Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

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

Greetr.io is a new candidate experice software that will be launching in 2023. I caught up with CEO Bill Fanning to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talroo, the recruitment technology company announced the availability of its Publisher Optimization Platform (POP). The new feature empowers community news sites, career sites, blogs, and job sites with the ability to integrate machine learning driven job search services within site experiences, articles, content, job listings and job alerts. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-talroo-helios-consulting/ Distro releases an updated version of their web-based marketplace to help businesses find, hire, and pay remote workers around the globe. Distro makes it easy to scale your team in today’s uncertain labor market. Creating an alternative to hiring software development services companies, customers can find and hire people on their own. https://hrtechfeed.com/pay-per-hire-tech-job-marketplace-launches/ Job.com, the AI-enabled technology recruitment platform, has secured an undisclosed investment from two New York and California-based financial institutions, Serengeti Asset Management and Ghost Tree Partners. The investment will accelerate the delivery and development of Job.com’s technology and fund further acquisitions in the recruitment and staffing sector. https://hrtechfeed.com/job-com-secures-ip-backed-growth-financing/ Workday, Inc. a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $500 million of shares of its Class A common stock. The stock WDAY is currently trading around $166 https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-announces-share-repurchase-program-financial-results/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spot Cohost appearance: Chris Russell sat in this week for JAMES WHITELOCK to talk about Rec Tech In The News. Chris and I had the chance to talk about: - Indeed's switch to PPA - Recent mergers and acquisitions (including one from my backyard with CareerBeacon) and new technology. - PivotCX.io as a fantastic platform for texting and candidate communications. - How @CandidateHub is the Candidate Experience Platform that will pull your RecTech together to create a single point of truth for your candidates. Think of it as the General Contractor coordinating all your trades when building your recruitment house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Building on the success of its AI solution in delivering diversity and inclusion in hiring, Sapia.ai today announced a $17 million Series A raise led by Macquarie Capital and Woolworths Group’s W23 venture capital arm. https://hrtechfeed.com/asynchronous-chat-interview-tools-lands-17-million/ To help employers expand their pipelines and unlock the potential of overlooked or untapped talent CompTIA developed the Tech Job Posting Optimizer (optimize.comptia.org). This free web-based platform provides a library of tech job templates and smart data tools to optimize postings for skills, qualifications and inclusivity oriented to the U.S. labor market. https://hrtechfeed.com/comptia-launches-tech-job-posting-optimizer-to-help-employers-hire-better/ NEW YORK — Fearless+ today announced $1MM raised for their pre-seed funding round. Fearless+ reimagines career development for Gens Z and Alpha with college and career opportunities, elite mentors, and workshops to learn real-world skills outside the classroom. https://hrtechfeed.com/career-prep-platform-raises-1m-in-pre-seed-round/ iCIMS‘ has added some new features to its platform incuding: A new framework for creating, distributing and collecting job applications. A powerful, 360-degree view of candidates and jobs. Greenhouse, the hiring software company, today announced Greenhouse Goals, a new feature that gives recruiters and hiring teams a structured way to set, track and measure against hiring goals. Available to all Greenhouse customers, Goals enables talent acquisition (TA) teams to set goals at an individual or company-wide level, offering greater transparency into their performance and visibility into areas of improvement. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-icims-greenhouse/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're talking all things job postings, salary, and removing bias. 🧐 How to drive your hiring managers toward better intake to remove bias from job posts 💰 How to align compensation with the requirements ✔️ How to define mandatory requirements, so you are not chasing a wish list 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a decade building under the AngelList umbrella, AngelList Talent the startup job community is officially branching out on its own, under a new name. While you can still access angel.co until March 2023, check out wellfound.com to learn more about what’s ahead for the site. AngelList Venture will continue on as AngelList. https://angel.co/blog/angellist-talent-is-now-wellfound Apploi, the leading platform for healthcare hiring, announced it has acquired OnCall, a healthcare shift management solution that focuses on scheduling and staff management amidst the ongoing hiring crunch. https://hrtechfeed.com/apploi-acquires-oncall-to-help-healthcare-employers-manage-shifts/ Namely, the HR platform for mid-sized companies, has enhanced its onboarding functionality. https://hrtechfeed.com/namely-deepens-its-onboarding-features/ Modern Hire, the enterprise hiring platform announced the launch of the Virtual Job Tryout (VJT) for Drivers, a preconfigured pre-hire assessment for candidates seeking employment as a commercial driver. The VJT for Drivers is the latest offering in Modern Hire’s growing portfolio of job simulation and text-based assessments that measure key skills and abilities critical to success in the role and that provide candidates with a realistic preview of a typical day on the job. https://hrtechfeed.com/modern-hire-rolls-out-virtual-job-tryout-for-commercial-drivers/ HR Acuity, the only human resources SaaS solution for employee relations case management and investigations, announced today it has acquired Speakfully, the safe, private, and secure platform for employees to voice workplace concerns. https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-acuity-acquires-anonymous-workplace-reporting-platform/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding a job after their military service affects nearly 200,000 veterans every year, and only one in four veterans have a job lined up after leaving the armed forces, according to the Pew Research Center. Navy veteran Robyn J. Grable knows this reality all too well which guided her to founding Veterans ASCEND, an AI-powered talent sourcing platform. The company’s Career AI Talent Equalizer (CATE) uses proprietary algorithms to translate a candidate’s experience into skills and then match those skills to the employer’s needs, bringing together candidates and job openings that belong together. This process removes the need for a traditional resume which is a major barrier for many entering the job market or shifting careers. What are The pitfalls of the post-military job search Why skills-based hiring is the right way to do hiring, and how it benefits everyone Origins of your business and How CATE is career matching at a 95% success rate Walk us through how it works from a seeker perspective and then how the employer uses it. Cost? Why the lean economy makes it more important than ever for organizations to rethink their hiring practices Other hiring tips for hiring former service members? Whats the marketing plan? How will you attract veterans Target customer? Success story? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RecruiterSpot, a directory and marketing platform for recruitment agencies, staffers, and headhunters, opens its doors for agencies to list a featured profile at no cost for a limited period of time. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiterspot-launches-recruitment-directory-with-automated-job-listing-invites-agencies-to-list-for-free/ WICHITA, Kan. — WorkTorch, a fast-growing service industry career platform, announces a $2.2 million seed round, led by Tenzing Capital out of Wichita, Kansas. This funding investment comes as October employment numbers show people are leaving their careers faster than new hires are coming in the door. https://hrtechfeed.com/worktorch-announces-2-2m-in-additional-funding-and-rebrand-from-quickhire/ ZipRecruiter®, a leading online employment marketplace, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Quarterly revenue $227.0 million, up 7% y/y Company raises revenue guidance to $897M – $903M, or 21% YoY Growth Company raises Adjusted EBITDA guidance to $173M – $179M, or 20% margin https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiter-announces-third-quarter-2022-results/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I spoke with Prelude CEO about the acquisition by Calendly and got a demo of their interview scheduling tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A company named Pod today announced the closure of a $2.5M funding round for its AtlasJobs HR-Tech SaaS platform. AtlasJobs, launched in Q2 2022, was developed alongside corporations who are focused on building sustainable talent pathways and serves as a white-label talent engagement and management platform. https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2022/11/01/atlasjobs-gets-2-5m-seed-funding/ Last week iCIMS, the talent cloud company, announced the acquisition of SkillSurvey, a pioneer in skills verification and digital reference checking that helps more than 2,300 companies make the best possible talent decisions. https://hrtechfeed.com/icims-acquires-skillsurvey/ Qwick, the leading on-demand staffing platform for hospitality businesses and professionals, has closed its $40 million Series B investment. https://hrtechfeed.com/on-demand-staffing-platform-raises-40-million/ Gloat, a provider of Workforce Agility tools announced the introduction of Gloat Hiring, a signature expansion to the Workforce Agility Platform that enables businesses to integrate internal mobility models with talent acquisition campaigns. https://hrtechfeed.com/gloat-launches-hiring-tools/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This installment of our roundtable features Joel Lalgee, Lead Recruiter at Hirewell. Joel has amassed over 100,000 LinkedIn followers and has helped increase “foot“ traffic to his employer through his online presence. Joel has found that by staying true to who you are as an individual you can maintain a steady pace of online branding that not just reflects you as a person, but who you are as an employee, which resonates when you’re trying to recruit people. In this roundtable we cover: Finding harmony between your employer brand and your employees Finding balance between personal and professional posts on social media (when your content is consistently good it won’t throw your audience off when you insert posts that talk about how great working for your employer is) Putting your brand in the spotlight without putting your brand onto your employees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanniey Walden is the Chief innovation and marketing officer for DailyPay, the financial solutions company and a recognized- leader in the on-demand pay industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2023, employers using global jobs site Indeed will pay only when a candidate starts or submits an application, rather than when they click on a job ad, as is currently the case. The migration from a pay-per-click pricing plan to a pay-per-application model has already begun with smaller employers and is expected to be completely rolled out sometime next year. Employers will pay more for this upgraded experience, as the value of a legitimate candidate is higher than that of lots of unidentified clicks, but in the long run, pay-per-application will save employers money, as recruiters can zero in on more quality candidates faster, Hulce said. https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-to-move-to-ppa-revenue-model-in-2023/ Beeline, a technology solution provider for managing the global extended workforce, today announced it has agreed to acquire Utmost, a next-generation extended workforce solutions company. https://hrtechfeed.com/beeline-to-acquire-utmost-talent-intelligence-solution/ Paycor HCM, Inc. (“Paycor”) (Nasdaq: PYCR), a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) software, today announced the acquisition of Talenya, an AI-driven recruiting platform that automatically sources quality talent faster and at a significantly lower cost. Paycor expects to begin offering an integrated solution in the first quarter of 2023. https://hrtechfeed.com/paycor-acquires-talenya/ The Home Depot® launched a new jobseeker marketplace created to connect skilled tradespeople to hiring trades professionals in the construction and home improvement industries. Visit PathtoPro.com to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices