Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Darrian Mikkell is the CEO and co-founder of Qualifi…. an on-demand screening platform that recently launched. According to Darrian…“Phone interviews are one of the biggest bottlenecks in the recruiting process. Back and forth scheduling and lengthy phone screens with hundreds of candidates quickly add up and can be costly — especially amidst a talent shortage where every minute and candidate interaction matters” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jobcase, a social platform for hourly workers, announced the acquisition of recruitment marketing platform Recruitology to bolster the company’s ability to proactively match workers to the jobs best suited for them. https://hrtechfeed.com/jobcase-acquires-recruitology/ In their quest to become a digital only staffing company, Job.com has acquired another provider….they announced the acquisition of QCI Healthcare, a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based recruitment company. This achievement marks the fourth successful staffing agency acquisition by Job.com, which is strategically continuing to build its position leading the digital transformation of the industry. https://hrtechfeed.com/job-com-acquires-healthcare-recruitment-firm/ ZipRecruiter®, a leading online employment marketplace, today announced financial results for the quarter and 2021 Quarterly revenue increased to $220 million, up 93% y/y Full year revenue increased to $741 million, up 77% y/y https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiter-made-741-million-in-2021/ Crelate, the recruitment platform for the talent industry, today announced a strategic investment from Five Elms Capital. The continued partnership with Five Elms Capital will fuel the accelerated expansion of Crelate’s product and customer base, delivering new capabilities and opportunities to their nearly 2,000 recruiting, staffing, and consulting customers. https://hrtechfeed.com/crelate-secures-new-strategic-growth-investment/ And lastly some news from Rec Tech media We announced changes to our job marketplace HR Lancers. The talent community which launched more than 2 years ago as a freelance site for Human Resources is changing its name and expanding its mission. The new entity will now be known as “Evil HR Jobs” (evilhrjobs.com). https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-lancers-to-rebrand-and-expand-mission-partners-with-evil-hr-lady/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CEO of Talroo stops by to talk about recruiting IS marketing and also gives us a peak into some cool new recruitment technology coming soon to their job advertising platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alcor, a cloud solutions company, announced the new release of their Applicant Tracking System, TalentRun. It is an automated, self-service enterprise applicant tracking system built on the ServiceNow® platform and helps organizations in achieving automated, centralized, and seamless management of their recruitment cycle. https://hrtechfeed.com/talentrun-is-a-new-applicant-tracking-system/ Kevala, a workforce management and engagement solution built specifically for healthcare, announced today that it raised $12.1 million in Series A funding to modernize the healthcare industry through innovative scheduling and compliance software. Kevala spun out of Pioneer Square Labs in April 2020. https://hrtechfeed.com/kevala-raises-12-1-million-series-a-to-modernize-healthcare-staffing/ Fama, the world’s largest social media screening company and a leader in applying AI to background screening services, announced its Series B investment this week. The company allows HR departments to leverage insights from the public web and bring them into their talent screening process. More than 1,500 businesses in 32 countries turn to Fama to help protect their brand and ensure a safe and welcoming workplace culture. https://hrtechfeed.com/social-media-talent-screening-tool-gets-10-million/ Epoch, an employee experience platform, announced the close of $3.6 million in seed funding. Rally Ventures led the seed round, with participation from Precursor Ventures, and a number of angel investors with deep operational and industry expertise. https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-experience-platform-gets-3-6-million/ Emi, the conversational AI recruiting platform for frontline workers, has secured $11 million in Series A funding, led by Merus Capital and Khosla Ventures. David Rangel, General Partner at Merus Capital and former COO of Iterable, has joined as a Board member. https://hrtechfeed.com/emi-raises-11m-to-help-enterprises-hire-better-frontline-worker/ WorkWhile announced it has raised a $13M Series A finding round , led by Reach Capital The company currently has a presence in 13 major markets across the US, and plans to use the funds to drive growth and hiring, doubling market footprint in 2022. https://hrtechfeed.com/hourly-worker-platform-raises-13-million/ Finally Jobvite, the end-to-end talent acquisition solution provider, today announced the launch of a newly-formed parent company, Employ Inc. The new corporate identity reflects the significant business transformation the Company has undergone since joining forces with JazzHR and NXTThing RPO to create the market leader in talent acquisition solutions. https://hrtechfeed.com/employ-inc-is-the-new-brand-for-jobvite-trio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recruiters and hiring managers are like snowflakes. No, we don’t mean sensitive or egotistical and thinking they need a trophy just for participating. Snowflakes in the fact that no two are exactly alike. No two recruiters have the same process and no two hiring managers build their teams with the same aspirations – but there are some base level requirements they should all at least TRY to abide by. Jo Weech is our next roundtable guest and we’re going full throttle on coaching, expectations, how candidates prep for interviews, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Staffing software company Mindscope has been acquired by the Univerus group of businesses. After several months as a Mindscope customer, Univerus identified copious synergies between the two organizations, making it clear that a valuable relationship could be established through acquisition. https://hrtechfeed.com/staffing-software-mindscope-acquired-by-univerus/ Alongside, an HR tech startup that helps create a more human connection between employers and job seekers, raised $8 Million CAD in growth financing. Part of the funding was used to strategically acquire one of Canada’s leading job boards, CareerBeacon. Now, the Alongside team is using the funding to modernize, differentiate, and innovate its product to guide and support job seekers through every step of their career journey. This includes finding their first job, levelling up their career, and creating a career path they are excited about. https://hrtechfeed.com/canadian-job-board-careerbeacon-owner-alongside-gets-infusion-of-funding/ Qualifi, an on-demand screening platform allowing recruiting teams to phone interview hundreds of candidates in minutes, today announced that it raised $2.5 million in Series Seed financing. Rally Ventures led the round with participation from repeat investors Techstars, Sixty8 Capital, Elevate Ventures, Debut Capital, and Flywheel Fund, as well as newcomers Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator powered by gener8tor, Converge, Service Provider Capital, and multiple strategic angels. https://hrtechfeed.com/phone-screening-platform-qualifi-raises-2-5m/ A new company called Check, a payroll infrastructure company that lets platforms embed payroll into their products, today announced it has raised a $75 million Series C led by Stripe, with participation from existing investors Bedrock, Thrive and Index. The company will use the funding to continue to make Check the easiest and most robust platform to build, launch, and scale new payroll businesses. https://hrtechfeed.com/payroll-infrastructure-startup-check-announces-75-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karl Wierzbicki the VP of Marketing for InFlight will stop by to discuss his company's recent findings around the state of the job apply flow, a critical component at the heart of the candidate experience. If you are a talent acquisition professional who needs more applies and wants to learn more about optimizing your job applications this is must see web TV! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading off the show today is Enboarder, the People Activation Platform enabling companies to transform their people programs into simple, science-based, human-centric journeys, today announced it has raised $32 million in Series B funding, bringing its total investment to $50 million. https://hrtechfeed.com/enboarder-raises-32-million-in-to-expand-people-activation-platform/ Checkr, a leading technology company powering the future of work, announced today it has acquired ModoHR Technologies Inc., a Canadian-based background check company. https://hrtechfeed.com/checkr-acquires-modohr/ Woven, a tech interview platform for hiring engineers at software companies, announced that it’s launching “Woven Match” amidst a new round of 8 million in funding. The new service pairs hiring managers with experienced developers based on their Woven assessment results, which gives technical talent a leg up on their job search. https://hrtechfeed.com/tech-interview-platform-woven-lands-8-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alison Kaizer leads Talent at Lunchbox, one of the fastest growing foodtech start-ups in the industry. Lunchbox provides next-gen digital ordering software that helps restaurants drive better guest engagement and stronger sales. https://lunchbox.io/careers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sourcing platform Hiretual is now HireEZ and they just received a new influx of $26 million in new funding. The company which is based inMountain view California held a relaunch party this week which I attended. The funding was led by Conductive Ventures, and the new rebrand reflects their new mission: to make outbound recruiting easy. https://hrtechfeed.com/hiretual-is-now-hireez-raises-26-million/ SmartRecruiters, the Hiring Success company, today announced the acquisition of Attrax, an industry-leading provider of career site software that lets companies build engaging, personalized career sites. The acquisition will result in an integrated offering, SmartRecruiters Attrax, designed to help customers build data-powered, curated career sites that enhance the candidate experience and improve hiring outcomes. SmartRecruiters Attrax is available immediately for SmartRecruiters customers. https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-acquires-career-site-company/ LumApps, a leading Employee Experience Platform, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire HeyAxel, a powerful no-code HR automation and employee onboarding solution. The acquisition builds upon LumApps’ continued growth and promises to accelerate the delivery of LumApps’ unique vision: an entirely personalized experience for each employee. https://hrtechfeed.com/lumapps-to-expand-its-employee-experience-platform-with-acquisition/ Phenom today announced its acquisition of Tandemploy, a Berlin-based HR tech company focused on solving key problems associated with employee experiences. This addition enhances the capabilities of Phenom’s AI-powered Talent Experience Management (TXM) platform and grows the company’s presence in Europe. https://hrtechfeed.com/phenom-acquires-employee-experience-company-in-berlin/ Bullhorn®, the cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, today announced the launch of Bullhorn Ventures, a dedicated corporate venture capital resource that will invest in and partner with high-potential, early-stage companies focused on helping staffing and recruiting firms improve operational efficiency and boost top-line growth. Bullhorn Ventures will launch initially with $20 million allocated for investments. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-ventures-launches-to-fund-staffing-startups/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laskie is a new matching platform that leverages human sourcers and tech to match talent in remote engineering, product, design, marketing, and sales roles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crosschq, the reference chack platform has announced the launch of Crosschq Recruit, a sourcing tool built specifically to help companies source qualified talent directly from the professional networks of job applicants. https://hrtechfeed.com/crosschq-launches-sourcing-portal/ Otta a platform for matching jobs at tech companies with candidates by aggregating a lot of information about the company (founder bios, employee reviews, salaries, industry) with the roles offered. Angel investors backing Otta include industry vets such as Indeed’s Paul Forster, Alex Bouaziz of Deel, Ben Herman of Canvas.com, Abakar Saidov of Beamery. https://hrtechfeed.com/tech-jobs-startup-gets-20-million/ Radancy, the global talent technology leader, is pleased to announce its plans to acquire Firstbird, a global leader in SaaS based employee referral programs. Based in Vienna, Austria, Firstbird offers a comprehensive software solution to digitize and streamline the employee referral process. The acquisition of Firstbird is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including certain regulatory approvals. https://hrtechfeed.com/radancy-acquires-firstbird-employee-referrals/ We haven’t seen many new ATS vendors lately but 2022 brings us, Bear Claw. It’s not your father ATS name. The Bear Claw platform caters to small and large businesses and provides a streamlined approach to talent acquisition, automating time-consuming sourcing, data entry, and task management done by recruiters. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-applicant-tracking-system-launches/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her new role at Enboarder, Laura Lee Gentry is responsible for leading their talent and culture functions, focusing on building and investing in employee experience, including learning & development, hiring and retention strategies, that will further accelerate the company’s rapid growth. She brings more than 20 years of operational and organizational experience and a history of building successful talent and culture programs to Enboarder. She previously served as chief people officer at Applied Systems and senior vice president of employee experience for Ultimate Software. Laura, welcome to the podcast. Tell us first about Enboarder what does your software do? I see you guys use SmartRecruiters as your ATS, how do you like them…what other recruiting tech/HR software do you have in place? What do you make of the current hiring climate...Quit rates are up, companies cant hire fast enough...we seem to be in a fundamental shift for how and why people work... What initiatives are you going to focus on in your new role at Enboarder? What do organizations often get wrong when attempting to engage and connect with their employees? How can they improve this process? What has your previous experience building talent and culture programs taught you, and what learnings do you want to bring to Enboarder? As we’ve moved to more hybrid and remote work since the start of the pandemic, how has companies’ focus on building employee culture changed? As many industries are still feeling the effects of the Great Resignation, how can companies balance the focus of attracting top talent, while also making sure current employees have all the tools they need to succeed? How did you get your job….Are you hiring for your team? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HR technology veteran entrepreneurs Greg Moran and Ira Grossman announced the launch of Evergreen Mountain Founder’s Fund 1. The $20m fund will be focused on early stage investments made in companies addressing changes in the way we work globally https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-technology-veterans-launch-new-investment-fund-focused-on-future-of-work-technologies/ Lattice, the leading people management platform for businesses with people-first cultures, today announced a new valuation of $3 billion after closing a $175 million round of funding from Thrive Capital, Elad Gil, Tiger Global, and Dragoneer. https://hrtechfeed.com/lattice-raises-175m-now-valued-at-3-billion/ Handshake, the largest early career network, today announced a Series F round of $200 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion—more than double its valuation in 2021. The round, led by Coatue Management and Valiant Peregrine Fund with participation from Base10’s Advancement Initiative, among other investors, reflects unprecedented demand amidst a generational shift in the way people start, jump start, or restart their careers. https://hrtechfeed.com/handshake-raises-200m-to-help-gen-z-launch-careers/ Kula, the world’s first recruitment automation platform built to enable hyper-growth companies to build massive talent pipelines on autopilot, today announced $2.7 million funding from Venture Highway, Together Fund, and Global Founders Capital. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitment-automation-platform-raises-2-7m-in-pre-seed-funding/ HR Technology Conference & Exposition® today announced the return of its popular virtual event from March 1-4, 2022. Presented by HR Tech, free virtual event will feature keynotes from workplace thought leaders, including Josh Bersin, George LaRocque, Stacia Sherman Garr, Mark Stelzner and others. To register, visit www.hrtechnologyconference.com/virtual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded from Jobsync's recent zoom roundtable, this audio features an industry wide discussion about candidate and worker engagement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diversity Job Marketplace Canvas.com which rebranded itself last year from Jumpstart, was recently ordered to stop using the Canvas.com domain by a judge. Canvas is currently leasing the domain. This is according to a story by BleepingComputer. In the article, “Learning management platform Instructure claims the domain name Canvas.com and its logo contain elements that conflict with Instructure’s Canvas product and line of business.“ Canvas says they are appealing the ruling. https://hrtechfeed.com/canvas-com-facing-legal-dispute-over-domain-name-trademark/ SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform, has just raised a $115 million Series C investment round led by Tiger Global Management. The round values the company at more than $1.2 billion in just four years, reflecting a 2.6x increase in valuation since its Series B in March 2021. The news comes on the heels of the business increasing ARR by more than 3x in the past year. https://hrtechfeed.com/seekout-raises-115-million/ HealthGigJobs Services, Inc., announces the launch of HealthGigJobs Marketplace which matches verified healthcare businesses with verified and licensed healthcare professionals for on-demand gigs. HealthGigJobs has launched the first order-driven exchange where businesses can simultaneously negotiate prices and terms with multiple matched healthcare professionals, while healthcare professionals can at the same time bid and negotiate on multiple engagements. Professionals are engaged as independent contractors working for themselves, and have the ability to utilize the platform to scale their own businesses. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-healthcare-gigs-marketplace-launches/ Vangst, the cannabis industry’s leading hiring platform, announced the completion of its $19 million Series B financing. Vangst’s latest round of financing highlights the company’s growth over the last three years alongside the maturing cannabis industry. In the past 12 months, the sector reported a 25% increase in full-time employees and currently employs over 400,000 individuals. https://hrtechfeed.com/vangst-talent-platform-gets-19-million-for-cannabis-hiring/ Bullhorn® has acquired Able, a longstanding Bullhorn Marketplace partner and the provider of market-leading candidate engagement and onboarding solutions. This acquisition is the latest major investment by Bullhorn in helping staffing agencies around the world to transform their businesses in an era of continued digitization. The combination of Able’s candidate engagement and onboarding solutions with Bullhorn enables agencies to efficiently meet complex onboarding requirements, reduce candidate drop-out, and get candidates on assignment faster, all while delivering an incredible candidate onboarding experience. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-acquires-onboarding-solution/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andela.com is a global marketplace of technical talent. CEO Jeremy Johnson stops by to tell us the origins of this recruitment platform that recently got $200 million in funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PayFit, a leading payroll and HR management solution for SMEs, today announced that it has raised €254M in a Series E funding round, a record-breaking amount for a French human resources (HR) startup. General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, led the round, with participation from existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and Accel Ventures. Since its founding in 2015, PayFit has gained over 6,000 clients, and has raised €179M to date https://hrtechfeed.com/french-startup-payfit-raises-e254m-for-its-payroll-hr-software/ Runway Growth Capital, a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, today announced the close of a senior secured term loan commitment of $65 million to Snagajob.com, the marketplace for hourly jobs and shifts. The Snagajob deal marks another investment for the expanding Runway venture debt portfolio, which seeks to capitalize on a growing market opportunity in which larger, more established businesses are seeking debt financing in order to avoid dilution and additional equity rounds. The loan enables Snagajob to continue investing in its next-generation technology and drive growth on the tailwinds of an evolving hourly jobs market. https://hrtechfeed.com/snagajob-takes-out-65-million-dollar-loan/ Talent Inc., the leading digital resource and trusted advisor to job seekers worldwide, today announced its acquisition of Interview School, an innovative mock-interview software company that provides job seekers with up-to-date interview questions and AI-assisted feedback. As part of its global expansion strategy, this is Talent’s third transaction in the past eight months, since acquiring FlashRecruit in May 2021, and Imkey Holding B.V. (“Imkey”) and its global property Resume.io, a global subscription-based platform for online resume-building with 13 million customers, in June 2021. Launched in 2018, Interview School offers a suite of tools ranging from mock interviews with AI feedback, live interview coaching, and job tracking, including AI Coach, Live Coach, Performance Analysis, and Job Tracker. https://hrtechfeed.com/talent-inc-acquires-interview-school-to-empower-job-seekers-to-accelerate-their-careers-through-expanded-services/ Justworks expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to buy an additional 1,050,000 shares of its Class A common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The initial public offering price is currently expected to be between $29.00 and $32.00 per share. Justworks intends to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “JW.” https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-software-platform-justworks-files-for-ipo/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook is shuttering its public jobs marketplace. Alex Murphy, CEO of Jobsync stops by to talk about what happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TriNet, a leading provider of human resources solutions for small and medium-size businesses(SMBs), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zenefits. Details of the stock and cash transaction were not disclosed. Zenefits is a leading cloud HR platform which provides innovative and intuitive HR, benefits, payroll and employee engagement software purpose-built for small and medium-size businesses. Through the acquisition of Zenefits, TriNet diversifies its product offering to include an Administrative Services Organization (ASO), enabling TriNet to dynamically service SMBs throughout their lifecycle. Upon deal close, Zenefits will become a wholly owned subsidiary of TriNet and Francisco Partners will become a TriNet stockholder. TriNet is also expected to become a preferred supplier of PEO and HRIS services to Francisco Partners portfolio companies across the country after closing. The acquisition is expected to close in the coming months, subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals. https://hrtechfeed.com/trinet-to-acquire-zenefits/ Company Now Valued at $1.5 Billion Paradox, the conversational recruiting platform built to give every recruiter, hiring manager, and talent professional an assistant to get work done, today announced a $200M Series C investment. The round was led by Stripes, Sapphire, and Thoma Bravo, and included participation from Workday Ventures, Indeed, Willoughby Capital, Twilio Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Geodesic, Principia Growth, DLA Piper Venture Fund and current investor Brighton Park Capital. Paradox’s vision is embodied by Olivia — the conversational AI assistant helping companies like Unilever, Nestle, McDonald’s, CVS Health, and General Motors automate tasks like candidate screening, interview scheduling, onboarding, and more through smart, simple, mobile-first experiences. In just five years, Olivia has helped 500+ global clients save millions of hours of manual work — freeing their teams up to spend time with people, not software. https://hrtechfeed.com/paradox-raises-200m-series-c/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew wraps up the year in recruiting and HR tech. TOPICS What we'll remember about this year? Have we hit peak HR tech funding? What will hiring be like in 2022? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clovers a human resources technology firm leveraging interview intelligence to improve interviewing and hiring practices, today announced Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has invested in the firm via its $100 million Zoom Apps Fund. https://hrtechfeed.com/clovers-secures-investment-from-zoom-for-its-interview-platform/ HR technology company HiBob rolls out its Payroll Hub, a centralized dashboard on the Bob platform that automatically updates companies’ payroll data in real-time. Effectively managing payroll is one of the biggest pain points for HR teams and has become increasingly complex as workforces have become geographically dispersed and increasingly dynamic with a mix of both full-time and contract workers. The tool addresses this challenge directly with a user-friendly design and capabilities that allow companies to serve all workers – whether they are full-time, freelance, or in another country. https://hrtechfeed.com/hibob-launches-a-payroll-hub/ GoodJob Software LLC announced that it has been named Company of the Year by HR Tech Outlook. The magazine publishes an annual list of the top ten human resources tech startups, and GoodJob came in at number one. https://hrtechfeed.com/goodjob-named-company-of-the-year/ SkillCat, a free training & jobs platform for skilled trade workers, today announced a $3.3 million seed round led by Omar Hamoui at Mucker Capital. The investment brings SkillCat closer to its vision of placing one million blue collar workers into high-paying skilled trade jobs. The investment brings SkillCat closer to solving two of the world’s biggest problems: 1) blue collar workers can’t find good jobs and 2) there is a massive skilled trade worker shortage. https://hrtechfeed.com/skilled-trade-worker-app-gets-3-3-million/ Sense, a market leader in AI-driven talent engagement and communication platform solutions for recruiting, today announced $50 million in Series D funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. “Sense’s founding mission to equip companies to engage with best-fit talent both quickly and effectively is more important than ever. Our work with hundreds of companies in the past year alone has enabled them to build great teams and compete for talent amid the pandemic,” said Anil Dharni, CEO of Sense. https://hrtechfeed.com/sense-raises-50-million-in-investment-from-softbank/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jobandtalent – a workforce marketplace that matches workers with temporary roles – announced it secured $500 million in equity investment from Kinnevik and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, closing out its Series E round. https://hrtechfeed.com/jobandtalent-lands-500m-to-expand-in-u-s/ Metaview the interview intelligence tool based in Londo has raised 6 million in new funding. This investment will “help us accelerate in our mission to power People decisions with truth by enabling us to rapidly grow our phenomenal team. We're hiring builders on all fronts: engineering, design, sales, marketing, customer success, and operations.” https://hrtechfeed.com/weve-raised-a-6m-seed-to-power-people-decisions-with-truth/ Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK), the world’s work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent, today announced the launch of its “The Perfect Fit” brand campaign. The campaign showcases how businesses can gain a competitive advantage and solve talent gaps exacerbated by the Great Resignation by tapping into Upwork’s network of high-skilled freelancers from around the world. https://hrtechfeed.com/upwork-launches-new-ad-campaign/ Glassdoor has announced three new executive appointments: Andy Chen as chief product officer, Rodrigo Oliveira as chief technology officer and Owen Humphries as chief financial officer. All appointments are effective immediately. https://hrtechfeed.com/glassdoor-appoints-3-new-c-suite-execs/ iHire announces the launch of its Job Ad Builder, an intuitive, step-by-step tool that allows users to create modern job postings in less than five minutes – helping them attract top talent faster. Now available to registered employers, iHire’s Job Ad Builder is ideal for small and mid-sized businesses and busy recruiters with minimal time and resources for writing a compelling job posting. https://hrtechfeed.com/ihire-introduces-job-ad-builder/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VideoMyJob CEO David Macciocca said on Linkedin this week that the Australian based video startup has raised $2 million in new funding. “With the new round of funding, we’ll accelerate our innovations that continue to make VideoMyJob the best video solution for Talent Acquisition, Employer Brand and Recruitment Marketing teams worldwide.” https://hrtechfeed.com/videomyjob-raises-2-million/ Workday, Inc. a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire VNDLY, an industry leader in cloud-based external workforce and vendor management technology. With VNDLY, Workday will provide organizations with a unified workforce optimization solution that will help organizations manage all types of workers—salaried, hourly, contingent, and outsourced—and support a holistic talent strategy, including insight into costs, workforce planning needs, and compliance. https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-to-acquire-vndly/ Jobvite has announced the speaker lineup for its free 2021 Recruiter Nation Live (RNL) event taking place on Tuesday, Dec. 7. Now in its 13th year, the event gives recruiters, talent acquisition (TA) leaders, and practitioners a half day of virtual education including best practices on candidate experience, recruitment automation, TA metrics, and other important strategies for successful recruiting in the new year. Register at jobvite.com https://hrtechfeed.com/jobvite-announces-speaker-lineup-for-recruiter-nation-live/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leslie McIntyre is one of my oldest friends int he HR industry, She has a new book about and a new HR consulting firm. https://culpeohr.com Buy her book: Framing Success: 20 Essential Lessons for Achieving Entrepreneurial Greatness... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C6KTJCH/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_Z7WNZ2YNK4FEB0YTJVCM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Linkedin now lets users choose which type of job preferences they want to be found for. These include on-site, remote and hybrid. It’s a sign that job types have permanently changed. User can now edit these settings in their profile. https://hrtechfeed.com/linkedin-adds-remote-work-preferences/ After acquiring Harver back in May, digital hiring solutions provider Outmatch rebrands to Harver and continues to develop the world’s leading volume hiring solution for hourly and professional roles. The unified Harver platform will combine the capabilities of both Outmatch and Harver, creating one powerful solution purpose-built to solve the complex volume hiring challenges organizations are facing today. “Outmatch’s extensive science and product capabilities, combined with Harver’s dedicated volume hiring solutions, have already proven to be a truly winning combination” said Jim Trimarco, Chief Revenue Officer of Harver. “We’ll move forward under the Harver brand, and together we can now provide a full-service solution that helps organizations not only overcome the challenges they face today, but also thrive in the years to come.” https://hrtechfeed.com/outmatch-rebrands-as-harver/ HiringSolved, the leader in AI-powered recruiting and talent acquisition solutions, today shared details of its newest product release designed specifically for staffing firms. Recognizing the need to make placements faster and keep talent engaged, HiringSolved expanded its solution’s search and match capabilities while adding features that help staffing teams grow their business. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-features-from-hiringsolved/ QuickHire, a career discovery platform working with service workers to find job and advancement opportunities, announces an oversubscribed $1.41 million financing round, led by MATH Venture Partners. Currently, QuickHire targets workers and businesses in the metro areas of Wichita and Kansas City. The company plans to expand across the Midwest and add skilled-labor verticals in 2022. https://hrtechfeed.com/service-industry-career-platform-quickhire-raises-1-4m-to-tackle-great-resignation/ Crosschq, maker of the Talent Intelligence Cloud™ powering data-driven hiring and people analytics, announced a strategic investment from Okta Ventures and leading HR talent executives as part of its Series A extension. The investment comes on the heels of the company’s $30Mfinancing led by Tiger Global in September. https://hrtechfeed.com/crosschq-attracts-new-strategic-investment-from-okta-ventures/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New research from InFlight Corp suggest employers still have too long of an apply process. Designing and executing a quantitative study of your company’s apply flow is a complicated undertaking. Many organizations have pieced together in-house and external systems to achieve their intended goals without considering the overall quality of the candidate experience. With so much competition for workers, organizations cannot afford to have systems that provide a candidate experience that undermines their talent attraction goals.” InFlight’s research report is complimentary. To download the report, please visit: https://www.inflightintegration.com/apply Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seasoned announced that it has raised $18.7 million in Series A financing to help expand its hiring platform and restaurant worker network to new markets. The financing comes on the back of a $12 million seed round raised in June 2021, bringing its total raised to more than $30 million this year. In July 2020, Seasoned relaunched with a next-generation, mobile, app-based recruitment and hiring tool for restaurants that complements its employee networking platform. On the back of releasing this next generation hiring product in Dallas, Seasoned has partnered with more than 300 national and local restaurant brands that own and operate more than 100,000 locations across the country, and has added Houston, Austin, Orlando, and Miami to its platform. The proceeds from the financing will be used to support Seasoned’s expansion into new markets and continued enhancements to its products. Learn more at seasoned.co https://hrtechfeed.com/restaurant-hiring-platform-raises-nearly-19-million-in-funding/ Bullhorn®, the cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, today announced that it has acquired cube19, a longstanding Bullhorn Marketplace partner and the provider of analytics and reporting solutions for the Bullhorn platform. cube19’s suite of solutions are designed to provide dynamic, activity-level metrics to manage at any level of the organization: recruiter, team, office or region. cube19’s interface makes reporting easy to generate for non-technical users, which results in better performance on the front lines while also providing macro-level insight that helps leaders make better business decisions. Ultimately, by enabling staffing companies to grow their revenue quickly while growing their costs more slowly, cube19 facilitates highly scalable growth. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-acquires-analytics-platform/ DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. The stock is up about 10% on the news. During the second quarter 2021, the Company completed the spinoff of its eFinancialCareers (“eFC”) business to the eFC management team. The results of the eFC business are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in this release. Third Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights Total revenue was $30.8 million, up 7% sequentially and 13% year over year. Total bookings1 were $30.8 million, up 40% year over year. Loss from continuing operations was $2.4 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to a loss of $27.0 million, or $0.56 per diluted share in the year ago quarter. Cash flow from operations was $6.3 million, compared to $4.4 million in the year-ago quarter. https://hrtechfeed.com/dhi-group-earnings-up-13/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a new HR tech player in town and its name is Pillar.hr….Pillar is all about the interview process and interviewer coaching which they say is key to providing better candidate experiences & increasing acceptance rates. Joining me on this episode is their CEO and Founder Mark Simpson. Pillar is offering a limited number of free trials to Rec Tech listeners. If your organization is interested, schedule a demo at pillar.hr/rectech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lever, a leading Talent Acquisition Suite, has completed a $50 millionSeries D funding round with the Apax Digital Fund. The funding comes as the market for talent acquisition is continuing to heat up, and companies face the most competitive market for hiring and retaining talent to date. The investment in Lever will accelerate solution development in talent analytics, top-of-funnel talent discovery, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as well as support growth in new markets, and continued product innovation. https://hrtechfeed.com/lever-raises-50-million/ Fountain, the world’s leading all-in-one applicant tracking system for high volume hiring, today announced $85 million in Series C financing, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2* with participation from B Capital Group and Mirae Asset Venture Investment, and existing investors DCM, Origin Ventures, Commerce Ventures, SemperVirens Venture Capital and Uncork Capital. This new round follows strong company momentum in 2021 as revenue grew 220% year-over-year. Fountain now has more than 250 customers including Chipotle Mexican Grill, John Lewis & Partners and Just Eat Takeaway. With the Series C, Fountain has now raised $119 million to date. Fountain will use the new funding to continue to invest in innovation of its hiring platform, as well as to grow its sales and engineering teams and its operations and presence in EMEA and APAC regions. https://hrtechfeed.com/fountain-raises-85-million-to-help-companies-hire-hourly-workers/ Contra, a professional community that empowers anyone to work independently, today announced the launch of commission-free payments and $30M in Series B funding to help Contra on its journey to revolutionizing the way independents work.The funds will be used for internal hiring and further product innovation as Contra scales to meet the needs of the millions of independent workers that value the freedom, autonomy and financial benefits of the freelance lifestyle. Contra has combined every aspect of the independent journey into one platform and gives independents all the tools they need to build their professional identities and work the way they want. https://hrtechfeed.com/independent-worker-community-lands-30-million-in-funding/ Fiverr announced the acquisition of Stoke Talent, an intuitive all-in-one solution to help companies manage their work with freelance talent, for $95 million. This includes tools to onboard, pay, track budgets and more. With Stoke’s product suite, Fiverr is looking to add more value to larger businesses and integrate with existing corporate workflows. https://hrtechfeed.com/fiverr-acquires-stoke-talent-freelance-management-platform/ When I Work, a leading SaaS employee scheduling, time-tracking and team messaging platform, today announced it has secured a $200 million growth investment. Founded in Minneapolis and now operating as a remote-first company, When I Work is a leading provider of shift-based workforce management software that delivers a powerful, employee-first experience to streamline scheduling, enhance internal communication and more efficiently track time. Since its founding in 2010, more than 10 million hourly employees have used the frictionless platform to easily view and swap shifts, clock in, view hours worked, request time off and seamlessly communicate with their managers and co-workers. https://hrtechfeed.com/hourly-worker-scheduling-app-raises-200-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Onwards HR an employee termination platform for HR won this years pitchiest. Here is the audio from the final round of 6 startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TWIRT this week in rec tech Stride Health, the leader in portable benefits for independent workers, announced that it has raised a $47 million Series C, bringing its total funding to $96M. The round was led by King River Capital with participation from Mastercard and Allstate along with existing investors Venrock, NEA, Fidelity’s F-Prime Capital, and Moderne Ventures. https://hrtechfeed.com/stride-raises-47m-to-provide-affordable-benefits-for-independent-workers/ Upwork has announced Virtual Talent Bench, a series of features that makes relationship building central to the customer experience on Upwork by empowering clients to discover, organize, revisit and hire the independent talent they trust, collaborated with to drive successful outcomes or want to work with in the future. Virtual Talent Bench features enable clients to establish a network of top independent professionals they can work with time and time again on their most critical projects or to complement skill sets on their full-time teams. https://hrtechfeed.com/upwork-introduces-virtual-talent-bench/ GoodTime, the leading AI-based hiring experience solution, with clients such as Box, Shopify, and Zoom, has added enhanced interviewer training functionality to its features set to remove bottlenecks, reduce time-to-hire, and ensure a great candidate experience, no matter who conducts the interview. https://hrtechfeed.com/goodtime-adds-enhanced-interviewer-training-functionality/ HackerRank, the developer skills company, today announced a record-breaking quarter fueled by increasing demand to recruit and hire tech talent virtually. The company reported its highest-ever level of new and expansion bookings — seeing a 100% increase in expansion revenue alone over the past year — as companies accelerate their remote hiring efforts due to broader shifts in the labor market. https://hrtechfeed.com/hackertanks-says-remote-tech-hiring-still-surging/ Ladder, the next-gen professional community platform, announced the launch of its new mobile app and raise of $3.7 million in funding from Forerunner Ventures, On Ladder, members can join professional communities, consume high-quality career content, engage in fun discussions, land their dream job, and form meaningful relationships with peers and mentors. The platform aims to become the go-to professional social network for Gen Z. Ladder was founded in 2020, during the height of COVID-19, when millions of college students across the country were sent home with no job lined up, no idea what remote work meant, and no sense of community. https://hrtechfeed.com/professional-community-platform-ladder-announces-3-7-million-in-funding/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special episode today ...we have 2 guests for you Gina Alioto is the VP of Brand and Experience with Symphony Talent and Sherri Ratliff is a director of TA at T-mobile...both are here to walk us through their recent presentation from the HR technology conference…around the topic of HR technology adoption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

interviewIA — an interview platform that empowers interviewers to quickly build and deliver more effective interviews and more efficient hiring decisions — has launched its new free and paid team subscription model to put better interviewing in everyone’s hands. https://hrtechfeed.com/interviewia-launches-freemium-interview-software/ Hunt Club, a tech-enabled talent and recruitment company placing leadership roles across the fastest growing companies in the tech sector, has raised a $10M Series A from Teamworthy Ventures to further the development of their Talent Expert Network, candidate referral technology, and their growing high-performance recruiting team. In a few short years, Hunt Club’s Talent Expert Network has grown to over 12,000 experts, connecting 6 Million quality candidates through people and technology. With Hunt Club, a search for talent is focused on quality – not quantity. https://hrtechfeed.com/hunt-club-raises-10m-to-help-high-growth-companies-hire-faster-with-candidate-referrals/ Deel, the remote hiring company shattering job barriers worldwide, announced today that it has raised $425 million in Series D funding, taking the total amount raised by the company to over $630 million. The latest funding round values the company at $5.5 billion. Deel has become the highest valued company in the global hiring, payments, and compliance space with this investment. https://hrtechfeed.com/deel-strikes-gold-with-425-million-funding-round/ interviewing.io, the technical interview practice platform that is reinventing how software engineers get hired, today announced it has raised a $10 million series A led by M13. On the interviewing.io platform, software engineers can book mock interviews with the interviewing.io roster of hiring managers from companies such as (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google interviewing.io’s says their approach saves companies 220 hours of valuable recruiter and hiring manager time per hire and gets them what they need: a steady stream of strong, senior engineers who are looking for a new role. Forty percent of the hires made through the interviewing.io platform come from non-traditional backgrounds (lesser-known schools or past employers, no degree, etc.). https://hrtechfeed.com/interviewing-io-raises-10-million-series-a/ Wonolo, the leading online platform disrupting the temporary staffing industry, today announced the raise of a $138 million growth round, led by Leeds Illuminate with strong participation from 137 Ventures and G2 Venture Partners. Franklin Templeton also came in on the round. This latest round brings Wonolo’s total venture funding to over $200 million. The funds will be used to accelerate the company’s continued growth and mobile-first tech innovations. The company will also continue to expand in markets across the United States – and deepen its market share in top markets including: Newark, Dallas, Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, Phoenix, Nashville, Tampa, San Antonio, Miami, Columbus, Austin, Houston, Raleigh, Indianapolis, Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Philadelphia. https://hrtechfeed.com/temp-staffing-platform-wonolo-secures-138-million Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this audio you'll hear from Doug Leonard of Clovers.ai, Eric Smith from TalentCare and Gal Amog from Talenya. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pillar, an interview intelligence platform, is announcing its launch today. The platform leverages AI and in-interview coaching to provide companies with a more reliable way to assess a candidate’s fit for a role during the interview process With the launch, Pillar adopts and expands upon the initial vision and product built by Luma, an AI-based interview tool that launched out of High Alpha earlier this year. https://hrtechfeed.com/pillar-launches-interview-intelligence-platform-to-help-companies-grow-better-with-every-hire/ Hirect, an AI-driven mobile hiring app that recently launched a $1 millionStartup Program to help fellow startups earn exposure and fill high priority positions with motivated, qualified candidates – for free. Chosen startups receive free marketing on various social channels with the goal of reaching a million impressions across platforms. Selected CEOs and founders are invited to participate in virtual hiring events hosted by Hirect and its partners. The Program is open to startups nationwide, with 10 participating in the campaign to date and more in the pipeline. https://hrtechfeed.com/next-generation-hiring-app-pledges-1-million-in-support-of-fellow-startups/ Hibob – the company behind ‘bob’, the HR platform that is changing the work experience for fast-growing, mid-sized businesses and their employees – today announced $150 million in Series C funding. https://hrtechfeed.com/hibob-secures-150m-series-c/ SparkPlug is an employee rewards and campaign management platform built specifically to increase revenues, retention rates, and marketing ROI for brick-and-mortar restaurants, retailers and the consumer goods companies they work with has announced they have received 2.5 million in new funding.... Companies that use SparkPlug can incentivize frontline workers and in-store sales staff to influence purchasing outcomes by launching sales-based commission and reward campaigns. https://hrtechfeed.com/sparkplug-gets-3-5m-to-improve-life-for-frontline-workers/ Eightfold’s Talent Intelligence Platform now features: A consumer-grade user experience which increases internal development, paired with intelligent onboarding. The result is a highly personalized experience that benefits the organization and employee alike. Real-time deep analytics on skills that allows the organization to view detailed insights on the skill strengths and gaps across all employees and hiring prospects. Customizable dashboards that facilitate a deeper and more relevant understanding of the organization. An easily navigated Career Hub that matches employees to internal roles, projects, mentors, and learning courses aligned with their desired career path. Automated and tailored career pathing, which predicts future role fits based on inferred and adjacent skills, and surfaces best-fit growth opportunities to employees, including lateral and non-traditional career moves. https://hrtechfeed.com/the-ai-powered-employee-experience-arrives-as-eightfold-ai-rolls-out-self-service-capabilities-and-new-reporting-dashboards/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a quick recap of my trip to the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. You'll also hear a chunk of what Josh Bersin had to say on the state of HR tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Smart interview platform BrightHire has secured a $20.5M Series B to further accelerate the growth of their more equitable, faster approach to hiring. The Series B funding is led by 01A with participation from Index Ventures and Zoom Apps Fund and follows a recent $12.5M Series A led by Index Ventures a few months prior, in May 2021. It’s also supported by Ground Up Ventures, Haystack, and J Ventures. https://hrtechfeed.com/brighthire-secures-20-5m-series-b-to-transform-the-interview-process/ HireQuest, a national franchisor of on-demand, temporary, and commercial staffing services, today announced that it has acquired Recruit Media, Inc., an HR tech start-up with a next-gen SaaS recruitment platform. HireQuest will integrate the Recruit Media platform with its existing technology suite used by its franchisees to run their day-to-day business. Recruit Media’s technology will streamline workforce communications and allow franchisees to better serve their customers. In addition, the public facing web domain, www.Recruit.com, along with its respective iOS and Android apps, gives HireQuest a fully functional online job ad and recruitment platform that could become an additional business line, or stand-alone company, in the future. https://hrtechfeed.com/hirequest-acquires-recruit-com/ Recruiting operations platform ModernLoop lands $3.3M to create better technical hiring experiences Recruiters have traditionally kept track of the hiring process manually with spreadsheets, but ModernLoop automates many of the repetitive tasks while also scheduling and balancing the interviewing workload so that not only are the right people involved, but also a diverse mix of interviewers. ModernLoop was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2021 cohort https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiting-operations-platform-modernloop-lands-3-3m-to-create-better-technical-hiring-experiences/ Culture Amp, the world’s leading employee experience platform, announced today that it has acquired cultural values recognition company, Disco. Disco helps companies recognize and celebrate values-driven work, foster team appreciation and improve company culture across distributed teams. Together the two companies will accelerate their shared vision of creating a better world of work by helping people feel more connected, valued, and engaged at a critical time for organizations. https://hrtechfeed.com/culture-amp-acquires-remote-culture-platform-disco/ Finally the wall street journal broke the news that The Mom Project Inc., a recruitment platform focused on mothers, raised $80 million in new capital at what may be a pivotal moment for working women and the companies that want to hire them. The Mom Project has more than 500,000 job seekers on its platform, most of whom are college-educated. https://hrtechfeed.com/the-mom-project-raises-80-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TEAM LEWIS, the global marketing agency, today announced that it is retiring the resume. The initiative is one of many aimed at opening doors to career changers and non-degree holders. It will offer job seekers the opportunity to choose a career based on what they want to be and how they want to change the world. "In a world that is relentlessly digital, video-first and unbound from convention, we have to recognize that the unique combination of talent and aspiration we're looking for can and does come from anywhere and everywhere," says Hillary Werronen, SVP US Operations of TEAM LEWIS. "We're looking for passion, curiosity and the desire to push boundaries and rail against the status quo. Our TEAM can teach the skills to some of the best and brightest minds in the industry. Together, we'll build the future of marketing." TEAM LEWIS, the global marketing agency, today announced that it is retiring the resume. Tweet this Seasoned and aspiring marketers alike will be able to visit teamlewis.com/ER and in one word describe who they want to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come to the the Diversity Tech Expo on October 7th at 2pm ET. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/diversity-tech-expo-2021 or use diversitytechexpo.com as the shortcut. A replay will be available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CodeSignal, a technical assessment platform dedicated to helping companies, including Facebook, Roblox, Zoom, Robinhood, and others, make data-driven hiring decisions in tech recruiting, announced $50M in Series C funding and the launch of CodeSignal’s new advanced Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that unlocks highly relevant assessment experiences. This round, which brings CodeSignal’s total funding to $87.5M, With Codesignal’s newly launched advanced IDE, candidates will now be able to interact with code, files, a terminal, and a preview of their application in a persistent, fully configurable environment. This means candidates will have a similar experience to coding on a local machine, and the assessment provides a more powerful and familiar environment for them to solve tasks just as they would actually do on the job, showcasing their full range of skills. https://hrtechfeed.com/codesignal-announces-new-advanced-assessment-capabilities-fueled-by-a-50m-series-c-funding/ Talenya, the provider of the world’s most advanced, AI-powered talent sourcing and diversity solutions, today announced the release of Engagement AI™: a first-of-its-kind, fully automated talent sourcing solution. As recruiters and HR teams struggle to find talent in an increasingly competitive market, Engagement AI™ saves hours of work by automatically sourcing and contacting potential candidates, allowing more time for interviews and connection. Talenya’s data scientists spent four years developing the GDPR-compliant technology to enable talent acquisition teams to fully automate talent sourcing, with a focus on diverse talent. https://hrtechfeed.com/talenya-launches-automated-talent-sourcing-tool/ WurkNow.com, a fully-integrated, digital staffing and workforce management platform for hourly work, today announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding round, led by Newport Beach, CA-based Newport Hayseed Group. This funding will be used to further optimize WurkNow’s user base and product offering, including investments in new product development, staff growth and scaling the company’s brand and market presence. WurkNow’s capital raise comes after a year of immense growth, brought on by the digital acceleration the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to many businesses. Demand for WurkNow’s fully-integrated staffing and workforce management platform has surged within its client base of staffing and recruiting firms and employers that manage large, hourly workforces. Currently there are over 125,000 active employees using the platform; a year-over-year increase of 400%. https://hrtechfeed.com/wurknow-gets-10-million-series-a/ Clovers (www.clovers.ai), a human resources technology firm leveraging conversational intelligence to improve interviewing and hiring practices, today announced it has raised $15 million in seed funding. The company was co-founded in December 2020 by HR tech pioneers Adam Miller, Founder & former CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand, and Jason Nazar, Co-Founder & CEO of Comparably, along with Doug Leonard and Cihan Ucar. Clovers is jointly headquartered in Los Angeles and Nashville. https://hrtechfeed.com/clovers-raises-15-million-to-revolutionize-interviewing-for-the-modern-workforce/ Nomad Health, the leading digital marketplace for temporary healthcare jobs, today announced the completion of $63 million in new equity and debt financing. Adams Street Partners led, and all existing investors participated, including Icon Ventures, Polaris Partners, RRE Ventures, .406 Ventures, First Round Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. With this financing, the business has raised over $100 million since the company’s inception in 2015. The funding will be used to support Nomad Health’s explosive growth, allowing the company to double down on efforts to hire, invest in the technology platform, and grow its national footprint. https://hrtechfeed.com/nomad-health-raises-63-million-to-address-healthcare-staffing-shortages/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kathleen Steffey is the CEO and Founder of Naviga Recruiting & Executive Search. For 19 years, Naviga has been helping domestic and global business leaders achieve revenue growth by recruiting top-performing sales and marketing professionals. Her background has given her unique insight into the corporate talent acquisition world, agency recruiting and what it takes to manage and lead a team of marketers and recruiters in the digital landscape. TOPICS Describe the state of recruiting right now from your standpoint...whats it like out there? Any cautionary tales come to mind...lost a candidate recently or... our marketing machine/lead generation approach using tons of social platforms, channels and approaches Tiktok resume thing...opinion? LinkedIn and how we tried circumvent this platform with other tools and it just isn’t’ as effective recruiting ATS and how it’s critical to segment them by persona’s and update the information as it becomes outdated the day after it’s placed in the system. Looks like you guys use CATS software as your ats...how has that software worked out for you/...any other rec tech in place? Any tech you are potentially looking at using? Fav sourcing story… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Humanly.io announces a successful momentum raise to continue company growth and product development. Better pre-hire conversations result in better hires for companies seeking quality and diverse employees. Launched in July of 2019, Humanly.io has spent the last two years perfecting conversational AI to speed the hiring process, allowing humans to remain at the heart of recruiting. Utilizing linguistic theory and maintaining a primary focus on DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging) in hiring, Humanly.io uses innovation to empower both hiring authorities and job applicants. https://hrtechfeed.com/humanly-io-announces-4-2m-in-funding/ Avionté, a leader in enterprise staffing and recruiting software, has acquired mobile on-demand staffing platform WorkN. This strategic move firmly positions Avionté as a leader in end-to-end and online mobile talent enablement. With the addition of WorkN mobile solutions to its portfolio, Avionté can further empower clients to compete for talent by helping them design compelling candidate experiences. WorkN, operating as a division of Avionté, will continue to serve large enterprise staffing companies and employers, a market in which WorkN already has penetration and momentum. At the same time, WorkN will gain access to Avionté’s customer base of more than 1,000 staffing companies. https://hrtechfeed.com/avionte-acquires-mobile-online-staffing-platform-workn/ Papaya Global, the industry-leading workforce management platform transforming global employment, announced today that it has raised $250 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $3.7 billion and Papaya’s total funding to date to $440 million. Papaya’s valuation has increased tenfold since September 2020. Funding will be used to continue Papaya’s rapid expansion and accelerate the recruitment of rapidly growing companies (pre/post IPO) and Fortune 5000 clients. https://hrtechfeed.com/workforce-management-platform-papaya-global-raises-250-million/ Canvas, the world’s first Diversity Recruitment Platform™, announced today a Series C round of $50 million led by Owl Ventures, with participation from Sequoia, and numerous other investors... Coupled with the Series C is the launch of a new product, Canvas Diversity Analytics & Benchmarking ™, which will set the industry standard for increasing diversity in Corporate America. Already adopted by prominent companies including Airbnb, Bloomberg, Lyft, Pinterest, Roblox, and more, Canvas offers a differentiated approach for understanding, benchmarking and evolving diversity in the workplace through access to the largest ever pool of self-reported candidate diversity data. Valued at $400M, Canvas says they are trailblazing a new industry category in recruiting that helps companies take action on their diversity goals by utilizing candidates’ self-reported data to identify talent, rather than inferred data that might be inaccurate or illegal. https://hrtechfeed.com/canvas-funding/ Glassdoor, the worldwide leader on insights about jobs and companies, today announced that through its parent company it has completed the acquisition of Fishbowl. Fishbowl is a fast-growing social network used by more than one million professionals1 engaging in candid conversations about anything career, industry and workplace-related. Financial terms are not being disclosed. Launched in 2016 by co-founders Matt Sunbulli and Loren Appin, Fishbowl has more than 18 million conversations, comments and direct messages in thousands of bowls4 where professionals can discuss career, industry and workplace-related topics. Before posting or commenting on Fishbowl, people have the option to choose how to represent themselves – by job title only, by the company they work for, or with their full name, title and company. Starting today, employees and job seekers on Glassdoor will see relevant Fishbowl conversations from people working in related companies and industries. Job seekers and employees can experience more by clicking on these Fishbowl conversations and visiting Fishbowl to see full conversations and explore company feeds, industry and special interest bowls. Viewing these conversations will require a Fishbowl account. https://hrtechfeed.com/glassdoor-acquires-social-network-app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in as four industry pundits and personalities talk shop. Joel Cheesman Andrew Gadomski Madeline Laurano Chris Russell Topic: HR tech conference, IPOS, valuations, and more HR technology banter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Checkr, a leading HR technology company powering the future of work, will open its third headquarters in Orlando, creating more than 600 new jobs in the next three years. The company, which leverages AI to make background checks faster, easier, and more compliant, will invest $2.7 million in the region. “We would like to thank the leaders of the City of Orlando, Orange County, and the state of Florida for their assistance in finding our new company home in the region,” said Checkr’s Chief Operations and Human Resources Officer Linda Shaffer. “As we grow we need more employees to join our team of engineers, developers, customer service representatives, and support staff to fulfill our mission at Checkr to build a fairer future by designing technology to create opportunities for all. We look forward to hiring a diverse group of candidates in Orlando, including fair chance hires, and have already started recruiting.” “We look forward to hiring a diverse group of candidates in Orlando,” Checkr COO Linda Schaffer said.Tweet this Checkr, a privately held company that just last week announced it has raised $250 million in a Series E round valuing the company at $4.6 billion, has dual headquarters in San Francisco and Denver, and adds Orlando as the company’s third headquarters. https://hrtechfeed.com/checkr-will-bring-600-jobs-to-new-orlando-regional-headquarters/ YouCruit raises $11.5M USD to further fuel the growth of Lanefinder, it’s Vertical Labor Marketplace for the US Trucking Industry. Lanefinder provides a job search and matching platform completely tailored to the wants and needs of truck drivers who have historically had to rely on word of mouth referrals and general job sites to find work. “With Lanefinder, a driver can find exactly what he or she is looking for in a matter of seconds instead of spending days plowing through job sites, taking 30-40 recruiter calls or chatting up other drivers at truck stops. We believe all skilled labor markets will expect and demand this type of job search efficiency in the future and Lanefinder is now leading the way in arguably the most important industry in the US.” Says Patrick Gilmore, Co-Founder and CTO. As opposed to the typical Pay Up Front advertising models job sites offer trucking companies today, Lanefinder does not charge anything for having their jobs searchable on the platform. Lanefinder instead offers a Pay Per Hire, performance based model for companies who need to recruit at greater speed. https://hrtechfeed.com/youcruit-raises-11-5m-usd-for-trucking-job-search-platform/ In a surprising move the owner of Dice has invested in employer branding platform, The Muse. The partnership will sell ‘corporate branding and values-based hiring solutions to give employers a competitive edge amidst tight recruitment market‘. Could this move lead to an eventual merger? Was this a life line for The Muse or simply a smart pairing of complimentary services? – Chris Russell CENTENNIAL, Colo., Sept. 8, 2021 — DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) the leading provider of AI-powered technology-focused career marketplaces, today announced a $3 million investment in The Muse, a values-based career destination for the next gen workforce to search for jobs and research companies & careers. The investment will be used to support the expansion of The Muse’s product development and sales efforts to meet the increasing market demand for its unique values based employer discovery offerings. Terms of the planned transaction are not being disclosed at this time. In addition to the investment, the two companies will work together to develop joint sales, thought leadership and product solutions to better serve their respective stakeholders https://hrtechfeed.com/dhi-group-to-invest-3-million-in-the-muse/ FlexJobs, a premium online job service for professionals seeking remote and flexible work, announced the acquisition of Job-Hunt.org, an award-winning career website offering expert resources and guides to improving one’s job search. This strategic move will equip job seekers with valuable, insightful, and up-to-date career advice to help them navigate job searching in today’s market. “I have been a long-time fan of Job-Hunt’s dedication to high-quality content around the many varied and sometimes quite challenging aspects of job searching,” said Sara Sutton, founder and CEO of FlexJobs. “Bringing Job-Hunt under the FlexJobs umbrella is a natural extension of FlexJobs’ mission to help job seekers be successful in their job search and career, and we are excited to connect even more people to the incredible wealth of resources that Job-Hunt.org offers,” Sutton concluded. With more than 1,000 articles by job search and career experts, Job-Hunt provides information to help job seekers better understand today’s job search. Job-Hunt’s guides cover more than fifty topics by renowned career experts. “For over 20 years, I saw a desperate need for people to understand online job search, and my goal fo

Tim Sackett says college recruiting is a mess. Her wrote: If you want to hire an upcoming college grad for a job you have, it’s a freaking nightmare, mostly. First off, you have to find out from each college/university who they actually work with and to which platform are they sending their kids. Handshake is the big one, but not everyone works with them, and as an employer, they are kind of difficult to work with (I’ll explain later). LinkedIn is the easiest to work with. Yello and Brazen, and others like them, are more event and campus management, than a database of students. READ MORE: https://timsackett.com/2021/08/03/college-recruiting-for-candidates-is-still-a-mess/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Job.com, the data-driven, AI-powered recruitment platform, announced today the acquisition of two established staffing firms: Fortus Healthcare Resources, which specializes in the direct and travel placement of healthcare professionals with an emphasis on nursing, and Endevis, which offers permanent recruitment services, contract staffing, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) to clients in the automotive, commercial, and manufacturing sectors, among others. Together, the two businesses add more than $50 million of annual revenue to Job.com. The acquisitions are part of Job.com’s strategic plan to develop its revenue and reach by acquiring businesses that are already successful and profitable but have the potential to grow quickly and more intelligently through the application of Job.com’s proprietary technology. https://hrtechfeed.com/job-com-acquires-two-staffing-firms/ In a possible sign of things to come for many HR tech vendors, iCIMS, the talent cloud company, has announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares of common stock to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. iCIMS intends to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol “TLNT”. The proposed offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to this offering, when available, may be obtained from: Morgan Stanley---no word on a date yet for the stock launch. https://hrtechfeed.com/icims-files-for-ipo/ Paradox, the conversational recruiting software helping global brands like Unilever and McDonald’s simplify hiring through automation with a human touch, announced today the acquisition of Traitify — the world’s fastest, mobile-first assessment platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Unlike traditional assessment technology, Traitify was built to be fast, visual, and mobile-first — increasing assessment completion rates to more than 96%. On average, candidates can finish Traitify’s visual-based assessment in less than two minutes, generating insight on their own personality and helping employers better predict the candidate’s suitability for the role. https://hrtechfeed.com/paradox-acquires-traitify/ Knoetic, a startup “built with Chief People Officers, for Chief People Officers,” emerged from stealth today, announcing an $18M Series A round of funding led by Accel. Over 100 angel investors also participated in this round... Chief People Officers use Knoetic to build their board decks, present data to their CEOs, solve challenges with peers, and improve their employee retention, compensation, and hiring. https://hrtechfeed.com/knoetic-secures-18m-series-a-for-people-analytics-platform/ Workstream, a hiring platform and mobile app that streamlines the sourcing and onboarding of hourly workers, today announced it has raised $48 million in Series B funding. This announcement comes on the heels of the company filling more than 18,700 jobs, which represents more than 2.5% of total private jobs added, in July 2021. Workstream was founded in late 2017 to give the deskless workforce a better hiring experience. Its text recruiting platform automates how local businesses source, screen and onboard candidates, saving hiring managers 70% of time on hiring. https://hrtechfeed.com/workstream-raises-48-million-series-b-for-hourly-worker-platform/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A new resume platform called Hiration, which makes it easy for qualified candidates to create the perfect resumes and find their dream role, announced it has raised $3M in seed funding from Prime Venture Partners, Venture Highway and Y Combinator, among others, to support further hiring and growth. https://hrtechfeed.com/resume-building-platform-nets-3-million-in-funding/ NY - retrain.ai, the Talent Intelligence Platform that uses AI and Machine Learning to redefine the future of work by helping organizations upskill, retrain and place professionals in new roles faster and more accurately than ever before, announces today the close of a $9M Series A led by international fund Square Peg, following their $4M Seed Round in September 2020, led by Hetz Ventures, with TechAviv and .406 Ventures participating. Alongside the funding, the company announces a notable first deal with the Israeli Department of Labor which will be using retrain.ai to help flatten the national unemployment curve. https://hrtechfeed.com/upskilling-platform-retrain-ai-closes-13m-in-funding/ SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that it has acquired intellectual property of SwoopTalent, a leader in talent data intelligence, in an asset acquisition. Embedding SwoopTalent’s data and machine learning technology across SAP SuccessFactors solutions will further SAP’s vision of human experience management (HXM), which prioritizes individualized employee experiences and dynamic opportunities that boost engagement, improve organizational agility and ultimately fuel business transformation. Founded in 2012, SwoopTalent developed an AI-powered platform that combines, analyzes and trains data from disparate HR systems and workflows. SAP plans to use SwoopTalent’s technology to strengthen its AI capabilities and provide customers with a holistic and continuously updated view of their people — from skills and capabilities to interests and learning preferences — so they can match employees to internal jobs, projects, learning courses, mentors and more. Several SwoopTalent engineering employees will also join the SAP SuccessFactors team. https://hrtechfeed.com/sap-acquires-swooptalent/ PRO Unlimited, a leading modern workforce management platform provider, today announced that, through an agreement with EQT Private Equity, it will acquire Workforce Logiq from funds managed by Carlyle later this year, subject to customary regulatory approvals. This transaction will combine two leading-edge companies that share a common strategic approach in solving its diversified clients’ contingent workforce management needs through the power of a holistic platform. This combination will expand PRO’s position as a preferred provider to the Global 2000, enabling organizations to achieve their strategic talent acquisition and cost reduction objectives. Through these transactions, PRO will add Workforce Logiq’s proven and strong track record of innovation and growth, including 16 patented and patent-pending solutions, dedicated data science and development teams, and an award-winning Total Talent Intelligence® technology platform to its portfolio. Additionally, Workforce Logiq’s strong presence in EMEA, specifically in the Nordics, expands PRO’s already impressive global reach. As a result, PRO will enhance the scale and breadth of operations to enable the continued global expansion of its large and mid-market client base worldwide. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-acquisition-among-workforce-management-platforms/ Workrise, the leading workforce management platform for the skilled trades, announces new initiatives in Northern Ireland that will create 153 jobs locally and support the company’s continued growth. Workrise is establishing a technology engineering center in Belfast. The jobs will be added over the next four years with an initial focus on establishing the engineering team. https://hrtechfeed.com/workrise-establishing-tech-center-in-ireland-creating-150-jobs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices