tech Day New York, a one day event held at the Javits Center in New York City where over 300 tech startups had booths. As I roamed the aisles I found 9 recruiting technology related firms and asked them each to describe what they do and how they do it. In this audio you will hear from Goldi, Distantjob, TapRecruit, Pinched, Scouted, Upstack, Planted, CloserIQ and Vettery. A lot of these companies were focused on job matching algorithms and some like Vettery were kind of hybrid platforms/staffing agency. Visit the rectechmedia.com blog for links to each vendor. Enjoy the audio... Special thanks to our sponsors WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yello, a leading talent acquisition software provider, today debuted the findings from its fourth annual Yello Recruiting Study at STRIVE 2019, the company’s talent acquisition conference. According to the Pew Research Center, the oldest members of Generation Z are turning 22-years-old this year and many will be entering the workforce as they prepare to graduate college. Top themes and findings from The 2019 Yello Recruiting Study include: Gen Z is confident in the current job market and their job prospects post-graduation. Likely thanks to today’s tight labor market, about two-thirds of Gen Z students are confident they’ll receive a job offer – and 35% expect to receive more than one offer. Similarly, members of Gen Z are clearly setting themselves up to succeed in the candidate-driven environment by starting the job search early. Gen Z still values face-to-face communication ... Fifty-one percent of Gen Z respondents said they prefer to communicate in-person, while a quarter said they prefer to communicate digitally. Unlike millennials, Gen Z says working with recruiters that are “trusted advisors” is crucial. Recruiters should know that their approach can have a significant impact on Gen Z’s decision to accept a job – 44% of this group said the recruiter they spoke with has the biggest impact on their decision to accept a job while only 29% of millennials agreed. Recruiters should also be sure to treat Gen Z fairly during the hiring process as three-quarters of this group cite being treated unfairly as the top cause of a negative experience while only half of millennials said the same. Employers shouldn’t forget about HR tech to create a seamless, quick experience for Gen Z and other generations. Though Gen Z places emphasis on in-person communication, they still expect their employers to use technology – especially when it comes to making the application mobile-friendly. 26% of Gen Z candidates say that a lack of technology throughout the hiring process would prevent them from accepting a job with the company. This is notable considering only 15% of employed millennials and 13% of Gen X candidates cited this sentiment. https://recruitingheadlines.com/yello-gen-z-recruiting-study/ PHILADELPHIA – MAY 02, 2019 ISABLED, an online recruiting platform connects workers that identify as having a disability, with recruiters from leading companies who value inclusion and diversity in their workforce. The ISABLED platform allows job seekers and recruiters to connect and chat in real-time, from anywhere, and from the comfort and convenience of their home or office. ” The ISABLED Virtual Career Fairs are a fun and easy way to connect recruiters and job seekers with disabilities. Instead of asking both sides to attend a job fair at a physical location, we bring the career fair to them. The ISABLED platform allows our employer partners to recruit nationwide in just a few hours, and job seekers have instant access to the very recruiters who are seeking to fill the open positions” Stated Kevin O’Brien, Managing Partner, ISABLED. The ISABLED website will include content to connect workers with disabilities to job opportunities from a wide range of companies and industries. The website will include a job board and a virtual career fair platform. ISABLED will host 4 virtual career fairs each year, and companies can host standalone virtual career fairs for their company as often as they like. The first ISABLED.com virtual career fair is set for July 25, 2019, and open now for registration. https://recruitingheadlines.com/online-recruitment-platform-to-connect-workers-with-disabilities-to-employers/ Skill Based Recruiting Platform Gets Seed Round The startup has closed on $650K in pre-seed funding led by Atlanta-area investor Jon Hallett, a previous backer of Nexza’s co-founder, Rob Patten. Nexza is entirely free for both employers and candidates to create and host their profile. The employer simply enters their description and company-wide benefits. Then, each individual team — software development, QA, product managers, etc. — can create their own profile specifying their tech stack, individual details and more. On the candidate side, the individual inputs education, citizenship status, tech and non-tech skills, LinkedIn, Github or personal website. They also clarify what they might be looking for: preferred geography (or remote work), whether they’d like to work from home at all, their ideal company size and role. Learn more at https://www.nexza.com/ https://recruitingheadlines.com/skill-based-recruiting-platform-gets-seed-round/ SAN FRANCISCO, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Trusted Health, the career platform for modern nurses to work, connect and grow, today announced that it has closed $20 million in Series A funding, led by Craft Ventures and joined by previous investors Felicis Ventures and Founder Collective. The company also has officially launched support for flexible nursing opportunities nationwide and added permane

In this particular audio you will hear from Sarah Smart who leads the recruitment function for Hilton Worldwide, she’ll talk about their employer brand, their recruiter experience and more. Recorded live at IAMPHENOM in Philadelphia. Podcast sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded at the recent IAMPHENOM event in Philadelphia...in this particular audio the Director of talent acquisition at Southwest airlines (Greg Muccio) talks about how they implemented the Phenom People platform and other aspects of how he runs his team and how they use HR tech. I found his talk full of little details that really gave a good glimpse at how they approach recruiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since its launch more than a year ago the Facebook job board has been missing jobs from one key segment: corporate employers. They simply did not have an easy way to share their jobs to the Facebook audience other than their own business page. But good news has arrived... Facebook will be partnering with ATS vendors to include their clients jobs into the Facebook job board automatically. This move will certainly add a huge number of credible, professional listings to the social network alongside the thousands of small business jobs already being posted. I was able to reach Facebook for comment and uncovered some additional details about which vendors have signed on so far. We currently work with a number of partners including SAP SuccessFactors, Workable, JazzHR, and Talentify. We’re looking to grow these partnerships as we know many businesses are already working with HR solution providers to manage their hiring needs and we want to make it easier for businesses to tap onto the tools they already use, and help more people find jobs. We have a Jobs XML Feed, which enables partners to publis job posts on behalf of employers directly on Facebook. Job seekers are redirected to the employer’s career site, and can apply to the role on the employer’s career site. Employers can also create jobs in their Applicant Tracking System, and automatically publish that job to Facebook. https://recruitingheadlines.com/facebook-job-board-opens-up-to-employers-through-ats-partnerships/ BALTIMORE – StafQuik, a contingent staffing technology company, is introducing a faster, more efficient way for staffing agencies to connect their workforce to job opportunities. Using StafQuik’s platform, an agency can stay engaged with their highly mobile talent pool no matter where they are, independent of their devices or phone numbers, with significant improvement to the bottom line. StafQuik’s easy to use platform gives recruiters the ability to instantly connect the right workers to the right positions. Workers are notified of opportunities in less than one minute, and recruiters receive responses in minutes rather than hours, while getting insight into workers’ progress to job sites. Clients get all positions filled without any “no-shows,” resulting in more billable hours and time savings for recruiters. StafQuik is designed to work well with temporary staffing agencies’ back-of-house systems, such as payroll, applicant tracking and billing. StafQuik can demonstrate potential savings of $100,000 per year or more, while also providing best-in-class service to corporate clients. More information is available on the company’s website, http://www.stafquik.com. https://recruitingheadlines.com/stafquik-gets-500k-for-its-job-push-notifications/ SparcStart has created Amplify VMS (Video Management System) for creating, sharing, approving, cataloguing and editing recruitment videos. One central platform that every recruiter can access for brand-appropriate and brand-approved videos will simplify the management, and amplify the visibility, of candidate focused content. Whether videos were created by Corporate Marketing, SparcStart, Skill Scout, VideoMyJob, Stories Incorporated, AltruLabs or in-house on phones or webcams, the Video Management Center will make them readily available to the entire Talent Acquisition team. Amplify VMS also facilitates the creation of employee generated content with templated requests for Employee Testimonials, Q&A videos, Day in the Life videos, and special event or project videos. https://recruitingheadlines.com/sparcstart-launches-video-management-system-for-employers/ NEW YORK, April 30, 2019 –Namely, a leading HR platform for mid-sized companies, today announced a new integration with Hire by Google, a recruiting app built for organizations using G Suite. Available to shared clients today, this solution helps companies connect their HR and applicant tracking systems in order to minimize time-consuming data entry and speed new hire onboarding. “Our deep integration with Hire by Google helps joint clients streamline the earliest interactions between an employee and their company,” said Graham Younger, president and chief revenue officer, Namely. “By using Google’s robust architecture to instantly create a new employee record in Namely each time an applicant is hired, we’re speeding the onboarding process for HR, reducing even more burden for HR administrators, and creating a better employee experience from the initial interview to the first day on the job.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/namely-integrates-with-hire-by-google-for-onboarding/ And speakign of Google ….For enterprises, tracking down the right approvers for new job requisitions and offers can take time away from critical tasks like finding and interviewing great talent. To optimize Hire for these businesses, we enhanced the requisition and offer approval flows to automatically suggest approvers for new job requisitions or offers. This makes it easy

Jason Crowell leads the Brady Trucking People Process managing recruitment marketing, talent acquisition, engagement, and - employee retention. * in 2018 he Led turnover reduction of 31% during explosive headcount growth of 40% * also responsible for Producing Bradys online presence: newsletter, ads & social content using employee stories and employee generated content, and even 60 second EB videos I first met Jason while doing a demo of Rejobify for him and realized he has a lot to say about recruiting so I figured why not get him on the pod. TOPICS What’s it like these days in the truck driver recruiting world? What do truckers want? Describe the scope of your hiring needs...how many jobs, where, etc. When you first joined Brady what did you do to change the recruiting function? Any interesting recruiting stories about driver you hired? What tech do you use to recruit. (name of ATS, etc) Employer Brand Initiatives Advice for other truck driver recruiters Sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BROUGHT TO YOU BY HIRETUAL! Phenom People has a released a major enhancement to it product suite this week; Theyre calling it the Talent Experience Management (TXM) ...a methodology and platform that unifies technology and experience design to enhance the talent journey, turning interested candidates to thriving employees to enthusiastic brand advocates, while helping recruiters and management boost productivity and communicate seamlessly. Talent Experience Management connects the four key experiences of Candidates, Recruiters, Employees, and Management. TXM helps: Candidates find the right job, where they will succeed for a long time Recruiters be more productive, finding more quality candidates Employees evolve into the best talent, enabling their careers to flourish Management get the insights they need, allowing them to make smarter business decisions I attended their analyst day and user conference in Philly this week and will be publishing some news and podcasts very soon. -------- Eightfold.ai, the creator of the first Talent Intelligence Platform, announced it has added IVP to its growing list of investors in raising $28 million in a Series C financing. The round, joined by Foundation Capital and Lightspeed Ventures who led previous funding rounds, brings Eightfold.ai’s total funding to $55 million, making it one of the most well-capitalized AI solutions for talent management. Built by co-founders Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, distinguished engineers out of Google and Facebook, Eightfold.ai’s Talent Intelligence Platform empowers enterprises to solve the number one challenge facing chief executives and chief human resource officers today – hiring and retaining top talent. This new funding follows significant interest in Eightfold.ai’s patented artificial intelligence–based platform which has secured numerous new customers in four continents around the world since emerging from stealth mode one year ago. From Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing technology companies, current customers include Conagra, AdRoll Group, Tata Communications and DigitalOcean. The Talent Intelligence Platform from Eightfold.ai is also available via a growing set of channel partners, including the SAP App Center, and integrates with major human resource information systems (HRIS) and applicant tracking systems (ATS). https://recruitingheadlines.com/eightfold-ai-secures-28-million-in-series-c-funding-for-its-talent-intelligence-platform/ Last week a relatively unknown recruitment technology player called Zippia announced a significant round of funding that will help it continue to build a tool for job seekers in their quest for the ideal career pathway. The San Mateo based company raised a Series A investment of $8.5 million led by e.ventures, with participation from existing shareholders including MHS Capital, NextView Ventures, and Correlation Ventures. This brings the startup’s total capital raised to $12 million since its founding in early 2015. Zippia, uses machine learning and data aggregation to create its ‘career map’, which helps job seekers understand career pathways like never before. Zippia’s tools provide job seekers unique resources, creating a more complete understanding of job titles and career options. Read my Q&a with them on the Recruiting Headlines blog. https://recruitingheadlines.com/zippia-gets-8-million-to-help-people-plan-their-careers/ MINNEAPOLIS –CATS Software, a leading provider of recruiting software, has released the fifth major update to their applicant tracking system. This release focuses on improving recruiter productivity and enhancing communication with candidates and clients. The CATS 5.0 rollout includes numerous features, like a meeting scheduler, SMS texting capabilities, and a new version of the sourcing browser extension, but the anchor point for CATS 5.0 is the complete UI overhaul. “This is a major change in the UI. Most of our past updates have been a continuation of the same thematic elements. This is the first time in a decade where we are fundamentally reshaping, rebranding and recreating CATS from the ground up. That work and passion has culminated in this update—codenamed ‘Nala’—which is the leading edge of user interaction design.” – CATS President Tony Sternberg Key Highlights: Connect with candidates through SMS/marketing text messages Seamlessly schedule meetings by sharing your calendar with candidates Enable candidates to apply faster with a more efficient career portal Increase your productivity in CATS with the sleek, modern UI https://recruitingheadlines.com/cats-recruiting-software-releases-new-version/ announcing new partnerships with enterprise HR companies such as SAP SuccessFactors which will combine the ease and convenience of hiring tools with the expansive reach of Jobs on Facebook. Now, employers can easily create job posts and manage applications through these applicant tracking systems. This lets businesses continue using the hiring tools they alre

Excerpts from a recent RecTech LIVE webinar with Maury Hanigan, the CEO of SparcStart a recruitment video platform. Lean about her background, hear her thoughts on recruitment marketing and more. Episode sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hireology, the leading recruitment CRM for multi-location, decentralized enterprises, today announced it has closed $27 million in Series D financing led by Blue Cloud Ventures, with full participation from current investors Bain Capital Ventures and Baird Venture Partners, as well as Silicon Valley Bank. This latest round of investment brings its total capital raised to $60.5 million and underscores Hireology’s momentum and position of strength in the market. Funds will be used to accelerate the company’s growth in new market verticals and to create features that further differentiate its product offering. “Hireology’s world class product and razor sharp focus on its customers’ success in attracting, recruiting and onboarding talent has positioned the company as the go-to recruitment management platform for the automotive and healthcare sectors,” said Mir Arif, Managing Partner of Blue Cloud Ventures. “We are excited to partner with Adam and the Hireology team on the next phase of their growth.” Hireology has experienced sustained, rapid growth, recently surpassing 6,500 customers and 200 employees. New recruitment marketing and candidate CRM solutions have transformed how customers attract, hire and integrate talent in today’s competitive hiring market. This spring further saw the release of new functionality including enhanced SEO capabilities, text-to-recruit options and passive sourcing solutions. https://recruitingheadlines.com/hireology-closes-27-million-in-funding/ Spur, a new and innovative employment platform that redefines the relationship between hourly workers and employers who depend on them, announced today that it raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Third Prime with participation from Mark Bezos and John Griffin, founder of Blue Ridge Capital. Spur also appointed Bezos to its Board of Directors. This investment marks one of the largest venture rounds ever raised by an Alabama-based company. Spur is addressing a significant market opportunity in the hourly worker economy, which is comprised of approximately 78 million workers or nearly 60 percent of all American jobs. Spur’s platform offers workplaces such as hotels, restaurants, and other businesses with hourly workforces a managed solution for all their employment needs that saves them time and money, while also improving the benefits and services available to the workforce. “We started Spur with a mission to provide workers greater access to opportunity and ultimately improve their quality of life. We’re doing that by partnering with businesses and other organizations to take on all the responsibilities associated with managing HR and payroll for their hourly workforces and then ensuring those workers are well taken care of over the course of their employment,” said Glenn Clayton, founder and chief executive officer, Spur. “We believe most businesses want to treat their workers well – we’re just making it easier and more cost effective than ever before to deliver on that goal.” Spur’s platform combines innovative employment technology with a focus on managing hourly workforces. Spur becomes the official employer of record of a business’s hourly workforce thereby helping them reduce costs and save time by eliminating all HR and payroll functions. Businesses using the platform simply schedule their employees and approve their time through Spur’s app, and then Spur’s platform takes care of everything else. https://recruitingheadlines.com/hourly-workforce-management-tool-gets-8-million-series-a-funding/ San Francisco startup TripleByte which uses coding quizzes and machine learning to match would-be employees with open jobs has raised $35 million in a Series B financing round led by YC Continuity, Y Combinator’s investment fund. After a year in which revenue grew three times (over $1 million monthly) and headcount doubled from 20 to 40, it’s attracted funding from a raft of investors including Y Combinator. Harj Taggar, CEO and cofounder said that the fresh funds will enable Triplebyte to expand beyond silicon valley into Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and Boston later in the year. https://recruitingheadlines.com/tech-recruiting-platform-gets-35-million/ Uncubed, a leading online talent acquisition and recruitment marketing platform, has announced the acquisition of New York-based Mediabistro, the premier careers site for the media sector and other digital professionals. Following the acquisition, Uncubed will provide new services and an expanded offering to the Mediabistro customer base, including employer branding video services, customized recruiting services, candidate experience technology, and events. Mediabistro members and jobseekers will get access to additional content and job opportunities. “Mediabistro has been the dominant careers site in the media sector for years,” said Chris Johnson, CEO of Uncubed. “We’re excited to bring our offering, technology, and events to Mediabistro customers – and to help them attract

If you ever been to a recruiting conference chances are you know the name Gerry Crispin. He is the principal and co founder of CareerXroads a community of talent acquisition professionals whose aim is to move the profession forward. Today we will discuss the state of the Candidate Experience. TOPICS INCLUDE: 1) Are employers getting the message about the candidate experience...whats the current state of it? 2) how do you see technology playing a part in crafting the right CE? 3) tell us a few companies that have a great CE and one/two examples of what they do to accomplish that? 4) What are the common questions you get form TA leaders about the CX process? This podcast sponsored by; https://workhere.com/ https://www.emissary.ai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iHire Releases State of Online Recruiting Report Inaugural report addresses challenges and opportunities for bridging the gap between employers and qualified talent iHire announces its inaugural State of Online Recruiting report, highlighting the results of a survey of more than 1,650 U.S. employers and job seekers across more than 50 industries. As employers and job seekers struggle to find the right talent and the right careers, respectively, this report identifies the challenges and opportunities for bridging the gap between these two groups. The top survey findings detailed in iHire’s State of Online Recruiting 2019 report include: The quest for qualified talent is heating up: 53.5% of employers are not receiving applicants who meet their needs. When asked to cite their No. 1 challenge when recruiting through an online job board, website, or community, employers’ top two responses included: “I receive too many irrelevant applicants” (30.9%) and “I receive too many underqualified applicants” (22.6%). Stronger two-way communication is needed between employers and candidates: 26.4% of job seekers said their top online job search challenge was not hearing back from employers after applying and/or interviewing. However, this ghosting in the hiring process goes both ways: 5.8% of employers surveyed said “being ghosted by candidates” was their top challenge, while 4.6% cited “reaching out to applicants and not hearing back.” Job seekers and employers aren’t aligned on the importance of company culture: 62.6% of job seekers said they are more likely to apply to an ad if it includes company culture information, yet less than half of employers (46.1%) said they include this information in their ads. For more insights search the keyword ihire on recruitingheadlines.com to read more https://recruitingheadlines.com/ihire-releases-state-of-online-recruiting-report/ Zoho, a global, privately held company that offers the most comprehensive suite of business software applications in the industry, announced its forward momentum with more than 45 million users across 180 countries, at a revenue growth rate of 39 percent year-over-year. This global upswing includes the addition of offices in Singapore, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Australia and the Netherlands. The company also announced plans for a new 375-acre campus in Austin, which entails aggressive hiring plans and the expansion of Zoho University, a Zoho-funded technology school for high school graduates based in India, to the United States. “As a private company that’s been in operation for more than 22 years, we are invested in long term growth and crafting the very best business solutions for our customers,” said Sridhar Vembu, CEO and Founder of Zoho. “Without the pressures of shareholders, we can grow with purpose. It is our imperative to invest in our employees and the communities we are in, while making sure our software remains accessible to every type of business, from small to large, whether they exist in yet-to-be-developed, emerging or fully developed markets.” Zoho’s Global Growth Continues: Zoho has more than 45 million users located in more than 180 countries around the world. The company has experienced a revenue growth rate of 39 percent year-over-year. In Creating a New U.S. Campus: Zoho has purchased 375 acres of land in south-east Austin to build a 100,000 square foot campus. Zoho plans to hire hundreds of employees in the Austin area in the years to come, with a focus on finding and training local talent. It will not require its employees to have a four-year degree, due to its in-house technology program, Zoho University. https://recruitingheadlines.com/zoho-now-has-45-million-users-expanding-in-austin/ Loxo, a leader in the emerging web 3.0 era, today introduced a stunning new version of their artificial intelligence recruiting platform while also announcing a completely free plan. Loxo is a best-in-class enterprise recruiting SaaS company that specializes in using AI and machine learning to help drive better recruiting decisions. The Loxo platform also creates a unified and seamless experience by combining the features that recruiters need on a daily basis such as: ATS, CRM, email automation, SMS texting, VoIP calling, personal contact information and candidate sourcing automation. “If Salesforce, IBM Watson, SalesLoft/Outreach.io, and the world’s most comprehensive professional directories were to combine forces and launch a recruiting technology company in 2020, the end result would be Loxo,” said Matt Chambers, Founder and CEO of Loxo. “The modern recruiting organization requires a much more sophisticated technology stack to stay competitive, however technology’s only job is to increase productivity. We are obsessed with solving our customers problems in the most efficient and simple way possible.” Among its many features are; AI Enhancements: Users can adjust the criteria in their own private database and receive recommendations for the b

Sponsors: Emissary.ai & WorkHere.com Jim Stroud has been observing the changing landscape of work; most notably how automation is affecting the recruitment industry. A general consensus purports that robots will ultimately replace recruiters. Jim has an alternative view. The Unique Challenges of the Shifting Labor Market Tony Stark as the Model for the Modern Recruiter The Future of Sourcing is Programmatic The Future of Recruitment is Employment Brand Jim is now Brand Evangelist for ClickIQ.us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast sponsored by Hiretual - the recruiters best friend. Xing, the business networking platform that has been described as Germany’s answer to LinkedIn, has made an acquisition to beef up its recruitment business ahead of a rebrand of the business as “New Work.” The company has acquired Honeypot, a German startup that has built a job-hunting platform for tech people, for up to €57 million ($64 million). Xing tells us that Honeypot is its biggest acquisition to date. The figure includes the acquisition (€22 million) plus a potential earn-out of up to €35 million if certain targets are met in the next three years. Xing said that it plans to rebrand as New Work in the second half of 2019, bringing together a number of other assets it has acquired and built over the years. “This acquisition is an excellent addition to our New Work portfolio,” Thomas Vollmoeller, CEO at Xing, said in a statement. “Honeypot focuses on candidates by helping them to find a job matching their individual preferences… With subsidiaries and brands such as kununu and HalloFreelancer, Xing is far more than just a single network. New Work is the umbrella spanning all our business activities.” Xing said that all the smaller companies will keep their branding. https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/01/german-linkedin-rival-xing-is-rebranding-as-new-work-acquires-recruitment-platform-honeypot-for-up-to-64m/ Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites, today announced it has expanded its product and software engineering operations into Chicago, which will bring dozens of new technology jobs to the company’s office in the desirable and developing Fulton Market District. “Chicago is an important growth city for Glassdoor,” said Glassdoor President & Chief Operating Officer Christian Sutherland-Wong. “In less than three years, this office has grown into one of Glassdoor’s largest employee centers, in large part due to the city’s incredible talent pool. We look forward to building a stellar product and engineering group here.” The Chicago-based product and software engineering team will be the first of Glassdoor’s U.S. engineering teams based outside of its San Francisco Bay Area offices. The team will focus on recruiting innovation, including building Glassdoor recruiting products that help employers from large enterprises to small businesses hire and recruit quality talent more effectively. In addition to hiring for front-end, back-end, machine learning and test engineers, as well as engineering leaders, in the Chicago office, Glassdoor will also hire for other technical roles, including data scientists, product managers, and designers. Currently, the company is hiring for several newly created technical and product jobs with plans to add dozens more in the near future. Located at 1330 W Fulton Street, the office is currently home to more than 250 Glassdoor employees https://recruitingheadlines.com/glassdoor-expands-operations-to-chicago/ Following the success of last year’s event, HR Technology Conference & Exposition® today shared details of its second annual “Pitchfest.” From the producers of the world’s leading global HR technology events, the 2019 Pitchfest will take place during the HR Technology Conference & Exposition® happening October 1 – 4, 2019 at The Venetian Las Vegas. Of those that apply, 30 HR technology startups will have the opportunity to present their solution at this year’s conference. In the three preliminary rounds, ten companies will have three minutes to pitch the panel, with an additional two minutes to answer the judges’ follow up questions. Two companies from each round will advance to the Pitchfest final, where the top six will go head to head. Once selected, the overall winner will participate in the conference’s popular “Discovering the Next Great HR Technology Company” session, in addition to taking home a monetary prize from the Randstad Innovation Fund and exhibit space for the 2020 HR Technology Conference & Exposition®. Conference Co-chair Steve Boese commented, “The HR technology sector continues to evolve and expand, and with that, we see increased innovation from startups actively rethinking the future of work. Pitchfest gives these companies the platform to share their products and solutions with the world’s largest HR technology audience, including the top industry influencers, analysts, HR leaders, angel investors and VCs. We’re looking forward to seeing what the 2019 Pitchfest participants bring to the table.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/pitchfest-returning-to-2019-hr-technology-conference/ Indeed announces Featured Employer on search results If you’ve ever sponsored a job on Indeed, then you know that this is a way to make your open roles stand out from others by having them appear prominently in the search results (e.g., in key locations at the top and bottom of the results page). By Becoming an Indeed Featured Employer you can= take this even further by providing ad

Podcast sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Today we are going to talk about social recruiting with a couple of peeps from WorkScene a new social media platform joining me on the phone Mike Webb CEO and Cyndy Trivella, Vice President, Strategic Relations --What do you mean when you say social media has failed recruiting because I kind of view as the opposite that recruiters have failed at social media… --Why does the current state of social media not working as effectively as it should for recruiters, sourcers and job seekers? --Why is having an Inbound recruiting strategy better in the long-run? Dont you need both? --What is Workscene, and why did you build it? (mike background as recruiter) Are their any companies that do social well in your opinion? --Where and why do job postings fall short when attracting talent to an organization? --What is the value in building Talent Communities? (most companies suck at maintaining these) --When and why should companies showcase their culture to job prospects? --There are still a good number of job seekers who don't use social media in their search strategy. Why do you think this is? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Hiretual.com H & M, Hennes and Mauritz Inc., one of the world’s largest fashion retailers famous for offering fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way, is happy to announce the launch of its latest Place of Possible (P.O.P) campaign; H&M’s employer branding campaign aimed at attracting the best in retail talent. The campaign aims to show people looking for a great place to start a career that H&M is truly the place of possible, the place to be! Featuring the brand’s own employees from H&M locations around the country, this year’s campaign builds on the intrinsic H&M value of “we are one team” and takes a deeper dive into the idea of community at H&M as represented by the phrase “me, us, we and you”. Several key changes will be made to the part time employee benefit program beginning this year, offering opportunities for H&M employees that will put a focus on both their professional and personal needs. One of the most exciting changes is a weekly schedule commitment with options ranging up to 12 minimum hours guaranteed for part time employees from March through December. This year, employees will also be able to use a new scheduling mobile application which will allow more flexibility and an easier process to pick up hours and swap shifts. In addition, H&M is proud to offer six weeks of paid parental leave to eligible part time employees. https://recruitingheadlines.com/hm-launches-new-employer-branding-campaign/ CHICAGO, March 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BlueCrew, an on-demand platform for flexible W-2 work that connects motivated workers with sustainable employment, announced plans for its platform to be live across 30 markets nationwide this year, with expansion to Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, and Phoenix among others. The company’s market expansion follows a year that saw revenue triple thanks to accelerated adoption from employers. On the heels of this growth, BlueCrew has appointed IAC executive Adam Roston as CEO, while founder Gino Rooney will resume his prior role as CTO overseeing all product and technology for the company. Today also marks the opening of BlueCrew’s new headquarters in downtown Chicago’s theMART (formerly Merchandise Mart), which will house more than 100 new hires across engineering, product, sales, and operations. BlueCrew is disrupting traditional staffing – a total addressable market worth more than $130 billion in the U.S. and $400 billion globally – with a platform that instantly connects quality workers with open jobs using proprietary data and algorithms to identify the best matches in real time. BlueCrew’s platform fills over 90 percent of employer jobs, many times within minutes, compared to traditional staffing agencies that fill 60-70 percent over several weeks. Unlike gig economy apps that are heavily fueled by contractor workforces, BlueCrew’s platform exclusively features W-2 jobs. https://recruitingheadlines.com/bluecrew-will-expand-to-30-markets-by-end-of-2019/ CLEVELAND, March 27, 2019 — EmployStream, the leading provider for onboarding automation to the staffing industry, today announced it has closed a $3.5 million Series A funding round led by JumpStart Inc., with support from several key investors including Ohio Innovation Fund, North Coast Angel Fund and Rev1 Ventures. EmployStream will use the capital to expand its product development, marketing and sales efforts in order to increase its footprint in the staffing industry. The funding will accelerate the company’s growth in the staffing industry, with a plan to expand to other industries with high-volume hiring needs and high turnover challenges. “This round of investment allows us to add the resources and capabilities we need to meet the rapidly growing demand from the customers and markets we currently serve, as well as bring our offerings to other market segments with similar needs,” said Gerald Hetrick, Chief Executive Officer of EmployStream. “The continued support of the local community, as well as the addition of the Ohio Innovation Fund, are all great accelerators that will set EmployStream on a path to success for the foreseeable future.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/onboarding-automation-tool-lands-3-5-million-in-funding/ Capterra, the leading online resource for business software buyers, released findings from its latest survey of small and mid-size business leaders across vertical markets to understand how SMBs are choosing talent management solutions and their implications on businesses. Capterra’s Talent Management Industry User Research Report revealed that price heavily impacts talent management solution decisions, surpassing ease of use as a key factor across SMBs. This focus on price creates a disconnect for small business leaders trying to choose the “right” software for their organization, as they’re using low price as the main driver when buying software. “Understanding how buyers successfully leverage talent manageme

RecTech is brought to you by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Ever wondered how the LinkedIn news feed serves you content? In this special episode of RecTech, Chris Russell takes you behind the scene of their content algorithm so you can understand how when and why content gets seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Hiretual. First up in the news…. According to the Wall Street Journal Facebook agreed to overhaul its lucrative targeted advertising system to settle accusations that landlords, lenders and employers use the platform to discriminate. The far-reaching settlement compels Facebook to withhold a wide array of detailed demographic information — including Zip codes, gender and age — from advertisers when they market housing, credit and job opportunities. Facebook said the new platform will also prevent advertisers from discriminating based on sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, and other characteristics covered by state and local civil rights laws. Upwork, the largest freelancing website, recently announced Upwork Plus, its first packaged service offering tailored for small businesses. To help growing businesses connect with and secure top-tier freelance talent, Upwork Plus features on-demand support, greater visibility for job posts, dedicated dashboards for collaboration, and access to an exclusive community board devoted to Upwork Plus customers. Feature include On-Demand Support from Account ManagersPlus provides clients with access to 24/7 customer support and additional on-demand support from account managers to help users post their first job or scale their hiring. Customers can also opt-in for talent specialist services that can assist in sourcing and highlighting top freelancers. Greater Visibility through Promoted Job Posts and Client BadgeUpwork Plus customers will receive a monthly Featured Job, which flags a post as a top job in search results and includes the post in a digest that is sent to Top Rated freelancers. Plus clients will also receive a client badge on the freelancer’s search results page to help attract talent. Collaboration Across an OrganizationWith a dedicated dashboard, Plus customers can track program efforts across an organization all in one place. It also enables customers to invite colleagues onto a shared account and access collaboration and project status tracking tools. Plus Community BoardPlus customers will also have access to an exclusive community board with guides and resources to help them find success with Upwork. Learning tools and forums will allow new clients to ask questions and share tips with other customers. https://recruitingheadlines.com/upwork-debuts-new-solution-to-help-small-businesses-attract-freelancers/ NEW YORK, March 21, 2019 — Fetcher, the outbound recruiting platform that combines AI with human expertise to recruit top talent for high-growth companies, is excited to announce its latest round of funding as well as several key executive hires. In late 2018, Fetcher raised $5.4MM in an oversubscribed seed round led by Accomplice and Slow Ventures, with full participation by existing investors, Picus and Revel Partners, as well as angel investors which include Paul English(founder of Kayak), Amol Sarva (founder of Knotel) and James Joaquin (co-founder of Obvious Ventures). They’ve also brought into the organization several industry leaders to help scale their business. “With our latest round of funding, we were able to hire several outstanding executives and industry luminaries to lead our Sales, Customer Success and Operations teams,” says co-founder and CEO, Andres Blank. “We’re also focused on using our funding to scale our Data Science and Engineering teams to ensure amazing product innovations for our customers.” Fetcher reimagines recruiting by utilizing AI to automate the recruiting process for large and small companies alike. There are currently 7MM open jobs in the US and Fetcher’s success rate in recruiting top-tier, diverse candidates for those openings is garnering the attention of high-growth organizations like Peloton, Paperless Post, Equinox, AppNexus, Bridgestone and DigitalOcean, which rely on Fetcher to help grow their teams. https://recruitingheadlines.com/outbound-recruiting-platform-fetcher-raises-5-4-million/ MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SEATTLE, March 20, 2019 — SOURCECON — Hiretual, the leading provider of AI-powered enterprise software for passive candidate sourcing and recruiting, today announced the launch of Intelligent Talent Pipeline™, a consolidated talent pipeline for the enterprise – a market first. Hiretual’s Intelligent Talent Pipeline consolidates and fuses all talent pools – combining data from a company’s internal systems with passive candidate sourcing data from the open web – to automatically deliver the best fit candidates to a company’s hiring pipeline. “Talent acquisition to date has been very transactional, with candidates going from job posting to hire. The Hiretual Intelligent Talent Pipeline creates an intelligent, closed loop system that continuously learns and gets better, constantly rediscovers, and actively integrates with all other enterprise functions within HR,” said Steven Jiang, CEO and co-founder of Hiretual. “The launch of Intelligent Talent Pipeline delivers the ‘Holy

The RecTech Podcast is sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary. https://workhere.com/ https://www.emissary.ai/ Today's episode features a panel discussion on recruitment marketing and healthcare recruiting. The panelists divulge some interesting stats around job seekers and recruiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychologyjobs.com, a niche job site is seeking a new owner. Its been online for 10 years and serves mental health and behavioral health type careers. Would be a great buy for a staffing firm in this niches. Or another healthcare job business...For details visit jobboardsecrets.com and click on the For Sale category. SEATTLE, March 8, 2019 — Textio, the developer of the world’s first augmented writing platform, today announced a new partnership with the McDonald’s Corporation. Together with its Franchisees, McDonald’s receives upwards of 20 million applicants a year to support hiring nearly two million people, making them one of the most significant employers in the world. As McDonald’s is planning for their next stage of growth, they are investing in world class technologies that improve their hiring and recruiting processes at scale. Textio, a 2019 Finalist for the SxSW Innovation Awards, has been brought on board to enable McDonald’s to not only recruit and hire faster, but also to ensure they reach top-quality applicants in an inclusive manner. “At McDonald’s, our goal is to create feel good moments that ensure everyone feels welcome and included. That starts with the language we use when we reach out to you as a candidate,” said Joshua Secrest, Sr. Director of Global Talent Attraction. “Textio’s innovative augmented writing platform will give us the insights to know, in real time, whether the language we are using is attracting the most qualified and diverse candidates we can.” Textio is fueled by a massive data set of real-world hiring outcomes from hundreds of millions of job listings across industries and around the globe. Every month, this data set grows by 10 million new documents, with the latest hiring results attached to each one. The work with McDonald’s will further develop the platform’s capabilities in the hospitality and franchise industry. https://recruitingheadlines.com/mcdonalds-looks-to-innovate-recruiting-process-with-textio/ Fresh off the announcement by The Mom Project who recently raised $8 million in funding, New York City based FairyGodBoss has followed that up with a $10 Million round of their own. Funding was led by GSV Accelerate and Signal Peak Ventures. They have previously raised $3 million. The site is a self-described ‘social network for career-minded women’. It has job listings, career advice, employer profiles, and hosts a personalized daily feed in addition to a crowdsourced databases for companies’ benefits. According to the story in VentureBeat, site revenues come from writing sponsored content for clients and supplying them with competitor insights — and it has more than 3 million visitors each month. https://recruitingheadlines.com/female-focused-fairygodboss-raises-10-million/ LOS ANGELES—Cluster, the first U.S. marketplace matching Industry 4.0 skills and jobs, announced that it closed a $1.9 million seed round of financing. American industrial companies are being transformed by technology. More than 1.3 million manufacturing jobs have been added since the end of the recession. The resurgence of jobs has brought on a workforce crisis as companies struggle to fill roles. “Hiring experienced talent is the industrial sector’s most urgent priority amidst a tight labor market and a growing wave of retirements,” said CEO and Founder Kim Taylor. “We need to expand beyond the friction of resumes and job descriptions to a common language of skills.” Engineering talent is vetted to join the platform and employers pay on a subscription model to access mid-to-senior level talent looking for full-time jobs. Cluster only matches people to jobs for which they are qualified. https://recruitingheadlines.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-engineering-job-platform/ SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 2019 — ZenSourcer, an all-in-one recruiting platform that provides a single source of truth for talent teams, today announces a $9M Series A funding round from Accel and the business’ rebrand to Gem. Gem is also launching a CRM (Candidate Relationship Management) platform, which helps companies track and nurture relationships with talent. “As hiring managers at Dropbox and Facebook, we connected with a lot of amazing candidates, but for many of them the timing wasn’t right,” said Steve Bartel, co-founder and CEO of Gem. “We didn’t want to give up on those conversations so we created lists of Gems and invested in long-term relationships with our ideal candidates.” “We built Gem to give recruiting professionals the candidate relationship management (CRM) tool they need to build relationships and nurture their talent pools at scale,” said Nick Bushak, co-founder and CTO of Gem. “For us it was a no brainer to deliver the marketing automation and relationship management power that sales and marketing teams have to recruiters.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/sourcing-tool-gets-9m-in-series-a-funding/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February K1 Investment Management today announced a majority investment in Jobvite, the industry leader in best-of-breed recruiting software. K1 and Jobvite also announced three major acquisitions: Talemetry, the award-winning recruitment marketing company, RolePoint, the leader in employee referral and internal mobility, and Canvas, the industry’s only text-based conversational recruiting company. For the first time, this combination enables hiring teams to source, engage, hire, onboard, and retain top talent with one end-to-end platform – delivering a unified candidate experience. This unique set of investments, totaling more than $200 million, brings together Jobvite and three of the recruiting industry’s most innovative companies, resulting in more than 2,000 customers, including Fortune 500 enterprises such as Schneider Electric, Lenovo, Santander, PayPal, Genuine Parts, and Panasonic. This merger rapidly accelerates the companies’ product development roadmaps and the integration of their customer solutions. In addition, the combined companies will continue to meet existing client needs, including all system integrations as well as maintaining all operations globally. Matt Singer is their VP of Marketing and he joins Chris Russell to talk about the news and what lies ahead. TOPICS INCLUDE: What has life at Jobvite been like since the news? There appears to be an arms race in HRtech taking place...was the move made to keep pace? (ATS vendors making more acquisitions) All in one platform vs best of breed... What is the integration plan for integrating the new tech? (no small effort you are talking about taking 3 different HR tech platforms under one roof) Are more acquisitions possible? Missing a sourcing tool Challenges of marketing HR tech in today’s noisy world… What’s one tip you have for getting the most out of your Jobvite installation (for customers) Podcast sponsors: Workhere.com and Emissary.AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Im chris russell, here are your fast five recruiting headlines for the week ending March 8th Its been another big week of venture capital in HRtech But first a quick reminder about the next RecTech Live webinars March 21st 1pm EST - understanding social media algorithms - get more engagement from what you post on social media April 4th - Video Enhanced job posting for global employers, sponsored by SpacrStart I’ll be joing by their founder to talk about why embedding video into your job descriptions is important. They target enterprise level employers. Register at rec tech live dot com or click https://www.crowdcast.io/rectechmedia First up in the news…. Paradox, the leading Assistive Intelligence platform for talent acquisition and talent experience, announced an aggressive business expansion plan for 2019 and beyond. They announced the continued expansion of the team with plans to double staffing again in 2019. The company’s hiring will focus primarily on product, sales and client success teams, including growing the company’s US footprint through opening the first two regional offices in Dallas and Chicago. “We’ve seen tremendous growth and client adoption these last two years,” stated Aaron Matos, Paradox Founder/CEO. “In 2018, we tripled our revenue, doubled our team, and tripled the number of clients that we serve. Our product portfolio has greatly broadened as we’ve partnered with our clients to better support their candidates throughout the hiring process and their career. We have a big vision for how we can transform recruitment and the talent experience with assistive intelligence. We’re still early on that journey.” The Paradox team also announced completion of their Series A funding totaling $13.34 million. Investors have not been disclosed, the company has been funded previously by its founder. https://recruitingheadlines.com/paradox-announces-office-expansion-new-series-a/ New York City based Wade & Wendy, an AI recruitment platform, just closed a $7.6m Series A funding. The round was led by Jazz Venture Partners, with help from current investors Randstad Innovation Fund, ff Venture Capital and Indicator Ventures. The company intends to use the funds for the continued product development. Founded in 2015 and led by Drew Austin, CEO, Wade & Wendy is a conversational AI recruiting company featuring: Wendy, an AI recruiter responsible for sourcing, screening, and recommending talent and automates repetitive, time-consuming hiring tasks, and Wade, an AI recruiter working on behalf of the talent, informing them of opportunities that are relevant based on their interests and experiences. The company recently entered into a multi-year contract with Randstad Sourceright, a global talent leader responsible for over 150,000 job placements annually, to drive the adoption of Wendy. https://recruitingheadlines.com/recruiter-chatbot-firm-wade-wendy-raises-7-6-million-in-new-funding/ NASHUA, N.H.– Claro Workforce Analytics, a platform of unique workforce insights that helps organizations improve employee engagement, reduce voluntary attrition, and discover diverse talent faster, today announces that it has raised $1.1 million in new funding led by Beta Bayview LLC, with participation from Kline Hill Partners and G-Bar Ventures. The proceeds from the financing will be used to accelerate product development and client expansion. In addition, Jim Feuille of Beta Bayview will join Claro’s Board of Directors. Claro’s unique technology platform enables organizations to combine internal and external workforce insights to fully harness the power of integrated workforce analytics, to help attract diverse talent and retain their valuable employees. According to a recent PWC survey, “63% of CEOs said availability of skills was a serious concern” while “93% of CEOs say that they recognize the need to change their strategy for attracting and retaining talent.” https://recruitingheadlines.com/workforce-analytics-firm-raises-1-1-million-in-funding/ JobDiva, the leading global Applicant Tracking System, is delighted to announce a partnership with Resume-Library, one of the fastest growing job sites in the U.S. The collaboration between these two companies will provide JobDiva’s users with instant access to millions of resumes, straight from the Resume-Library database. Going forward, organizations using JobDiva to source talent will now be able to apply JobDiva’s patented search technology against Resume-Library’s vast talent pool of available Candidates. Appealing candidates can be unlocked with a click. This means JobDiva users now can conduct searches into Resume-Library without ever leaving the JobDiva platform, saving precious time for busy hiring professionals. https://recruitingheadlines.com/jobdiva-adds-resume-access-to-resume-library/ Lastly... Ceridian , a global human capital management (HCM) cloud-based technology company, announced today its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Clearview Lo

I attended the Recruiting Trends & Talent Tech Live Conference in late February in a snowy Las Vegas. During the expo hall hours I chatted up a few industry players for your audio enjoyment; Appearing in this episode; Doug Kerken from Hireclix Marc Mapes, Avature Kevin Nelson, EmployeeReferrals.com Scot Sessions, Talvista Tom Boyle, Cornerstone The RecTech Podcast is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai - please check them out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIND THESE HEADLINES AT http://recruitingheadlines.com/category/press-releases/ And the venture capital funding keeps flowing... Jobcase.com, a boston based open-access platform dedicated to empowering people in their work-lives, has closed a $100 million in growth equity round led by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG). PSG is an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners L.L.C., a global private equity and credit investment firm with $57 billion in capital under management. The new funding will accelerate product development and services for Jobcasers (Jobcase members) via internal growth and/or strategic acquisitions. Some enhancements include, but are not limited to, sophisticated machine learning architecture that will better serve relevant content to Jobcasers, product development to increase ease of connections and community building and new integrations and APIs that enable Jobcasers to more easily promote themselves and better engage with employment opportunities. “We are proud to help expedite Jobcase’s mission to empower people in their pursuit of a happy and meaningful work-life,” says Mark Hastings, PSG CEO. “Jobcase’s unique approach that prioritizes community has catapulted the company to its position as an industry leader. The company is well positioned to fulfill the pressing need for connection in this space both domestically and abroad.” Recently ranked as the fourth largest online destination for career resources in the USA, Jobcase serves more than 100 million registered members with over 25 million unique active Jobcasers visiting the site each month. In Austin TX --TextUs, a real-time communication platform, and Herefish, an automation platform built for the staffing industry, announced a new partnership today that enables recruiting firms to combine corporate-level recruiting automation with desk-level, 1:1 communication with candidates, contractors, and clients. “This partnership expands the capabilities for Herefish customers,” says Jason Heilman, CEO & Co-founder of Herefish. “Our mutual customers can now engage with candidates who respond to automated texts sent from Herefish directly from their TextUs accounts. This allows for faster conversations with candidates and contractors.” There are two big benefits for mutual Herefish and TextUs customers: Send automated text messages from Herefish using each recruiter’s TextUs phone number to streamline communication. Automate routine text messages like interview reminders, first-day follow up, and mid-assignment surveys ZipRecruiter, a leading online employment marketplace powered by AI matching technology, announced today that it has expanded its services to actively connect Canadian companies of all sizes with job seekers nationwide. The move, which helps address pain points on both sides of the historically tight Canadian labor market, is part of ZipRecruiter’s international expansion of its marketplace. With Canada’s national unemployment rate near its forty-three year low at 5.8%, and more jobs being created than there are available workers, companies are struggling to fill open jobs, while job seekers in certain industries are facing localized shortages of job opportunities matching their skills and experience. ZipRecruiter connects millions of job seekers to highly relevant jobs through its #1 rated job search app in Canada and partnerships with popular employment sites, including Google job search, Kijiji, and over 50 of the country’s top job boards. On the employer side of the labor market, the company’s dedicated local sales team supports the specific hiring needs of Canadian businesses of all sizes. HackerRank, a platform that helps companies evaluate technical talent based on skills, today launched the machine learning-based Test Health Dashboard to give businesses the data they need to improve their skills assessments, deliver an excellent candidate experience, and effectively hire the software developers they need. For the first time, enterprises will be able to see how each of their skills assessments are performing for different roles — from a senior engineer to a DevOps intern, and everything in between. Recruiters and hiring managers can gain insight into each stage of the recruiting process to improve candidate conversion and increase the quality of hires for every role. Using the Test Health Dashboard, recruiters and hiring managers can track, analyze and adjust how they’re delivering on candidate experience, including the effectiveness of their skills tests and their correspondence throughout the hiring process. NEW YORK–Landit announced today that it closed $13 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by WeWork and backed by investors including NEA, Valo Ventures, Workday Ventures, Gingerbread Capital and current venture and seed funders. Landit is a one-size-fits-one career pathing platform that enables women and diverse groups to succeed in the workplace. Each member receives a tailored playbook t

This podcast is sponsored by Emissary.ai and Workhere.com Deidre Diamond is the founder and CEO of CyberSN. After 21 years working in technology and staffing, and stemming from her love of people and cyber security; Deidre created the Cyber Security Network, a company transforming the way Cyber Security Professionals approach job searches. CyberSN.com aims to remove the frustration from job-hunting, and aid in interpersonal connections and education. TOPICS Current state of the cybersecurity job market What companies and what types of roles How does your company leverage technology to recruit better? Take me behind the technology that you use online----tell me about your intake process How did the cybersn.com lean job descriptions come to be Will shorter ads work for any kind of job? What other tech tools do you and your team use to find talent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Hiretual.com Rainmakers.co, the leading technology-specific sales talent marketplace, is announcing that it is now available to employers and salespeople in the greater New York City area. Rainmakers will be introducing the platform to more than 200 sales and recruiting executives at the Modern Sales Pros Leadership event on February 20th at WeWork, Hudson Square. AllyO, the technology company renowned for its end-to-end AI recruiting solution, today announced the general availability of its Talent Pool Engagement module, designed to improve recruiting efficiency and enhance the candidate experience. Beamery, a leading talent engagement platform, today announced it has received a strategic investment from Workday Ventures and it will join the Workday Software Partner Program. In addition, Beamery also announced that the Workday Talent Acquisition team has selected Beamery products that help further its efforts to identify early-stage, passive candidates and are complementary to Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), including Beamery Talent Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Beamery Talent Marketing, and Beamery Pages. Digi-Me, a digital technology company that is revolutionizing the way employers of all sizes and across all industries are recruiting today’s top talent with 60-second compelling and engaging video job ads, has partnered with Phenom People to offer easy to implement video content recruitment tactics. Betterworks®, the leading enterprise HR software for Continuous Performance Management®, today announced the deployment of Program Insights, a suite of people analytics innovations for its award-winning solution. This expanded functionality allows forward-thinking HR leaders to rapidly access actionable insights from the mountain of rich data generated by their organization’s Continuous Performance program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brought to you by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Employers are shifting away from traditional hiring methods and this year. 75% say technology will play a larger role in their companies hiring process in 2019, and 22% percent plan to increase their spend on AI-powered recruiting software. These findings come from the 2019 Entelo Recruiting Automation Trends Report which surveyed 625 talent acquisition professionals from around the world to identify the trends and innovations driving the recruiting and hiring industry forward. highlights of the survey include: Time spent sourcing is hindering productivity. On average, talent acquisition professionals spend an average of 15 hours a week (a 16% increase from 2018’s report) sourcing candidates for a single role, and some groups spend more. When it comes to engaging candidates, email is king. 39% of recruiters rank email as the preferred outreach method, followed by phone/text (33%), while Linkedin inMails (13%) has dropped to 3rd place GUEST: Jon Bischke, CEO, and founder of Entelo TOPICS: Comments on the recent Jobvite acquisitions - what was your reaction? Will 2019 be the year of recruiting automation? What are the 3 biggest takeaways from the recruiting automation report? Sourcing is such a time intensive activity, how will AI and automation help recruiters scale their efforts in the future? What mistakes do employers/recruiters make when it comes to implementing automation in their recruiting? Tips on outreach to break through Update on Entelo, any new features coming out in 2019? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast sponsored by Hiretual.com JOBVITE GETS $200 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/investment-firm-putting-200-million-into-jobvite-acquires-3-more-vendors/ TMP ACQUIRES CKR https://recruitingheadlines.com/tmp-to-acquire-ckr-interactive/ ICIMS DOUBLES IN SIZE https://recruitingheadlines.com/icims-surpasses-200m-in-revenue-doubles-in-size/ LINKEDIN LIVE IS COMING https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/11/linkedin-debuts-linkedin-live-a-new-live-video-broadcast-service/ GOOGLE HIRE NOW IN UK AND CANADA https://www.itbusiness.ca/news/hire-googles-recruiting-app-for-g-suite-launches-in-canada/108930 THANKS FOR LISTENING TO REC TECH'S RECRUITING HEADLINES RECTECHMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices