Rectech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast

My guest today wants to talk about job descriptions, specifically 5 things that are going extinct on them...Rob Kelly is the founder and CEO of OnGig a tool that helps employers create better job postings. Why are you so obsessed about job descriptions? Quick description of OnGig? Before we look at the future (and things that might go extinct in job descriptions), what's changed in the last 5 to 10 years in JDs? So you and I were chatting about how with all the changes going on, the future job description might look different. Whats #5 on your list? Whats the best job description youve ever seen?

Listen to what one talent acquisition pro did by personally rejecting 272 applicants over the course of 3 hours. An HR hero was born.

Chris Forman is the … CEO of Appcast the programmatic job advertising platform. They just released their annual report on recruitment marketing data points and we’ll dive into those numbers on today's episode. LINK: https://info.appcast.io/whitepaper/2021-recruitment-marketing-benchmark-report-website

Criteria, a market-leading SaaS people analytics platform, announced that it has acquired Australian-based Alcami Interactive, an on-demand video interviewing platform.  There has been a substantial increase in demand for advanced video interviewing since the beginning of 2020, and Criteria will offer its 4000+ customers Alcami’s video interviewing service through its platform. Alcami will also offer Criteria’s portfolio of assessments to its APAC customers. Criteria plans to fully integrate the companies in 2022. “It’s no secret that the rise of remote work has created increased demand for video interviewing tools,” said Josh Millet, founder and CEO of Criteria. “Our own benchmark report identified a 159% increase in video interviewing after COVID-19 hit, and many of our customers have asked us for a video interviewing solution. After an extensive market review, we are confident that we’ve selected the best video interviewing solution in the market today. What we love about Alcami is that they built their

Mike Rymkiewicz is the new VP Sales for Cronofy the business scheduling platform. Today we’ll discuss the product along with some new case study data they have released about the benefits of faster interview scheduling.

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! https://www.cronofy.com/rectech   Recruiting Technology Headlines GoContractor, a leader in the digitization of construction worker onboarding and compliance tracking, today announced a $5 million Series A round of funding led by Building Ventures and Ironspring in the U.S. with continued participation from existing investors.  The new funding will allow GoContractor to further scale across the US and European markets, grow its sales, support and marketing teams, and increase investment in its research and development organization located in Ireland. GoContractor is the only worker and subcontractor onboarding and data management solution that exclusively focuses on training, managing, and connecting general contractors with their workers and subcontractors in the construction industry.  “We are very excited to work wit

Abakar Saidov is the CEO of recruiting software company Beamery, which lets you Attract, engage, and retain talent, and manage the entire journey with one platform. He’s here today to give us his predictions for HR in the coming year.

Freelance workers may soon be able to find their next gigs through a new LinkedIn service that’s currently under development.  LinkedIn Marketplaces will enable users on the Microsoft-owned professional social networking platform to find, connect, hire, and pay freelancers all on the platform itself. LinkedIn spokeswoman Suzi Owens was quoted as saying that the platform has noticed a rise in people searching and requesting services from others during the pandemic. “In the future we'll be building new ways to share more about the services you [could] offer directly through your LinkedIn profile,” Owens told The Information.  LinkedIn’s move isn’t surprising since it is reported that Upwork and Fiverr, the two behemoths in the freelance marketplace field, together generated about $550 million in revenue last year. With over 700 million professionals already on its network, it stands to reason that LinkedIn wants to have a share of the pie as well.  However, what apparently sets Marketplaces apart from the e

Listen as 5 cool job description platforms describe their tools. Cliquify Job Page Grader Sparc Before You Apply OnGig

Sponsored by Cronofy https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Glassdoor, has launched new product features that offer a new level of transparency into the state of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at companies. The new datasets reveal employee provided company ratings and salary reports broken out by specific demographic groups. The features now gives job seekers, employees and employers a deeper level of insight into the employee experience by displaying company ratings, CEO ratings and workplace factor ratings1 by race/ethnicity, gender identity, parental or caregiver status, disability, sexual orientation and veteran status. Salaries are broken out by gender identity and race/ethnicity.2      Recruiter.com announced the launch of its new-to-market product, Scouted by Recruiter.com, a highly specialized candidate curation tool that leverages the power of AI and talent experts to help hiring managers recruit top talent, faster. Scouted by Recruiter.com provides diverse pipelines of high-quality talent on a

Last year Alexander Mann (now known simply as AMS) Launched an end to end Hiring Platform for Hourly Workers. Its called Hourly and we’ll talk about what makes it tick with todays guest, Quincy Valencia.  So Hourly is not quite a year old yet….whats this first year been like for the platform? How do you describe it? To me it seems like a job board + ATS powered by a chatbot? How does an employer use it find hourly talent? What are the challenges companies are facing in hiring hourly workers?  Traitify...describe that part? Pre-screening...whats the right amount of knockout questions? Have you tweaked anything with the product over time? If so what were those tweaks Any texting built into product? Or is it web based chat? Programmatic whats working with job boards any trends or... How can companies create differentiation in crowded markets with limited talent pools?

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! https://www.cronofy.com/rectech   Recruiting Technology Headlines   NextStep, a mobile-based training and job placement company aiming to radically expand the supply of qualified Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to address the nation’s caregiver shortage crisis, today announced a $3.6 million investment round from health and education technology-focused investors including Springrock Ventures, JAZZ Venture Partners, Learn Capital’s LearnStart fund, and the managing directors of Pioneer Square Labs.   NextStep’s unique program, free to students and supported by employers, is helping to retrain workers in distressed industries as Certified Nursing Assistants, the most in-demand role in health care. Through courses delivered on mobile devices in 10-15 minute modules that can be consumed during a commute or after hours, d

AI and automation are changing the role of todays CHRO position within a new hybrid human-bot workforce... We’ll discuss that and touch on where hr tech is headed with today's guest Nancy Hauge, she is the CHRO of Automation Anywhere, one of the global leaders in robotic process automation, where she oversees all "people" functions worldwide. TOPICS Can you Define Robotic process automation...and what are some practical examples of it in use today form an HR standpoint? What are some specific ways in which RPA can assist with the recruitment process? Can bots be used to identify talent, or should it be humans making these hiring decisions? You've written a lot about helping “make HR more Human?” how do you do that today with so much hr tech in place? How have bots helped HR leaders in a largely remote era? Do you have any examples of RPA augmenting HR in the age of COVID?  I saw that you have a background in standup comedy. I’m curious to know how this training has helped you as an HR leader. Any examp

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology Headlines GoodJob today announced that it has raised $3M to fuel marketing and sales efforts in major markets across the U.S.  The company launched its web and mobile apps in June of 2020, primarily targeting the Birmingham, Ala. market. “Birmingham has been an ideal jumping-off point for us,” says CEO Stephen D. Johnston. “We’ve gotten great feedback from clients here that we’ve used to improve the product for a national audience.” The two most popular tools for companies have been the vetting feature, which uses GoodJob’s machine-learning AI to quickly sort and filter candidates in a company’s pipeline and spot the best matches, and the PATH Assessment™, which allows companies to “clone” their top performers. GoodJob for Candidates is available now in the App Store a

Jodi Brandstetter, SPHR, SHRM SCP is passionate about talent acquisition and uses design thinking in creating selection and hiring processes focused on people and business. She has 20 years of talent acquisition experience and is certified through IDEO U in design thinking. Jodi is the CEO and founder of Lean Effective Talent Strategies which includes The Hiring Blueprint, talent acquisition consulting firm and Talent Acquisition Evolution, a community for recruiting professionals to connect, learn, and work together. Her first book Hire By Design, launched September 2020 and hit best seller in 7 Amazon Categories.

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! https://www.cronofy.com/rectech   Recruiting Technology Headlines TMP Worldwide, the global talent technology leader, announced that it has changed its name to Radancy. The new brand “amplifies their growing commitment to intelligently solving the most critical challenges for many of the world's largest employers and delivering results that strengthen their organizations. The name and look being introduced convey the energy, optimism and impact the company brings to every client through their innovative platform.”   The company wanted to Unifying the company's global presence and advanced capabilities under one new brand... which includes past acquisitions such as the social capabilities from Carve, creative and customer service approach from CKR, technology from Maximum and programmatic AdTech from Perengo.   https://h

Erin Stevens is a Corporate Recruiter with MasterBrand Cabinets based in Jasper, Indiana ...She Serves as the talent leader for sourcing and building talent pipelines and recruiting leadership positions. She recently headed up their ATS migration and we'll chat about how that went. TOPICS What do you recruit for and where Describe what recruiting was like for you in 2020? How many did MB hire? Technology---you changed your ATS last year, what did you take out and replace it with? Which Other ATS were you looking at and why go with SmartRecruiters? Whats one thing people should know about picking a new ATS? What did you learn about installing a new piece of HR tech like that? Resume import? How many resumes Easy apply

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology headlines Managing your employer brand on Glassdoor has just gotten easier with the new Alerts feature... Alerts appear in your Employer Center dashboard, and are here to help guide you to the most important tasks and updates since your last login. You will see alerts when: New high or low ratings are posted by your employees about your company and its benefits New interview reviews are posted by your candidates It's time to feature a new review Your profile content or benefits information needs updating A competitor you are targeting has joined Glassdoor Your company page gains new followers Alerts will vary by profile, but are available with both Free and Enhanced employer pages. You may also opt to receive these Alerts via Glassdoor's employer email settings.

Creating and crafting good looking job descriptions is no small task. These dozen tools promise to make that job easier. RecruitLab: https://recruitlab.co.uk/attractive-job-ads/ Job Page Grader: https://jobpagegrader.com Canva: https://www.canva.com/announcements/templates/job-vacancy/ PosterMyWall: Click here to view Monster: Click here to view (hiring.monster.com) Cliquify: https://www.cliquify.me Vizirecruiter: https://vizirecruiter.com OnGig: https://www.ongig.com Taprecruit: https://taprecruit.co Textio: https://textio.com Sparc: https://www.sparcstart.com Jobwriter: https://jobwriter.io VideoMyJob: https://videomyjob.com Goldi: https://goldi.com

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! Transform your interview scheduling by offering slots based on real-time availability while staying in control of who can book times in your calendar. https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology headlines TPG Growth and The Rise Fund today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to partner with Greenhouse, the leading hiring software company used by over 4,000 businesses, as a majority investor. TPG Growth, the middle-market and growth equity platform within TPG, and The Rise Fund, the global impact investing platform managed by TPG, will jointly invest in Greenhouse to accelerate product innovation, grow into new markets, and enhance solutions aimed at accelerating diversity, equity and inclusion in hiring.  The transaction, which is expected to close during the first half of 2021, is subject to cu