Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Comeet, a global leader in collaborative recruitment software, and Spark Hire, a top-rated video interview platform, have announced plans to merge. The combined company will offer the most comprehensive suite of talent acquisition products on the market, including applicant tracking, candidate management, and video interviewing. https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-tech-merger-comeet-and-spark-hire/ NEW YORK — Pollen, a membership powering freelance careers, has raised $4M in funding from ANIMO VC, Founder Collective, XYZ Venture Capital, Precursor Ventures, and an esteemed group of angels. https://hrtechfeed.com/freelance-membership-platform-raises-4-million/ Workato, the Enterprise Automation platform, announced AI@Work which includes significant product updates that enable enterprises to adopt AI for automations to drive business efficiency. The new capabilities are seamlessly integrated into the Workato platform and leverage OpenAI technologies. https://hrtechfeed.com/workato-introducing-workato-copilot-generative-ai-functionality/ Seattle startup Humanly which helps companies automate their recruiting functions, raised $12 million to help fuel growth of its AI-powered software, Geekwire is reporting. https://hrtechfeed.com/ai-recruiting-chatbot-humanly-raises-12-million/ AMS the RPO provider announced the launch of AMS One, its proprietary RPO Operating system. https://hrtechfeed.com/ams-launches-ams-one-the-rpo-operating-system/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phenom recently released its State of Candidate Experience: 2023 Benchmarks Report. The report revealed that since 2020, the Fortune 500 has made significant strides to enhance the candidate experience by implementing AI technology and automation to connect job seekers — both hourly and knowledge workers — with relevant jobs faster, and creating engaging content to convey a strong employer brand in the highly competitive U.S. talent market. Here to help us dive deeper into the numbers is Cliff Jurkiewicz, VP of Global Strategy at Phenom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ferretly, an AI-powered social media screening SaaS startup, announced today that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Bull City Venture Partners and prior investors, including a group of industry experts led by Dave Dickerson, founder and chairman of Accurate Background. https://hrtechfeed.com/ferretly-raises-1-5m-for-its-social-media-screening-platform/ HackerRank, the developer skills company, today announced the launch of its advanced plagiarism detection system, fueled by AI. By leveraging dozens of signals, including the use of external tools and certain typing patterns like copy and paste, HackerRank’s AI-powered solution safeguards assessment integrity while providing developers with a fair and level playing field to showcase their skills. https://hrtechfeed.com/hackerrank-launches-ai-powered-plagiarism-detection-system-for-developer-hiring/ Clevy, a Paris headquartered international provider of AI conversational technologies for businesses, has been acquired by Fountain, the San Francisco headquartered leading high volume ATS provider for the hourly workforce. https://hrtechfeed.com/fountain-acquires-clevy-to-further-advance-ai-for-hourly-hiring/ Sense, the AI-driven talent engagement solution for enterprise recruiting, announced the availability of several new generative artificial intelligence solutions. Built using a combination of its in-house models trained on hundreds of millions of candidate interactions, along with some of the most trusted partner Large Language Models (LLMs), Sense’s Generative AI solutions help global talent acquisition teams further accelerate hiring. https://hrtechfeed.com/sense-unveils-new-generative-ai-for-talent-engagement/ To transform multi-country payroll with the HCM industry’s most adaptable, intelligent experience for multinational businesses, UKG Inc., a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people, has reached an agreement to acquire Immedis, a leading global payroll provider with technology and services supporting over 160 countries. https://hrtechfeed.com/ukg-acquires-a-payroll-provider/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Colino is the author of “RecOps: Recruiting is still broken Here’s how to fix it” AND he is also Director of Talent Acquisition for Sheetz the 600+ convenience store chain based in Altoona PA. Landing page: https://www.hireconversion.com/sheetz https://recops.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The major job boards are laying off staff and ZipRecruiter is next on the clock. The news came via an SEC filing this week; The company announced a plan to reduce its global headcount by approximately 270 employees, which represents approximately 20% of the Company’s total number of employees prior to the reduction. This action was taken in response to current market conditions and after reducing other discretionary expenses, with a view toward driving long-term efficiency. https://hrtechfeed.com/layoffs-hit-ziprecruiter/ LOS ANGELES — Dropstat, an AI-powered workforce automation platform helping healthcare organizations combat clinical staffing shortages, has successfully closed a $5.5M seed funding round. Panoramic Ventures, an Atlanta-based firm that invests in category-leading technology companies, led the investment. …., Dropstat will use the funding to expand its services across the US, helping more healthcare facilities better manage staffing needs. https://hrtechfeed.com/healthcare-workforce-automation-platform-lands-5-5m-seed-round/ A healthcare staffing startup has raised funds. According to Axios; Stepful offers programs that leverage a mobile-first approach involving short videos, group projects, simulations, and community learning modules targeted at people in underserved communities—the company partners with health systems to help them fill critical roles. Most programs are a fraction of the cost of traditional in-person educational offerings and lead to an average income boost of 25%. https://hrtechfeed.com/healthcare-worker-platform-raises-7-5-million/ CLEVELAND — UnifyWork, the workforce intelligence platform powering equitable regional talent networks, today announces an additional $3 million in funding, bringing its total funding to date to $7.5 million. https://hrtechfeed.com/unifywork-raises-an-additional-3-million-in-capital-for-its-cleveland-talent-network/ Veritone, Inc. a leader in enterprise AI software and services, today announced its agreement to acquire Broadbean, a global leader of software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology that makes talent acquisition and engagement easier, faster and more efficient, from CareerBuilder. https://hrtechfeed.com/veritone-to-acquire-broadbean/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going live with Dan Black and Lindsey Pollak for a one-hour peer-to-peer conversation where you get to ask your questions, share your insights and maybe even tell a few jokes. Let's talk about how to succeed in #recruiting without everyone else getting in your way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crosschq, the Hiring Intelligence platform announced the expansion of Crosschq Insights™ and Crosschq Voice™ along with a new brand identity. Combining these expanded solutions provides talent leaders with a single operating platform from which to manage all aspects of Hiring Intelligence. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-crosschq-wolfe-inc/ Ceridian, a prominent player in human capital management (HCM) technology, has unveiled an innovative solution called Dayforce Career Explorer. This AI-powered tool aims to enhance engagement and retention rates by empowering employees to take control of their career journeys. https://hrtechfeed.com/ceridian-launches-ai-driven-dayforce-career-explorer/ Indeed, a leading hiring platform, launched Skill Connect, a new product to help job seekers without college degrees better promote their skills and completed training programs to potential employers. https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-launches-new-resume-tool-for-those-without-college-degree/ San Francisco based Instawork, the leading platform for connecting businesses with skilled hourly workers, has announced that it has raised $60 million in a Series D funding round led by TCV. The round also included participation from new investors 9Yards Capital and Larry Fitzgerald Jr., as well as existing investors Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, and Greylock. https://hrtechfeed.com/instawork-raises-60m-to-invest-in-artificial-intelligence-for-skilled-hourly-workers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded live on the show floor at Unleash America in Las Vegas. Interviews from; ClickBoarding CEO HireEZ's Marketing Leader RecTxt Founders Largely.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Careerbuilder laid off 60 % of their people today. My best friend was included in the count. She was a top performer for 12 years at CB. She is now looking for another gig. As I am sure you would understand , after 12 years of dedication , she is nervous,” wrote recruitment consultant Andrew Bolander in a post today. https://aimgroup.com/2023/05/17/careerbuilder-sells-international-division-lays-off-60-of-staff-names-new-ceo/ Reports surfaced this week that Twitter has acquired Laskie a tech recruiting startup that I have featured before on the RecTech podcast. https://hrtechfeed.com/twitter-buys-recruiting-startup/ Qualifi, the enterprise solution for high-volume hiring, today announced it has raised $4.5M in funding to accelerate the company’s growth and mission to transform the way companies hire. https://hrtechfeed.com/qualifi-raises-4-5m/ Withe, the on-demand video interview and virtual hiring event platform that aims to solve volume hiring challenges for enterprise hospitality staffing and recruiting teams, announced the close of its $1.1M USD pre-seed round, led by San Francisco-based Focal. https://hrtechfeed.com/video-interview-and-hiring-event-platform-raises-1-1m-seed-round/ Recruitics, whose agency./platform of data-powered programmatic advertising, engagement, and analytics for recruitment, has acquired Jamyr – a video recruitment platform. Jamyr delivers employee generated video content at scale … https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitics-acquires-video-recruiting-platform/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded live at Unleash 2023 in Las Vegas. Interviews with; SmartRecruiters Snapbrillia HeyHire Divigo.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iCIMS unveiled the next-generation of candidate relationship management (CRM) at INSPIRE, its user conference this week. With the new iCIMS Candidate Experience Management (CXM), recruiters will be able to leverage modern marketing technology to efficiently nurture and convert candidates using a unique combination of campaign logic, engagement scoring, and candidate fit analysis – all within a unified solution. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-technology-from-icims-eightfold/ True, a global platform of talent management products and services, announced last week it is acquiring Jopwell, a hiring platform focused on advancing the careers of Black, Latinx and Native American students and early-to-mid-career professionals. https://hrtechfeed.com/dei-platform-jopwell-acquired/ HireVue, the global leader in video interviewing, assessments, and text-enabled recruiting solutions, today announced it has acquired Modern Hire, the intelligent hiring platform. The acquisition marks a “new era” in hiring, providing organizations with an easier way to realize the full benefits of the most comprehensive and innovative platform for assessment, interviewing and end-to-end hiring automation. https://hrtechfeed.com/hirevue-acquires-modern-hire/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded live at Unleash America in Las Vegas 2023. Fama, Tatio, Greetr, HR Tech Joe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gigs, the job platform that connects companies to job seekers looking for hourly jobs in their neighborhood, announced today the company’s official launch of its employer portal to help retailers, food and beverage, logistics, and hospitality companies with their full-time and part-time hiring needs. The news comes jointly with the company announcing $2.7 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co with additional investment from Wonder Ventures and several angel investors. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hourly-marketplacelands-2-7m-seed-round/ Modern Hire, the enterprise hiring platform that uses advanced selection science to reduce bias and predict candidate fit, today announced the launch of Virtual Job Tryout® (VJT) for Flight Attendants, a preconfigured assessment tool geared toward candidates across the globe seeking employment as a flight attendant. Fiverr International is introducing Fiverr Enterprise, formerly Stoke Talent. This announcement comes as Stoke Talent is being integrated into Fiverr, and as the company continues to expand its solutions upmarket and aims to bring larger brands into the Fiverr suite of products as well as offer its existing customers additional capabilities. https://hrtechfeed.com/fiverr-launches-fiverr-enterprise-to-simplify-freelance-management/ Simpplr, anAI-powered employee experience platform, announced it has secured $70M Series D funding. The investment was led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from existing investor Norwest Venture Partners. https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-experience-platform-lands-70m/ hackajob, the full stack technical hiring platform, announces a $25m Series B funding round led by Boston-based growth equity firm, Volition Capital, with participation from existing investors AXA Venture Partners and Foresight. https://hrtechfeed.com/hackajob-announces-a-25m-series-b-funding-round/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our April 2023 roundtable, with William Tincup, President and Editor-at-large of Recruiting Daily, about the four areas of competing expectations that talent leadership should focus on (including your own expectations): What do candidates really expect? Is it easy applications, quick responses, transparency, one-call hiring? When was the last time you asked candidates? What do you recruiters expect from hiring managers, interview teams, technology and leadership? Are you setting them up to meet candidate expectations? What do your hiring managers expect from your recruiters and the candidate market? Do they understand what else is competing for recruiter’s time and candidate’s attention? What are leadership's expectations and understanding of recruiting challenges? Does your c-suite understand what it takes for your organization to hire top talent? Do they understand the recruiting reality on ground or are they being influenced by headlines? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Russell, Julie Calli, and Serge & Shelly from the Recruitment Flex talk all things Unleash America, live in Vegas, April 28th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seekout co-founder John Tippet describes how their new ChatGPT integration works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoom is excited to announce the acquisition of Workvivo to extend Zoom’s platform and offer its customers new ways to keep employees informed, engaged, and connected. https://hrtechfeed.com/zoom-to-acquire-workvivo-to-bolster-the-employee-experience-offering/ Apploi, healthcare’s leading workforce management software, is growing its credentialing tools. The company is rolling out expanded credentialing services across ten different roles and multiple states. Oracle CloudWorld Tour – To help HR leaders better support employee development, potential, and agility, Oracle today announced updates to Oracle ME, the employee experience platform within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM). The latest updates include Oracle Grow, a new AI-powered solution that connects learning, skills growth, and career mobility in one personalized experience to deliver self-directed learning, visibility into career growth opportunities, and skills development aligned with business goals. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-apploi-oracle-hcm/ SmartRecruiters, Next-Generation Technology for Hiring Without Boundaries™, announced today that Michael DeSimone has been appointed as the company’s new CEO. https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-tech-executive-appointments-from-nexxt-smartrecruiters/ Indeed, officially announced its Pay for Results pricing, which includes pay per application (PPA) and pay per started application (PPSA). This pricing offering aims to help employers hire faster and easier. https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-ppa-announcement/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talent Management: You Can’t Grow What You Don’t Know with The Cigna Group, ChenMed, & Jackson Health System. What approaches are the most high-performing talent management teams taking to engage, develop, and retain employees? How can skills intelligence be applied to inform where talent needs to grow — and how can it happen in alignment with employee goals and organizational needs through career pathing, gigs, and mentoring? What is automation’s role for managers and employees? What is the overlapping tech that can be used by both TM and TA teams? Get answers to the biggest questions facing talent management today. Recorded live at IAMPHENOM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded live at IAMPHENOM. CHRO Rebecca Schoepfer to learn how TruGreen radically adjusted talent strategies to support changing, on-the-ground business conditions — and built a scalable, repeatable talent process that exceeds high-volume hiring demands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitratech, a leading global provider of legal, compliance, and HR software, today announces the expansion of its Human Resources portfolio of solutions through the acquisition of two technology companies: Circa, a market-leading Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) software provider; and Trakstar, a best-in-class talent acquisition, development, and performance management solution. https://hrtechfeed.com/mitratech-acquires-circa-and-trakstar/ ClearCompany, the talent management platform announced a strategic investment in Growmotely, the only global marketplace for professional talent seeking longer-term, remote opportunities. https://hrtechfeed.com/clear-company-invests-in-talent-marketplace/ GoodJob, the pre-hire assessment software, has been selected for the 2023 Society of HR Managers (SHRM) WorkplaceTech Accelerator Program Cohort. This program allows early-stage companies to accelerate their growth and develop innovative solutions that will modernize HR processes around the globe. https://hrtechfeed.com/goodjob-selected-for-the-shrm-2023-workplacetech-accelerator-program/ Branch, the workforce payments platform, and Marqeta recently announced findings from the third annual Branch x Marqeta Gig Payments Report, a joint study on the work and payments preferences of gig workers. https://recruitingheadlines.com/gig-work-becoming-primary-source-of-income-for-many-workers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the ethical implications of using AI and Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT? Why is having a human in the loop critical? Can AI actually help improve DE&I? What are the success stories and lessons learned? How can organizations ensure they’re staying on top of emerging AI legislation and guidelines? Are “audits” and “transparency” just the newest buzzwords? Get answers to the biggest questions around AI, ethics, and legislation. Recorded live at I AM PHENOM in Philly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I just got back form I AM PHENOM last week in Philadelphia so I apologize for not posting a roundup last week….and speaking of travel I will be headed to Unleash America at the end of April and I have a special discount code to save 20% on tickets. Use code: russell20att-sh LINK: https://www.unleash.ai/unleashamerica/tickets/application/?utm_source=unam23_vendors&utm_medium=vendor_referral&utm_campaign=unam23_codes&code=russell20att-sh Unleash America happens April 26-27 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas Lets start the news with some ChatGPT announcements Phenom X+ is designed to dynamically support an organization’s specific hiring, retention and growth needs by leveraging an ensemble of AI models that consists of: a Foundation Model (any Natural Language Understanding [NLU], DeepLearning, or Large Language Model [LLM] such as GPT, Bard, or Cohere), Specialized Model, and Contextual Model. https://hrtechfeed.com/phenom-unveils-generative-ai-for-human-resources-and-18-new-innovations-at-iamphenom/ Beamery, announced the launch of TalentGPT, a generative AI for HR technology, which delivers personalized experiences for managers, recruiters, candidates and employees. With TalentGPT, Beamery will transform every talent acquisition and talent management experience with generative AI. https://hrtechfeed.com/beamery-announces-talentgpt/ Eightfold AI, the leader in AI-powered talent intelligence, announced today it is integrating recent advances in generative AI large language models to create two role-specific Talent Intelligence Copilots. In addition https://hrtechfeed.com/eightfold-ai-announces-talent-intelligence-copilots/ Recruiter.com is pleased to announce the launch of the Recruiter Marketplace, a pioneering platform to transform the talent acquisition landscape. The platform connects employers with vetted freelance talent acquisition professionals by leveraging automation, offering unmatched flexibility, cost savings, and access to a global talent network. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiter-com-launches-freelance-recruiter-marketplace/ Radancy, the leader in global talent acquisition software, announced today that it has acquired Ascendify, adding value to the Radancy Talent Acquisition Cloud through advanced candidate relationship management (CRM) capabilities. This acquisition enhances Radancy’s suite of solutions focused on helping enterprises find the talent they need to strengthen their business. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-breezyhr-eightfold-radancy/ In layoff news Talent.com the international job aggregator laid off 80 workers and also Workhuman the employee experience platform had a 10% RIF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paradox, the conversational hiring software recently announced the launch of its Conversational ATS. Designed from the ground-up to reimagine the high-volume hiring process, the product focuses on delivering the best frontline candidate and hiring manager experience in the world. Underpinned by a conversational UI that makes engagement feel simple and seamless, Paradox’s ATS automates things like screening for requirements, interview scheduling, reminders, offers, new hire onboarding, and more. GUEST: Cory Smith, Sr Product Director at Paradox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amit Parmar form Cliquify stops by to discuss his company's state of employer branding report. https://www.cliquify.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Citing a 33% decline in sponsored jobs Indeed.com is laying off 15% of its workforce across the globe. Company president Chris Hyams said in a company wide email this week. https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-lays-off-2200-workers-globally/ Paradox, the conversational hiring software announced the launch of its Conversational ATS. Designed from the ground-up to completely reimagine the high-volume hiring process, the product obsessively focuses on delivering the best frontline candidate and hiring manager experience in the world. https://hrtechfeed.com/paradox-launches-industry-first-conversational-ats-for-high-volume-hiring/ PALO ALTO, Calif. — Workera, an industry-leading skills intelligence platform, announced today that it has closed a $23.5m Series B financing led by Jump Capital https://hrtechfeed.com/skills-platform-workera-closes-23-5m-series-b/ NEW YORK—-Wingspan, a payroll platform purpose-built for flexible workforces, today announced it has raised a $14 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total capital raised to $23.5 million. https://hrtechfeed.com/payroll-platform-wingspan-lands-14m-series-a/ HRtech startup ZingHR has made a strategic investment in Silicon Valley-based SaaS startup LokiBots. https://hrtechfeed.com/zinghr-invests-in-saas-startup-lokibots/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SEATTLE—-Karat, the interviewing company, announced the acquisition of Triplebyte’s technical assessment product and team. The acquisition adds a unique top-of-funnel, skills-based assessment to Karat’s suite of Interviewing Cloud offerings, helping organizations identify and hire the best tech talent faster, more accurately, and fairly. https://hrtechfeed.com/karat-acquires-leading-adaptive-assessment-technology-from-triplebyte/ RiseKit, a US-based startup looking to change the way enterprises source diverse talent from community organizations, recently raised $4.75 million in funding to support DEI initiatives. https://hrtechfeed.com/risekit-raises-4-75m-for-recruiting-diverse-talent/ In a move to further provide its customers with efficient and robust hourly hiring processes, Fountain, the world’s leading applicant tracking system (ATS) for high volume hiring, today announces the launch of Fountain AI to its suite of hiring solutions. https://hrtechfeed.com/fountain-launches-a-new-conversational-ai-feature/ HeadRace, a recruiting platform, announced today that it raised $6M in seed funding from Greylock, Susa Ventures, and Breyer Capital with Packy McCormick, Kindergarten Ventures, and Blue Lion Global participating in the round. The company also announced that its technology platform is now available to any recruiter or employer who wants to use it. https://hrtechfeed.com/headrace-lands-6m-to-democratize-the-recruiting-industry/ Barley, a compensation management platform that makes it easy for companies to structure, analyze and manage pay, launched last week with $4 million in seed funding led by Golden Ventures. https://hrtechfeed.com/barley-launches-with-4m-in-seed-funding-to-make-compensation-more-structured-transparent-and-fair/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Aspen Tech Labs, a provider of recruitment technology solutions, announced that it has launched the Wage Benchmarking Tool as a part of its existing Job Market Pulse product. This new tool enables employers and researchers to compare real-time salary data pulled from the nine-million-plus real-time active job listings – as well as the historical database – that Aspen Tech Labs maintains. https://hrtechfeed.com/aspen-tech-labs-launches-wage-benchmarking-tool-to-enhance-business-intelligence-and-salary-research-efforts/ FOUNT Global, Inc. (https://fount-ex.com) announced it has secured $8M in funding to help organizations identify what’s at the root of employee dissatisfaction and productivity, and prioritize what to fix in their work environment. The Series A round was led by Lavrock Ventures with participation from existing investors Osage Venture Partners and Grotech Ventures. https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-experience-tool-lands-8m/ CUPERTINO, Calif.– Glider AI, a Skill Intelligence Platform, closed a total of $10M in Series A funding from Primera Capital and other industry leaders…the company will use the funds to continue its expansion in contingent programs and permanent hiring, furthering the development of proprietary technology, and growing its global team. https://hrtechfeed.com/glider-ai-10m-series-a-to-help-enterprises-shift-to-skills-based-hiring/ Lattice, the leading provider of people success software that empowers business leaders to build thriving companies and high-performing teams, today announced the official launch of Lattice’s People Strategy Group, a consulting collective designed to help senior leaders build effective people programs with confidence, improve employee engagement, maximize team performance, and drive superior business results. The group is an evolution of Lattice’s Advisory Services with an emphasis on preparing companies for the ever-evolving world of work. https://hrtechfeed.com/lattice-launches-people-strategy-group/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Video interview platform myInterview recently landed an $11 million dollar Series A investment and we’ll talk to their co-founder about it…next on the Rec Tech podcast…. myInterview uses asynchronous video and AI to encourage candidates to express their true selves and lets hiring managers identify the best hire with a focus on user experience. The platform which launched in 2016, enables team collaboration, workflow management and seamless integrations into major HR technology stacks and is in use by 10,000+ companies. co-founder, Benjy Gillman helps set the strategic direction for the company and manages its success. And he joins me now via zoom 1. Hows the current state of the hiring market? 2 You guys launched in 2016 so what have you learned about video interviewing since that point…any lessons along the way? 3. There's been a lot of talk about hiring Gen Z candidates, both challenges and opportunities - what's your take on it? 4. Is the current recruitment technology stack out there fit for Gen Zs? 5. If an organization doubles down on trying to attract Gen Z candidates, do you think that will alienate other candidates who don't fall in that bracket? 6. Describe how it works from a job seeker point of view? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WorkLLama, technology provider of an AI-driven, talent marketing, relationship management, and direct sourcing suite, today announced it has secured $50 million in investments, an indication of the market’s demand for modern technology to access highly skilled, on-demand talent at scale. https://hrtechfeed.com/workllama-raises-50m/ Emissary.ai, a leading text recruiting platform, announced today a new technology partnership with UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people. With more than 315 technology services partners, UKG provides one of the largest and most collaborative partner ecosystems in the HCM industry focused on creating better employee experiences to improve business outcomes. https://hrtechfeed.com/emissary-announces-technology-services-partnership-with-ukg/ Bonusly, an engaging recognition and rewards platform that connects teams and enriches company culture, today announced it has received $18.9 million in Series B funding led by Ankona Capital. https://hrtechfeed.com/recognition-and-rewards-platform-raises-18-million/ Well with advertising spending on the downturn Google may be changing its mind on letting you sponsor jobs inside the Google for Jobs interface. Hat tip to Tom Chevalier from Appcast who first spotted this on mobile. https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2023/03/01/google-for-jobs-testing-sponsored Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Flowers is the lead labor economist at Appcast, today he’ll discuss the results from the report, the current labor market and how hiring professionals can use this report to overcome another rough year for recruiting. What are the key takeaways from this year's report? One of the key metrics Appcast analyzes, is apply rates. Apply rate is the number of people who actually complete a job application after having clicked on a job, represented as a percentage. Its inverse is the candidate drop-off rate. Overall, the median apply rate increased to 4.34%, from 4.05% the previous year, which – while welcome news – means that almost 96 % (95.66%) still do not finish their online job applications. We finally see at least a slight uptick in the number…Im guess due to more candidates in the market? insightful strategies, to stay ahead in the labor market, such as: Catch the eye of more potential candidates with short job titles and concise job descriptions. It pays to be transparent: job ads without pay information in the job title cost employers on average $2.30 cost-per-click (CPC), while job ads that included pay information in the job title resulted in a lower CPC, just $1.49.---so companies should put salary in job title, give me an example…? Pay attention to the device habits of your job seeking audience and – especially for job functions with the heaviest volumes of mobile applications – develop a mobile application process that is just as efficient and friction-free as it would be on a desktop computer. Timing is everything: Tuesday and Wednesday are the new frontrunners for the highest volume of job applications. In the past, this was Monday. Which jobs are still the most expensive to recruit for? Looks like the state of Georgia had the highest apply rate at 4.47% New hampshire has the highest CPA rate at $33.58 https://info.appcast.io/whitepaper/2023-recruitment-marketing-benchmark-report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GoodJob, the #1 pre-hire assessment software available in the marketplace today, announced a partnership with Merge, the Unified API for B2B integrations. As a result of this partnership, GoodJob’s software now supports integrations with over 50 popular Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), including Workday, SmartRecruiters, Lever and Greenhouse. Recruiters, HR teams and business leaders can use GoodJob’s software within their current ATS, allowing them to hire confidently and retain high-performing candidates. https://hrtechfeed.com/goodjob-partners-with-merge-to-integrate-with-over-50-applicant-tracking-systems-ats/ DALLAS — HireLogic, an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled hiring interview intelligence solution, today announced a $6M series A funding round led by Joseph P. Landy, former Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Warburg Pincus. Existing investors from HireLogic’s seed round also participated, bringing total funding raised to over $10M. This investment will be used to advance the capabilities of HireLogic’s conversational analytics platform, expand go to market activities, and meet the demands of the firm’s growing customer base. https://hrtechfeed.com/hirelogic-secures-6m-series-a-funding/ ATLANTA — LaborWorx, a tech-enabled staffing startup that helps construction and manufacturing companies connect with on-demand workers, has raised $4.2 million to continue its mission of solving the skilled worker shortage. https://hrtechfeed.com/laborworx-raises-4-2-million-for-skilled-worker-recruiting-platform/ CANADA - talent assessment platform Plum today announced details of its $6 million USD round of growth funding. Led by Pearson Ventures, other new investors include JFF Ventures and Strada Education Network. Existing investors Export Development Canada (EDC), Real Ventures, BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, and Impact Engine also participated. https://hrtechfeed.com/plum-raises-6-million-for-talent-assessment-platform/ ZipRecruiter® announced financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. Quarterly revenue $210.5 million, down 4% y/y Full-year revenue $904.6 million, up 22% y/y – fast approaching the billion dollar mark https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2023/02/22/ziprecruiter-announces-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2022-results/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tech hiring platform Laskie recently introduced a way for jobs to come to candidates in what they call "Reverse Apply". Find out how it works in this episode. Learn more: https://blog.laskie.com/blog/reverse-apply-is-here Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1PHs_rTvv4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kanarys, a Dallas, TX-based diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) technology company, raised $5M in Series A funding. https://hrtechfeed.com/dei-platform-gets-5-million/ Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK), the world’s work marketplace, today announced a major expansion of its offerings, making full-time hiring available to all customers for the first time. A new end-to-end solution enables businesses of all sizes to find, vet, hire, onboard and pay highly skilled professionals for full-time work arrangements, without the complexity commonly associated with global hiring. https://hrtechfeed.com/upwork-expands-to-support-full-time-hiring/ hireEZ, the end-to-end outbound recruiting platform, today announced it will offer generative AI functionality in a product release slated for March 9. The update will leverage the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) model and hireEZ’s machine learning data to help recruiters compose and send email messages to job candidates faster than with traditional tools. https://hrtechfeed.com/hireez-announces-gpt3-feature-for-candidate-outreach/ Phenom, announced that Josh Bersin, analyst, author, educator and thought leader focusing on the global HR market, will be a keynote speaker at IAMPHENOM — the human resources conference for hiring, developing and retaining talent taking place March 28-30 in Philadelphia https://hrtechfeed.com/josh-bersin-joins-iamphenom-keynote-lineup/ Finally lets talk about indeed, i wrote a post this week on jobboardsecrets.com that talked about the problems they are having with their new PPA rollout, a loot of small biz customers are getting slammed with higher prices for resumes they dont want. https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2023/02/14/indeeds-new-challenges/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three years ago I began researching free recruiting software tools. I even did a webinar on it. Since then, that list has drastically changed. Most of the 20+ tools I found at that time are no longer in existence. https://www.rectechmedia.com/blog/free-recruiting-software So lets update the recruiting audience on who’s left. Here’s my top seven free recruiting software tools. Not included are any tools that have a “free trial”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Workday, Inc. HCM software company announced a $250 million expansion of its Workday Ventures fund. The additional $250 million investment capital from Workday into Workday Ventures, the strategic capital arm of Workday Inc., builds on the company’s solid performance and is the latest step in its journey to shape the future of work. https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-commits-additional-250-million-investment-capital-to-workday-ventures/ Performica, software helping companies transform people risk into their superpower, announced that it has raised $3 million in its seed round of funding. https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-tech-spinout-performica-closes-on-its-seed-round/ ShiftMed, one of the largest W-2 healthcare workforce management marketplaces, has raised $200 million led by healthcare investors, Panoramic Ventures with participation from Blue Heron Capital and Audacious Capital. Funds will be used to expand ShiftMed’s national footprint across all segments of the healthcare market. https://hrtechfeed.com/healthcare-workforce-management-platform-raises-200-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Fitzroy is the co-founder and CEO of Dalia, a recruitment marketing automation tool. The company ,just announced the completion of a $5 million Series A round led by Lewis & Clark Venture. The capital will be used to expand its product suite, which maximizes career site conversion rates to make recruitment marketing budgets more efficient and invest further in sales and marketing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crimcheck a provider of background screening, reference checks, data checks, and drug testing & occupational health solutions announced that it completed the sale of its company to DISA Global Solutions, provider of drug testing & occupational health services. https://hrtechfeed.com/background-screening-tool-crimcheck-acquired/ Dalia, a recruitment marketing automation platform that helps employers get more qualified applicants for less, today announced the completion of a $5 million Series A round. https://hrtechfeed.com/dalia-raises-5m-in-series-a-funding-to-help-employers-get-more-qualified-applicants-for-less/ SilkRoad Technology, the world-class talent acquisition leader, announced the completion of a two-way integration between its candidate sourcing solution, Search, and its applicant tracking system, Recruiting. https://hrtechfeed.com/silkroad-technology-announces-first-true-end-to-end-talent-acquisition-solution/ Cleary, the digital employee experience platform for distributed teams, has closed a $4.5m seed funding round led by Moonshots Capital, with participation from Liberty City Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Seachange Fund, and Quiet Capital, among others. This seed round follows an initial capital raise of $3m as part of Cleary’s pre-seed fundraise. https://hrtechfeed.com/cleary-announces-7-5m-in-funding-for-their-employee-experience-platform/ WorkLLama, technology provider of an AI-driven, talent marketing, relationship management, and direct sourcing suite, today announced several game-changing features to its platform, highlighting its commitment to investment in its technology. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-features-from-workllama/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Candidate Experience: 2022 Talent Board Findings and Top CandE Large Employer Winner What are employers doing to solve for the candidate experience, and how are candidates perceptions of these efforts (or lack thereof)? Join Kevin Grossman and David Crawford to discuss the latest benchmark data reports from The Talent Board covering all things candidate experience and what the latest data is telling us. Here is what can you expect to hear about during our open forum discussion: What candidates expect the most Reasons candidates will bail during your hiring process What is candidate resentment and how do you get access to the calculator to measure it We will also be highlighting some of the major takeaways from the report such as: Recruiting technologies drive communication and engagement - a higher level of positive, perceived fairness - are those video interviews helping or hindering you? Onboarding activities can improve early retention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Jungle, a French startup, has raised $54 million (€50 million) in Series C funding. https://hrtechfeed.com/french-job-platform-raises-54-million/ NEW YORK —- Skillit, the recruiting platform for skilled, full-time construction labor, today announced its $5.1M seed round led by Building Ventures with participation from MetaProp, HOLT Ventures, Great North Ventures, 1Sharpe Ventures and Takeoff Capital. The platform is already in the hands of select ENR contractors including industry leader Messer Construction. https://hrtechfeed.com/construction-recruiting-startup-gets-5-1-million/ Deel, the global HR company, recently announced the launch of Deel HR, US Payroll, and Deel Engage, making it possible, for the first time, to hire, manage, and pay global teams compliantly on one platform. This news comes as Deel hits $295 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) at a $12 billion valuation – up from just $57 million ARR a year ago. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-deel-skillcycle/ Clovers has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TalVista. https://hrtechfeed.com/clovers-acquires-talvista/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gustavo Serbia is the Vice President of Human Resources for Hair Cuttery….a Retail chain in the beauty space with over 5,000+ employees across 10 states. There he leads the planning and execution for the entire employee life-cycle, including employee engagement, compensation, benefits, learning and development, employee relations, recruiting, and employment branding. BTW You can check out their career brand at… haircutterycareers.com Are you ready for a new year of recruiting? What will you be focusing on this year as far as refining your TA strategy? Give us a sense of your hiring needs on a yearly basis, can you break down some of the numbers for the audience? As well as types of positions? Size of your recruiting team? Do you do sourcing in house for certain roles? What is in your recruiting technology stack? How effective is paradox/chat bot for recruiting? You have the task of recruiting for commission only roles… describe that challenge? How do you recruit for a commission only role…what's the most important thing to do for this type of recruiting? What do you look for in a recruiter? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fama Technologies, Inc., the online background screening solution, has successfully achieved SOC 2® Type 1 compliance in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Achieving this compliance milestone demonstrates how Fama safeguards customer data and maintains controls over the completeness and accuracy of financial transactions and financial statement reporting. https://hrtechfeed.com/fama-technologies-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance/ ShiftKey, a Dallas-based technology company transforming the future of work by empowering licensed professionals to connect directly with healthcare facilities with open workforce needs, announced today that it has closed on a funding round sponsored by majority investor Lorient Capital, valuing the company in excess of $2 billion. https://hrtechfeed.com/healthcare-recruiting-platform-lands-huge-investment/ Video interview platform myInterview has landed a Series A investment round led by the company’s existing investors Aleph and Entrée Capital and new investor Jesselson Capital, and included participation from SeedIL Ventures, Digital Horizon and Ocean Azul Partners. https://hrtechfeed.com/myinterview-lands-11-million-series-a/ Gigged.AI is set to scale its HR tech as companies address hiring freezes and staff retention. The company has secured its latest investment, a £1.6m seed round led by Par Equity alongside existing investor Techstart Ventures, and Nile HQ. Glasgow-headquartered startup Gigged.AI deploys AI-matching algorithms to help businesses source and onboard on-demand tech talent. https://hrtechfeed.com/on-demand-tech-talent-platform-lands-funding/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaime Engle started her career in talent acquisition on the agency side doing full desk tech recruiting at two different organizations before going in house to a Chicago startup called Uptake. She helped grow the company to over 850 employees. After that she joined a data science and SaaS consulting firm called Civis Analytics where she was promoted to a senior recruiter then recruiting manager. After contracting at Salesforce, she returned to the tech startup world at Balto, an AI call assist software company based in St. Louis where she helped grow and scale the business as the Director of Talent. Its not everyday you see recruiters praising their ATS on linkedin but thats what you did and thats why I reached out to you… LET ME READ WHAT YOU WROTE FOR THE LISTENING AUDIENCE Greenhouse is the best ATS. Lever is second to Greenhouse. Workday is the worst. I said it. I stand by it. Fetcher and Gem are game changing sourcing tools, the dashboarding/data viz capabilities Gem has to communicate pipeline to leadership is simply, *chef's kiss*. Not all companies need these tools right away but as you look to scale next year, the investment is worth the conversation. Weigh the cost of these tools (and their competitors!) against an added headcount. Feel free to disagree with me but I will die on the Greenhouse hill, just sayin'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Careerlink Holdings, Inc. [Careerlink.com], a provider of HR recruiting, staffing and retention software and services, announced it intends to allow new public investment in the company under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulation A+. Careerlink.com has been a regional job board for 20 years and is under new ownership who is adding staffing and other employer services to the business model. https://hrtechfeed.com/careerlink-files-with-securities-and-exchange-commission-for-public-offering/ Austin, TX: gigaroo was founded in 2022 by CEO, Adir Oren, and CRO, Yair Almagor and was built to transform the service industry employment market by enabling employers to find and retain staff on an ongoing basis. In addition to giving Gen-Z jobseekers control over their schedules and wages, employers can benefit from loyal employees by changing their mindsets to be more open to flexible hours. https://hrtechfeed.com/service-industry-gig-app-launches-with-funding/ Freelance management platform Workgenius has announced the acquisition of Agency WorX, a staffing firm based in New York. https://hrtechfeed.com/workgenius-freelance-platform-acquires-us-based-staffing-agency/ HireBasis, a remote job site, has recently gone live after several months of development, and currently boasts over two thousand users from around the world, and hundreds of new jobseekers joining the site every week. The site also curates hundreds of remote jobs every month while also allowing employers to post jobs for free. https://hrtechfeed.com/hirebasis-launches-free-remote-job-site/ Recruitics, an award-winning, data-powered recruitment marketing firm, announced today that Adam Stafford has been named as its new Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his promotion, Stafford served as Chief Operating Officer of Recruitics. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitics-names-adam-stafford-as-chief-executive-officer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The time where we look back on all the predictions and trends that were made for 2022, see if they held up, and contemplate what will be coming our way in 2023. This year was the continuation of the Great Resignation, hybrid work and changing office requirements, and a lot of big players in the space making drastic changes with layoffs and maybe a bit of Great Remorse. Brian Fink will be joining us for our annual look back and leap forward. Last year, Brian predicted that a lot of recruiters were going to start to understand what a bad candidate experience really felt like - and wow, was he ever right. And as we look at the rapidly changing landscape, are we in for recession, are there clear skies ahead? How do we have massive layoffs and yet a talent shortage all at the same time - how did we get here and is there a clear path into next year? How do you adjust your strategy to manage the uncertain landscape ahead? Does candidate experience matter anymore? Who are the winners and losers in this current market? How do you manage your recruiting teams through this market? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A list of all the HR tech funding news from 2022. https://hrtechfeed.com/venture-capital/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BEAMERY, announced it has closed a $50 million Series D funding round, taking the company to a valuation of over $1 billion – representing a 25% valuation uplift over their previous round in a challenging funding environment. https://hrtechfeed.com/beamery-raises-50-million-in-series-d-funding/ UPWORK the freelance marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent, released the results of “Freelance Forward: 2022,” the most comprehensive study of the U.S. independent workforce, which found that 60 million Americans performed freelance work in the past 12 months, representing 39% of the entire U.S. workforce. https://hrtechfeed.com/39-of-the-entire-u-s-workforce-is-freelancing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at the acquisitions from the HR tech industry. https://hrtechfeed.com/acquisitions/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AllWork, the end-to-end platform that helps companies more efficiently and compliantly onboard, manage and pay their freelancer and contingent workforces, today announced the completion of a $4.9 million Series A funding round. AllWork will use the funds to expand its software, payment services and team to meet the increasing need by companies and freelancers for an easier way to work together. https://hrtechfeed.com/allwork-announces-4-9-million-series-a-funding-round/ LumApps, an employee experience platform, has acquired Vizir, an innovative no-code digital assistant technology (“predictive chatbots”) that human resources, and information technology, communications departments can use to automate mundane tasks and improve employee access to knowledge, resources, and third-party applications at lower costs. https://hrtechfeed.com/lumapps-acquires-vizir/ Hunt Club , a recruiting startup that leverages the power of relationships and technology to help companies find top talent, announces their $40 million Series B round co-led by WestCap and Sator Grove. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiting-startup-hunt-club-raises-40-million/ Fountain, the applicant tracking system (ATS) for high-volume hiring, recently announced new recruiter tools that support seamless scheduling and interviewing. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-fountain-healthgigjobs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices