The Chad & Cheese Podcast

Another Nexxt exclusive, this month the boys have a chat with Bullhorn’s CMO Gordon Burns about the current state of marketing in the recruitment space on the heels of their annual survey. Notably, the guys dig into the most popular (and unpopular) strategies being deployed by firms around the world. Spoiler alert: Job boards are in trouble. Enjoy, and be sure to visit Nexxt … there’s no show without sponsors like them.

Searching it hard. You have to type words and push Enter. Nobody has time for that, which must be the reason why Facebook and Google are making life more tolerable for recruiters by just serving up perfect candidates without all that searchings stuff. The boys discuss. Plus, Upwork is down wit’ IPO, McDonald’s order-takers are a dying breed and Indeed is putting babies in bathrobes. Huh? You gotta listen … and show our sponsors – America’s Job Exchange, Sovren and JobAdX – some big love!

It’s The Shred – a mini-Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News — This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by The Judge Group… Who is this Judge Group I keep hearing about? Well, Judge has over 48 years of experience and success in recruiting talent – namely IT and Healthcare talent. If you need Healthcare or IT professionals go to Judge.com and tell them Chad & Cheese sent you — Judge.com — I love that domain Google drops another bomb on the recruitment tech space Last week The Google Cloud Team made some intriguing announcements at their Next ’18 Conference… Announcement #1 Google’s Jobs API is now open to everyone!! That’s right kids the Google Job Search buffet line is open! And this is great because we’ve heard stories about the success of Google’s Cloud Job Discovery – it’s obviously NOT due to Google’s marketing and product naming prowess, but purely due to Google’s amazing ability to kick machine learning and AI — square in the ass. Now YOU can have great job search like Johnson and Johnson who is touting a 41% increase in qualified candidates applying to hard-to-fill positions like scientist positions HOLY SHIT are you kidding me? — or how about CareerBuilder who has developed recruiting technology for over a decade and pretty much said “Screw this job search stuff — Google’s does it better” What does that mean for all of you vendors out there? Well, I’d start breathing deeply into a paper bag because EVERY EMPLOYER KNOWN TO HUMANKIND will be asking for your product to include Google Job Search. Announcement #2 The wasckly wabbits over at Google Cloud just launched a new product name for their recruiting API services — Say goodbye to Cloud Jobs Discovery – that name sucked anyway… Say Hello to Cloud Talent Solution… Seriously Google? That’s the best you got?!? Why a new name anyway? It’s a necessity since ANNOUNCEMENT #3 happened… a NEW CANDIDATE SEARCH API was launched. That’s right kids Google isn’t only going to outperform your job search, they’re going to embed their candidate search in candidate profile / resume db everywhere! So grab that paper bag and start breathing in and out slowly because on this Friday’s episode of Chad & Cheese HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast we’re going to answer questions like: What kind of stats will Google be sharing? We’ll give them to ya! How good can this candidate search be anyway? When will Google go the next step and provide candidate matching? Is Indeed finally going to play ball? What should Employers and Vendors do? Does this heightened candidate search kill Boolean strings? Will Careerbuilder just replace their logo with Google’s? Chad was talking about the possibility of this new API last year… Why is Chad always right? All that and more comin’ to you on this week’s Chad & Cheese Podcast… Big thanks to Judge for supporting The Shred – The Judge Group People Powered Business Solutions – Judging people since 1970… and if you haven’t been Judged and you need Healthcare and IT professionals — what the hell are you waiting for? Check ’em out at Judge.com – that’s J-U-D-G-E – DOT COM or email them at [email protected] SOWASH — OUT!

Hey kids, it’s The Shred for July 27, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team for your next project, finding healthcare talent for your organization, filling that mission critical direct hire to lead your team, or training your employees on the latest technology, Judge.com can deliver to ensure your organization’s long-term growth. To the news: Freelance gig marketplace Upwork confidentially filed for IPO this week, according to Recode; Upwork, as many remember is the product of a 2013 merger of Elance and oDesk; the company has raised $169M to date, according to Crunchbase. Will you be a buyer? Now to Facebook, at this week’s Jobg8 conference, industry insider Matt Charney revealed in a keynote address that the social network is testing a candidate matching feature. Details were sparse, but it looks like once a job is posted, Facebook recommends users across its entire network who fit the job requirements. No news on what the algorithm looks like at this point – for example, does it only show candidates within a certain geotarget – but an official release should be forthcoming in the next few weeks. Sticking with Facebook, they acquired communications tool Redkix this week. Redkix lets companies manage chat, email, groups, and more within Slack-like channels; the service will shut down and the technology will be rolled into Facebook’s Slack wannabe Workplace. Redkix had raised $17M to date. Now to Google, Big G announced this week that it was launching profile search in private beta. The new technology enables recruiters and sourcers to discover talent in their existing candidate databases. So, if you’re keeping score at home, LinkedIn, Facebook and now Google are officially in the candidate matching game. As usual, we’ll be sure to discuss the news in greater depth on the weekly show, so be sure to tune-in. Once again, thanks to our sponsor Judge.com. With over 48 years of experience and success, Judge is an industry leader in technology, talent and learning solutions. Judge is a family-owned business which has grown globally with offices in the United States, Canada, India and China. Learn more at j-u-d-g-e-dot-com. Cheesman out.

Video is HUGE! Employer Brand is HUGE! Candidate Experience is HUGE! No surprise there. But how does it impact employment? Chad sits down with Elena Valentine, CEO and co-founder at Skill Scout to find out. "STORY TELLING IS DOPE!" - Elena Enjoy, and support our sponsors America's Job Exchange, Sovren and JobAdX.

It took over a year to convince Joe Shaker, Jr., president of Shaker Recruitment Marketing to be a guest on The Chad & Cheese Podcast, but he acquiesced. The state of the recruitment ad agency is as interesting as it’s ever been. From newspapers to job boards to branding to tech, we cover all the bases. Enjoy this Nexxt exclusive interview.

It’s The Shred – a mini-Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News — This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by The Judge Group… What exactly is The Judge Group, well Judge has over 48 years of experience and success in recruiting talent – namely IT and Healthcare talent. If you need Healthcare or IT professionals go to Judge.com and tell them Chad & Cheese sent you — Judge.com — I love that domain On to the NEWS… Pivots can’t save everyone… Snag – aka Snagajob – the hourly hiring platform just outsed their CEO Peter Harrison. Why? Well, pull up some Glassdoor reviews and that might start to answer the question of Harrison’s kick to the curb. Harrison’s 41 percent CEO approval rating – which sucks btw – and most of the negative reviews focus on a lack of leadership – never a good thing for a CEO. Not too mention in 2016 then Snagajob’s landscape changed immensely with an infusion of an additional $100m investment, now the cash wasn’t the biggest change rather.. that cash shifted control to outside investment firms. Ohhhh NELLY! And also remember Snag’s sweetspot is the SMB market and with Zip killing it, LinkedIn licking their chops and Facebook – yea Facebook joining the party it’s getting more than competitve at the SMB party! Who will be the new face of Snag? Fabio Rosati of Upwork fame – you know the freelance job site that accrued 14 million users in 180 countries and more than $1 billion in annual billings. Yea that Fabio Rosati… But will Fabio be enough to get the SMB platform through the competition and the new Uber-like hourly start-ups? Who knows but it’s gonna to be fun watching… NEXXT >>>>>> Microsoft is going to drink Slack’s milkshake — Yes There will be blood Slack a business communication and productivity platform has to defend it’s flank from Microsoft Teams a competitor to Slack who has just launched a FREE version. According to Quartz… The new free Microsoft Teams platform is aimed at small and medium-size businesses. It’ll be free for an organization’s first 300 users, and each user will be given 2 GB of storage, along with 10 GB that the team can share. This news should send Slackers into a panic… Teams is integrated with the Microsoft suite and are targeting Slack. Joel and I always talk about who will acquire Slack… Well, Microsoft isn’t in the market to acquire Slack who has $790m in funding, they want to kill them, but what about Google? Who else do you think should be eyeing Slack – let us know on Twitter, just use #chadcheese, on LinkedIn connect and ping us or stop on by the chadcheese.com site and leave us a message. We might just be talking about Snag and Teams v Slack milkshake on the next episode so join the discussion. >>>>>>> Big thanks to Judge for supporting The Shred – The Judge Group People Powered Business Solutions – Judging people since 1970… and if you haven’t been Judged and you need Healthcare and IT professionals — what the hell are you waiting for? Check ’em out at Judge.com – that’s J-U-D-G-E – DOT COM SOWASH — OUT!

The boys discuss updates on the text recruiting wars, featuring the likes of Jobvite, TextRecruit, iCIMS, Canvas and Emissary. Plus, Chad talks “shortage,” acquisitions by Ultimate Software and Slack, and, of course, what episode would be complete without CareerBuilder’s continuous fall into the abyss. Enjoy, and visit our sponsors America’s Job Exchange, Sovren and JobAdX.

Hey boys and girls, it’s The Shred for July 18, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team for your next project, finding healthcare talent for your organization, filling that mission critical direct hire to lead your team, or training your employees on the latest technology, Judge.com can deliver to ensure your organization’s long-term growth. To the news: Cloud-based management software provider Ultimate Software acquired France-based HR solutions company PeopleDoc for $300M yesterday in cash and stock; Ultimate Software’s 4.1k clients represent 38M employees; PeopleDoc serves 4M employees; PeopleDoc had previously raised $51M. In more acquisition news, Slack acquired Denver-based enterprise software startup Missions this week; terms were undisclosed; Missions enables businesses to customize Slack with additional features; the team will work in Slack’s Denver offices; members will continue in their current assignments; Slack has raised $790M to date. Next up, listeners will remember iCIMS acquired TextRecruit earlier this year. Well not to be outdone, Jobvite has announced a partnership with TextRecruit competitor Canvas to provide text recruiting solutions for its users. “This latest update to the Jobvite platform offers recruiters a must-have solution to engage candidates and immediately start a conversation, on their terms, within seconds,” said Jobvite Chief Product Officer, Robert Tsao. “With this new functionality, hiring teams can provide jobseekers with instant access to resources, eliminate time spent waiting for responses, and easily stay in touch over time in order to build lasting, authentic relationships.” As usual, we’ll be sure to discuss the news in greater depth on the weekly show, so be sure to tune-in. Once again, thanks to our sponsor Judge.com. With over 48 years of experience and success, Judge is an industry leader in technology, talent and learning solutions. Judge is a family-owned business which has grown globally with offices in the United States, Canada, India and China. Learn more at j-u-d-g-e-dot-com. Cheesman out.

The boys breakdown the who, what, why and how of all the investment money flowing into recruitment technology startups with industry analyst George Laroque. This podcast is an exclusive from Uncommon.

It’s The Shred – a mini-Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News — This is Chad Sowash Greenhouse ATS and Recruiting Software scored $50 million in Series D funding from Riverwood Capital. What the Hell are they going to do with that kinda cash? Well, Greenhouse wants to use the cash to expand globally and improve its product suite around recruiting, onboarding, hiring analytics, and diversity and inclusion.

The boys are back after a July 4th break and there’s a lot to cover. Shaker Recruitment Marketing makes an acquisition, Google embraces the Union Jack, voice assistants go commercial, CareerBuilder continues to burn and lots more. Enjoy, and give our sponsors a big hug. America’s Job Exchange, JobAdX and Sovren love the warm-and-fuzzy.

The bleeding over at CareerBuilder continues. Multiple sources are informing us that three more executives are gone. It’s a mix of terminations and just getting the hell off the Titanic.

AllyO touts itself as an end-to-end solution for recruitment. But if you think it’s just another chatbot waiting to board the commoditization train, well, you might be right. Or wrong. You’ll have to listen to see if this start-up cuts the mustard and survives the Firing Squad. This podcast is an exclusive from Talroo. Our sponsors rock, by the way.

On a slow week that saw us celebrating America’s birthday, the boys are taking a break from the weekly rundown and chatting with Groupon’s head of global employment brand, James Ellis. Chad cornered the poor guy at a recent conference and dug into a wide variety of topics. Enjoy, and be sure to visit our sponsors, JobAdX, Sovren and America’s Job Exchange.

The Chad & Cheese Podcast brings introduces THE SHRED — breaking Recruitment Industry News Topics Google for Jobs rumored to be launching soon in the UK The Arland Group ACQUIRED by Shaker Recruitment Marketing — Sponsored by The Judge Group — Judge.com

Chad’s back! And he’s probably sporting a beret this week as the boys are talkin’ LinkedIn’s foray into the SMB market, on-demand worker platforms boom and Slack going down (ensue internet meltdown). Your ears will thank you. Enjoy, and checkout sponsors America’s Job Exchange, Sovren and JobAdX.

This week, Google keeps googling, Juju (who? who?) pulls the ripcord and rumors are swirling around Snag.co (better known as Snagajob). And the funding keeps flowing. Enjoy and show our sponsors some love: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren and JobAdX.

It’s not everyday you get to talk to someone who was a direct report to Bill Gates, but Chad & Cheese have done it. Meet Anoop Gupta, co-founder and CEO of SeekOut and Microsoft veteran. This is a Nexxt exclusive.

With Chad in Europe for the next 3 weeks, Cheese pulls a Lionel Richie and goes solo, talkin’ news and opinion on Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub. Who are the winner and losers? Additionally, Facebook and LinkedIn are in the news with new tools aiding recruitment, CareerBuilder keeps bleeding executives and Vermont wants you. Enjoy, and visit the show sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, JobAdX and Sovren. I’m on a roll, it’s time to go solo

Indeed keeps building-up that moat against Google, but the latest acquisition of Resume.com has the boys shaking their heads. Plus Dice still has a pulse, Walmart is sending the blue vests to college and ZipRecruiter flexes. Enjoy, and show sponsors Sovren, JobAdX and America’s Job Exchange some love.

If you thought an upcoming holiday weekend would mean a slow week in the recruiting industry, then you’re gravely mistaken, kiddies. Chad & Cheese bring da noise and da funk on a episode featuring Phenom People, Vervoe, Job.com, Indeed, and Millennials getting smacked around by their Boomer parents. Enjoy, and visit our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, JobAdX and Sovren.

Startup HireVisor faces the firing squad. Will their warm-and-fuzzy, sharing-is-caring business model pass the test? Gotta listen to this Talroo exclusive if you want to find out.

Colin Day, founder, chairman and CEO at popular ATS iCIMS doesn’t pull any punches. He’s more than happy to give his honest opinion on everything from Indeed’s future to Google’s reign to ‘Freemium’ ATS providers. And Chad and Cheese are more than happy to ask the tough questions. Great insight from an industry icon. Be sure to visit Uncommon.co, the exclusive sponsor of these series of podcasts.

The boys checkout Uncommon.co‘s product demo. And there’s beer too. Enjoy. Audio Only. For the video please go to the YouTube channel.

Indeed had its annual event this week. News and opinion from the show highlight this week’s episode. Also, Google for Jobs referral traffic numbers are coming out, .jobs is .gone for Direct Employers Association and Starbucks is a real shit-show, literally. Enjoy, and checkout sponsors JobAdX, Sovren, Ratedly and America’s Job Exchange.

Were the boys wooed by Woo? You’ll have to listen to find out on this Talroo exclusive.

What started out as a pretty slow week certainly picked up by Hump Day. Glassdoor was acquired by Indeed’s parent company for $1.2 billion. The boys discuss the who, what and why. Monster has a new CEO and CareerBuilder goes down. Job boards are free for everyone now, Google’s new AI makes jaws drop and a Glassdoor-for-women site raised $3 million. Enjoy, and checkout our sponsors America’s Job Exchange, Sovren and JobAdX.

If you’re hiring hourly workers today, you feel pain. Services like Jobalign are at the forefront of working to solve this problem. Chad and Cheese dive in to find out more. Enjoy this Nexxt exclusive.

On this week’s show, CareerBuilder and Monster have opposing strategies on job search, Monster’s new ads go “all Geico,” Stepstone buys Universum, Facebook is focused on @Work, Russians make an HR robot, brain sensors take over, PrivateService.jobs launches and more … Visit our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren and JobAdX.

An Uncommon exclusive … the boys sit down with industry icon Tony Lee for a walk down Memory Lane, an update on what’s new at SHRM and even talk a little Cheap Trick. If you remember Cheezhead, OCC and when Monster had “The” and “Board” as brand bookends, then this episode is for you. This is an Uncommon exclusive. Try this red-hot start-up’s 14-day free trial now!

The mergers and acquisitions market is heating up this week. Names like CareerBuilder, Adecco and PeopleFluent keep things interesting. Plus Google for Jobs gets busy internationally. Enjoy, and visit our sponsors: Sovren, America’s Job Exchange and JobAdX.

The boys are still working through hangovers from a week in Ireland, but our pain is your gain. We were able to land a handful of interviews at the Guinness brewery. For this week’s episode, we chat with Terry Baker from PandoLogic and Adam Gordon from CandidateID. Enjoy. And don’t forget about our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Nexxt, Jobs2Careers and Catch 22 Consulting.

Live from SHRM Talent in Las Vegas earlier this week, Chad & Cheese sit down with two of the most exciting companies around today, in two of the most talked about technologies. Thad Price, CEO of Talroo, formerly Jobs2Careers, talks rebranding and the future of job distribution, and Amit Chauhan, CEO of JobAdX, discusses programmatic ad buying. Enjoy.

Industry veteran Tim Sackett discusses the trials and tribulations of being sentenced to Indeed “jail.” You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll long for an alternative to Indeed. Enjoy.

If you only listen to one episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, this one might be it. CareerBuilder is a mess right now, according to our sources. We’re talkin’ execs jumping ship, layoffs, angry sales people and a lot of bitter ‘Builders. Tune in for all the latest. Plus: Indeed Crowd is a failure Ladders tries its hand at referrals Snagajob is now Snag … here’s why Monster goes 2-pane What do Textio, Uncommon.co and Indeed have in common? Oh, Canada! Indeed acquires Workopolis And lots more. It’s the first show to go over an hour, but we think you’ll be rewarded for your time. Just listen to it in 2X and cut it down to 30 mins. Boom! And check out our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, JobAdX and Ratedly. No dumpster fires at these companies .

There’s a lot of confusion around chatbots in recruiting. Do you need one? Which one? How much? Questions abound on this technology that serves as a buzzword at every conference and practically every blog post online. RoboRecruiter thinks chatbots are not only the future, but the present as well. We’ll see about that. Chad & Cheese bring in CEO Chris Collins and put him through the Firing Squad to see if chatbots truly are all that, and if RoboRecruiter should be added to your shopping list. Hang tight! And be sure to visit Firing Squad’s exclusive sponsorship partner Jobs2Careers, a company that could make Firing Squad its bitch.

Hey kids, this week Joel was in San Diego at ERE and Chad was in San Francisco at a Biddle Consulting Group Institute Summit – swanky right? Luckily between naps Joel was able to get some quick interviews from: VideoMyJob – Kristen Graham, Co-founder YouVisit – Erik Carlson, National Ad Director Seekout – Anoop Gupta, CEO AllyO – Ankit Somani. Co-founder Look for these companies to get in front of the FIRING SQUAD very soon. Give it up for our sponsors. Lots of wallet share love should be bestowed upon America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly and JobAdX – only one X. Enjoy!

Another Nexxt exclusive podcast, the boys sit down with two of the hottest TA tech companies in the vendor space: Clinch and Smashfly. Enjoy.

After a bit of hiatus and a stint at the Guiness Recover Unit at the local hospital, Chad & Cheese are back in the groove, sticking it to everyone who, let’s be honest, deserve it. Here’s a taste: Indeed’s new commercial has us scratching our heads and cussing the death of a great tune. Oh yeah, Indeed official raised prices too Google baby-steps into candidate search, but we suspect bigger ambitions LinkedIn gets its Snapchat on A NYC councilman has lost his damned mind Old people keep getting screwed Weed continues to be a magnet for investment cash, even in online recruitment … and a boatload more, boys and girls. Enjoy, and give our sponsors your wallets. Because, we said so. Lots of love to America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly and NKOTB, JobAdX.

People on LinkedIn aren’t looking for a job and too many candidates on job boards aren’t qualified. Therein lies the heart of start-up Uncommon.co and how it hopes to break through the crowded space of recruitment technology. The company says it uses AI technology trained on over 50 million career paths and analyzes applicant resumes for hard skills, like expertise in data science or kinesiology, by looking for factors like degrees attained or years in a role; soft skills, like creativity and entrepreneurship, are found by extrapolating skills necessary for success in past jobs. Chad & Cheese put Teg Grenager, CEO, through the gauntlet and see if his company has what it takes to make it in the world of recruiting. The companies that put $18 million in their company recently certainly hope so. And after listening, be sure to checkout Jobs2Careers, exclusive sponsor of the show. Jobs 2 Awesome, more like it!

A Nexxt exclusive! One of the biggest treats from our time at TAtech in Ireland this month was the opportunity to see Hire with Google’s Bogomil Balkansky, VP Cloud Recruiting Solutions, present. A bigger treat was the opportunity to interview Bogomil at the social event from the Guinness brewery in Dublin. Enjoy.

The boys take their act across the Atlantic for TAtech Europe, conveniently scheduled around St. Patrick’s Day. Sláinte!

Call it the International Women’s Day episode, although it’s mostly about Millennial-bashing. This week: United Airlines does a U-turn on bonus lottery Glassdoor sends out conflicting messages about a price increase Burger King torches traditional recruitment advertising Jobu Jobs is the new “Tinder for jobs” player Activision coddles its Millennial employees … and a friggin’ bunch more, yo! Like always, go show out sponsors some love. America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Catch 22 Consulting and our newest sponsor, JobAdX rock the house! And special thanks to Nexxt and Jobs2Careers for sponsoring our monthly shows.

March Madness is podcast madness, apparently. On this week’s episode, the “badasses” are talkin’: Google keeps kickin’ ass and takin’ names in employment tech Bloomberg says Glassdoor is headed toward IPO country Facebook eyes global market with jobs RealMatch is now PandoLogic, er, pandoIQ The new CareerBuilder looks pretty much like the old CareerBuilder, minus the orange Chucks Monster’s new ‘hype’ video Cash keeps flowing: Peakon, Nomad Health … and a shit-ton more. Enjoy and give our sponsors – Sovren, America’s Job Exchange, Ratedly, Nexxt, Jobs2Careers and Catch 22 Consulting – a blank check.

Money continues to flow into HR tech companies and people are still launching job boards. Yeah, you heard that right. Job boards. C’mon, really? The boys break down all the latest news. WorkHere pivots Find.jobs launches (is it now officially a failed experiment?) HireMaturity launches. Eons 2.0? Dynamic Signal get $36.5 million Vettery gets acquired for a rumored $100 million StatusToday scares the hell out of us! And a Halloween beat down that ended badly … very badly. Enjoy. And visit our kickass sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Nexxt, Ratedly, Catch 22 Consulting and Job2Careers. Feel the love!

The Chad and Cheese listeners know that Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning has taken center stage as the bright and shiny objects of the recruitment industry over the last year, but what about the entrance of ​Blockchain and Cryptocurrency? What the Hell does Blockchain and Cryptocurrency have to do with RECRUITING? We haven’t a damned clue which is why we have Jeff Tennery the CEO of Moonlighting.com is on the podcast to answer questions like: – Why do we need Blockchain Recruiting? – What could cryptocurrency mean to the world talent economy? – What the Hell is a Moonbit? – and … Is Moonlighting backed by Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd? Don’t forget this edu-tainment is made possible by the gang over at Nexxt and in the spirit of saving some currency (in dollars) – YOU can receive 25% off your first Text2Hire campaign by visiting nexxt.com/chadandcheese25. You are recruiting with text messages… Aren’t you?!?

Waking the dead in your resume database is all the rage. Companies like Crowded (Firing Squad alumni), Lever and ConveyIQ (formerly Take The Interview) are getting noticed for taking the best strategies in marketing and bringing them to recruitment. Candidate.ID is another company looking to take on this challenge and solve the problem of keeping candidates engaged and warm when a new opportunity arises instead of starting all over again to attract new talent. Chad and Cheese put the company’s CEO and co-founder Adam Gordon through the wringer to see if his company has the mettle to thrive in this new, competitive landscape. Will he get the gun? Gotta listen to find out. And be sure to checkout Jobs2Careers, exclusive sponsor of the show. Jobs 2 Awesome, more like it!

Dollar dollar bill ya’ll! Money is flowing into the recruitment tech space like a melting glacier into the Atlantic Ocean. In this week’s episode, ZipRecruiter eyes a new round of funding to the tune of $50 million, valuing the company at $1 billion, or the cost of both Monster and CareerBuilder put together. Plus: Recruiters calls out Indeed for three of their recent updates An Indeed employee goes off on Glassdoor Soda Stream got the ad right, but the execution blows RealMatch launches pandoIQ, and agencies are losing their minds A bunch of companies just got funding (hint, employee engagement is still hot) Workday gets generous. And much more. While listening, visit our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Catch22 Consulting and the Campaign to Elect Chad & Cheese to President … of Monster.

We did an ad for this year’s Super Bowl. Monster’s going to love it!