Rectech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast

A look at what's coming to the pod and help for HR tech job seekers in the form of a new job community. https://hrtechjob.com/

One-hour peer-to-peer recruitment roundtable featuring Heidi Gerhard, VP of Global Talent Acquisition Strategy & Operations at Mastercard, as our featured speaker! By the end of this session, you'll be armed with fresh strategies to seamlessly harmonize recruitment operations in your organization. Heidi will share invaluable insights on discovering the ideal talent, optimizing processes, and building teams that stand the test of time.

Cliquify 2024 Employer Brand Priorities Report is out and CEO Amit Parmar joins the pod to discuss their findings. Free Download: https://www.cliquify.me/resources/2024-employer-branding-priorities-and-budget?utm_campaign=RecTechMedia

In a stunning reversal, Indeed.com will end its pay per application business model only a year after launching it.

Fama Technologies, Inc., a leader in candidate screening that makes hiring great people easy, has been recognized as a “Hot Companies to Watch in 2024” by Nucleus Research, one of the world’s top HCM industry analyst firms.  https://hrtechfeed.com/fama-technologies-inc-announced-as-a-hot-company-to-watch-in-2024-by-nucleus-research/ Workleap, a leading software company behind products that improve the employee experience for 20,000 companies in more than 100 countries, has acquired Pingboard, a US-based HR tech SaaS company. https://hrtechfeed.com/workleap-acquires-us-based-pingboard/ Phenom is hosting the industry’s first Skills Day, providing HR with a practical approach to improve the process of hiring, developing and retaining talent using skills.  https://skills.phenom.com/ The Predictive Index, the leading talent optimization platform, announced its acquisition of Charma (formerly known as WorkPatterns), the performance management tool that simplifies people and team management. https://hrtechf

HOUSTON—-Kahuna Workforce Solutions, a pioneer in operational skills and competency management software, has announced a $21 million Series B funding round led by Resolve Growth Partners.  https://hrtechfeed.com/skills-management-software-platform-raises-21-million/  Workday, (NASDAQ: WDAY), announced results for the fiscal 2024 third quarter ended October 31, 2023. Fiscal Third Quarter Total Revenues of $1.87 Billion, Up 16.7% Year Over Year Subscription Revenues of $1.69 Billion, Up 18.1% Year Over Year 12-Month Subscription Revenue Backlog of $6.05 Billion, Up 21.9% Year Over Year https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-subscription-revenues-up-18-1-year-over-year/ SAN FRANCISCO — Every.io (dba Every), the all-in-one back office stack for startups, today announced its coming out of stealth alongside $9.5 million in seed funding.  Every provides bank accounts, corporate cards, bill payments, corporate treasury, HR, payroll, benefits, accounting, and taxes all in one platform. https://hrtechfeed.com/every

Speculation around Google for Jobs continues but no one is quite sure what the paid version will look like nor how it will be implemented. I brought in the founder of JobAdX Amit Chauhan to discuss.

Cielo is introducing a series of intelligence tools that leverage automation and AI to help companies optimize the hiring experience for all:they are calling it Digital Accelerators™. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-cielo/ Remote, a leader in building, managing, and supporting globally distributed workforces, today launched a marketplace for employers and job seekers. Fully integrated with Remote’s global HR platform, Remote Talent provides companies and their future teams around the world an easy way to connect. https://hrtechfeed.com/remote-launches-global-talent-marketplace/ Human capital advisory firm, The Josh Bersin Company, announced the availability of a new generative AI expert assistant and problem-solving tool for HR leaders and their teams. https://hrtechfeed.com/the-josh-bersin-company-launches-ai-hr-assistant/ EarnBetter is announcing the public launch of its free AI job search assistant and a $4.5 million seed round investment led by Andreessen Horowitz and Abstract Ventures.

The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades): Integrating Talent Intelligence for Long-Term Talent Acquisition Success In today's rapidly evolving recruitment landscape, Talent Intelligence has emerged as a key component of your talent strategy. While adding this to the growing list of responsibilities for talent leaders, leading companies not only need Talent Intelligence; they also require a dedicated team to distill the data and operate as a key advisor to the business. As you look toward 2024, how can you incorporate this capability into your team? We were joined by special guest Toby Culshaw, who has built the Talent Intelligence function at Amazon Worldwide Stores and previously at Philips. For over 15 years, Toby has been educating organizations on reconfiguring and enhancing their comprehension of talent intelligence and analytics.

Chicago — Rival, formerly SilkRoad Technology, today announced a relaunch of its recruiting product, Rival Recruit, which is now available. The new url is https://rival-hr.com/ https://hrtechfeed.com/silkroad-changes-name-to-rival/ Engagedly, the cloud-based talent management software for Performance, Learning & Development, and Employee Engagement solutions, in its pursuit to improve employee engagement, performance, and experience, has acquired theEMPLOYEEapp, an employee communication platform for deskless employees. https://hrtechfeed.com/engagedly-acquires-theemployeeapp/ Phenom announced registration is now open for its fifth annual IAMPHENOM conference on April 23-25 in Philadelphia. The premier Intelligent Talent Experience conference will bring together 1,800+ professionals across talent acquisition, talent management, HR, HRIS, and the c-suite to learn innovative ways to accelerate hiring, improve recruiter inefficiencies, boost employee evolution and retention, transform workforce planning,

Started by clinicians for clinicians in 2015, Nomad Health became a pioneer for digital temporary healthcare staffing providing clinicians with a degree of transparency, control and efficiency that traditional healthcare staffing companies don’t deliver. Nomad clinicians have cared for millions of patients at over one thousand healthcare facilities across all 50 states. Justin Lambert, COO joins the podcast.

UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people, today introduced its second cohort of early-stage companies — from four different countries — as part of its fast-growing, in-house global startup ecosystem and virtual laboratory, UKG Labs. This newest class includes:  Bites, based in Israel, which is on a mission to enable every organization to train, onboard, and engage with their frontline employees successfully and effectively; Denim, based in the U.S., with solutions to help employers improve performance while retaining talent and ensuring the deskless workforce feels valued, rewarded, and heard; Hop In Technologies, based in Canada, which works to address transportation and mobility barriers for organizations and their employees; and Mo, based in the U.K., which makes it easier for busy managers to meaningfully recognize and engage their employees. https://hrtechfeed.com/ukg-labs-adds-4-startups-to-program/ MilitaryConnected.org out of maryl

Jobsync's conversation with Gerry Crispin kicked off with defining what recruiting really is, what recruiters really do, and how not all things recruiting are learned in school.

SmartRecruiters, announced the latest expansion of talent acquisition updates designed to broaden global reach and productivity. The new release includes over 27 product enhancements and 15 new partner integrations offering smarter workflows, seamless integrations and bulk actions that empower global talent leaders to achieve more with less. https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-latest-q3-feature-release/ Rally®, the leading platform for learning best-practice recruitment marketing and employer branding strategies, today introduced Rally® AI™, a revolutionary AI recruitment marketing assistant that guides recruiting professionals through every step of creating a highly effective talent attraction strategy so they can gain a competitive edge in recruiting top candidates using modern social and digital marketing strategies. https://hrtechfeed.com/rally-introduces-rally-ai-recruitment-marketing-assistant/ Radancy, the global leader in talent acquisition software, announced today that it has acquired Braz

In the final round of interviews from the expo floor at HR Tech 2023 you'll hear from Phenom, Plum, Veritone, Refer, and Workbuzz.

TrackFive is a recruitment marketing agency based in Central Pennsylvania. Founded in 2007, their vision is To fill every open job with a qualified candidate. https://trackfive.com/  

LinkedIn is laying off more than 660 workers across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams, the employment-focused social media site announced Monday. https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/linkedin-laying-off-more-than-660-workers/ micro1, an AI-driven platform for sourcing top engineering talent has announced an oversubscribed $1.3 million investment. This funding, coupled with the initial $2 million pre-seed investment, has propelled the company’s valuation to an impressive $30 million.  https://hrtechfeed.com/engineering-talent-recruitment-tool-lands-3-3m/ The Mom Project, a leading digital talent marketplace and community platform serving more than 1.5 million moms and 3,000+ companies, today announced the launch of SelfMade, a professional platform focused on helping moms create their personal brand and start their business. https://hrtechfeed.com/the-mom-project-launches-program-to-help-moms-start-businesses/ MINNEAPOLIS — Yardstik, a Trust & Safety Platform built to help high-volume

In the latest episode from HR Tech Las Vegas you'll hear from Greenhouse, Hopward and Lumina. Sponsored by Plum.io

HR tech interviews from the expo floor at the 2023 event.  COLLABWORK, CROSSCHQ, FIRST30 Sponsored by Plum https://www.plum.io/

At the recent RecFest event in Nashville I caught some of the panel on high volume hiring.