Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast Chris Russell
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- Economía y empresa
Hosted by Chris Russell, online recruiting's mad scientist, the RecTech podcast covers all aspects of recruiting technology and recruitment marketing including interesting new tools & vendors. You'll also hear how recruiters leverage technology to find talent. A great listen for HR tech vendors, HR professionals and recruiters everywhere.
CONTACT: chris@rectechmedia.com
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Catching up with Ziprecruiter's Matt Plummer
Matt Plummer is the Senior Vice President, Product Strategy & Enterprise Solutions for Ziprecruiter one of the worlds largest job marketplaces. Founded in 2010, the Santa Monica-based company has over 1000 employees in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Israel.
TOPICS
1. What's new at the company? (icims partnership)
2. Numbers: what are the latest traffic numbers for Ziprecruiter.com? How many seekers do you have in your resume database?
3. It's been a tough 12-18 months for the job board world with ad spend down, how are you viewing 2024?
4. Hows Phil….talk about that user experience….pre-screening new visitors…
5. I heard you raised prices recently (or are about to) why the increase?
6. Will Zip ever look at acquiring other job boards?
7. Podcast advertising….must be working for you guys can you talk about that strategy a bit
8. How is Zip leveraging AI in the job search?
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Checkr Layoffs
Techcrunch is reporting that Checkr, a 10-year-old employee background check company which was last valued at $5 billion has laid off 382 employees as companies are not significantly hiring talent.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/checkr-layoffs/
Tech company Multiverse has acquired Searchlight, a talent intelligence and skills assessment platform that uses AI to help companies close their skills gaps.
https://hrtechfeed.com/multiverse-acquires-ai-talent-software-company-searchlight/
NEW YORK – Cadient, a leading provider of talent acquisition solutions in the hourly hiring sector, has been acquired by Basis Vectors Capital, a private equity and technology investment firm that focuses on the B2B sass space
https://hrtechfeed.com/cadient-ats-acquired-by-private-equity-firm/
SeekOut, the Talent Intelligence Platform, announced the release of conversational search as part of its SeekOut Assist generative AI product portfolio. The new feature expands the capabilities of SeekOut Assist, enabling recruiters to use their own language in sourcing. This makes powerful AI-assisted searches accessible to all recruiters, allowing for simple descriptions instead of complex Boolean queries.
https://hrtechfeed.com/seekout-adds-conversational-search-to-its-platform/
ReadySetHire, powered by Talroo, is a new recruiting platform built from the ground-up exclusively for small businesses that lack the tools and insight needed to follow recruiting best practices to attract new hires.
https://hrtechfeed.com/talroo-launches-readysethire/
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Bringing Rigor to TA Operations
JOBSYNC ROUNDTABLE:
“I’ve got a feeling” can no longer be the deciding factor of Talent Acquisition decision-making. TA Operations provides structure and rigor to a classically EQ area of the business.
But where do you start, what makes the cut, and how do you define success?
This insightful panel webinar featuring Talent Operations experts discussing the intricacies of building a TA Operations function.
Scope: Understand the objectives of integrating a TA Operations function and managing scope creep
Impact: Assess the outcomes (both positive and negative) such as efficiency, candidate experience, change management, and compliance
Budget: Consider expenses and trade-offs such as technology, training, and resources (and how to get buy-in from leadership) -
Indeed Gets Smart, Modal Raises
Remote, the leader in building, managing, and supporting globally distributed workforces, has completed the acquisition of Easop, a compliance solution for businesses with international talent to grant and manage equity to their teams across 70+ countries.
https://hrtechfeed.com/remote-com-acquires-equity-compensation-tool/
ClearanceJobs, the leading online community for security-cleared professionals, has launched the ability to stream live videos to its platform with the introduction of ClearanceJobs Live.
https://hrtechfeed.com/clearancejobs-adds-live-streaming-for-employers/
Employ Inc., the parent company of JazzHR, Lever, Jobvite and NXTThing RPO, announced the appointment of Steve Cox as CEO, effective April 1, 2024. Cox succeeds former CEO, Pete Lamson.- who decided to step down, the company told me.
https://hrtechfeed.com/employ-inc-has-new-ceo/
SAN MATEO, Calif.,— Modal, a leading skills development platform for data and analytics professionals, today announced a $25 million Series A. The round is led by Left Lane Capital and Ensemble VC with participation from leading investment firms Signalfire and Learn Capital.
https://hrtechfeed.com/modal-announces-25-million-series-a-to-upskill-employees-in-ai/
Indeed, the world’s #1 job site1 and a global job matching and hiring platform, today introduces Smart Sourcing, a new AI-powered suite of products to make the hiring process faster, simpler and more efficient for both employers and job seekers.
https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-launches-ai-powered-smart-sourcing/
https://youtu.be/pduqHwS_J58?si=V9GzlMv16YHjjf4A -
Hiring Software Sitdown with Cnect's Andre Boulais
Andre Boulais is a veteran of the HR Tech space with past stints at vendors like Jobvite, Entelo and Silk Road, today he is the new chief revenue officer at Cnect a new hiring software platform
How did you end up a Cnect? Whats the platform all about? Target customer? Coolest part of the platform? Free offer for candidates cnected.com -
New Networking App & Some Acquisitions
DENVER— Guild, the leader in opportunity creation for America’s workforce, today announced its newest product capability, Career Pathways, a career planning solution that empowers employees to pursue learning programs tied to in-demand career tracks at their employer, while also empowering employers to curate their education benefits to activate their frontline workforce and support business strategy.
https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-guild-career-pathways/
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Job Mobz, a leading provider of innovative recruitment solutions, is excited to announce the acquisition of Before You Apply (http://beforeyouapply.com), a pioneering platform in the passive candidate sourcing, corporate transparency and employment branding sectors.
https://hrtechfeed.com/job-mobz-acquires-before-you-apply/
BALTIMORE — Workforce solutions company CareerCircle LLC, an Allegis Group brand, announced today that it has completed the transition of the Getting Hired platform. With this realignment, both companies will operate under the CareerCircle identity, share a leadership team and expand their service offerings.
https://hrtechfeed.com/diversity-job-site-acquired/
LOS ANGELES — Professional storytelling evolves today with the launch of McCoy, , iOS app and career platform set to “disrupt the networking and hiring landscape”. A video-first format, McCoy gives professionals the power to visually speak to their unique career paths and more effectively showcase their passions and personality.
https://hrtechfeed.com/professional-networking-app-launches/