Rectech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast

Special thanks to Hiretual.com our sponsor. Shaker International, a leading provider of predictive talent intelligence and assessment solutions, has merged with Montage, the single solution to engage, interview and hire better candidates, faster. The companies are based in Cleveland and Wisconsin respectively. The new company will help its combined client base, which includes hundreds of leading global brands and 47 of the Fortune 100, transform talent acquisition by embedding predictive intelligence into automated hiring workflows that enable better candidate experiences and smarter hiring decisions for 100% of an organization’s hires. The company will be led by Kurt Heikkinen from Montage as CEO and Brian Stern from Shaker International as President, and a leadership team comprising of executives from both companies. All employees and offices of the two companies are being retained, and the combined company will be co-headquartered in Cleveland, OH and Delafield, WI. “Montage and Shaker International sh

Adam Godson, SVP of Technology Solutions, Cielo here to discuss the latest trends + topics in the recruiting ecosystem TOPICS Introductory question – tell us about yourself and your role, etc. In your role as you described it, you get to see a lot of recruiting technology ecosystems.  What do you see companies doing well today as they think about their recruiting technology? What role does an RPO play in the future of recruiting technology?  Is the onrush of recruiting technology good for RPO or a threat to the industry? You talk a lot about outcomes related to technology – why is focusing on outcomes so important from your perspective? There’s a lot of discussion about the tension between automation and candidate experience.  How do you see this playing out in the next several years? What are some trends you see happening in the recruiting technology space that aren’t getting enough attention? Content mktg There are so many point solutions in recruiting technology and in HR tech in general. How are

CHICAGO—humanpredictions.io, a machine learning technology company whose product helps recruiting companies and enterprises identify and build relationships with tech talent, today announced a $1.16 million funding round led by Network Ventures with additional investment from Hyde Park Angels, SaaS Ventures, and M25. This capital will help humanpredictions further grow and invest in its team of engineers and data scientists. The firm says it has a database of more than 44 million profiles of tech workers around the world. Recruiting for tech roles can be difficult. Because of the competitive nature of tech, it is often challenging for recruiters to find people who both have the right skills the company needs and are ready to pursue a new job opportunity. Once they have identified people of interest, recruiters may struggle to start the conversation in terms that prospects will respond to.   To address those problems, humanpredictions provides organized data-search tools and gathers public data to create p

Recently I attended Tech Day New York, a one day event held at the Javits Center in New York City where over 300 tech startups had booths. As I roamed the aisles I found 9 recruiting technology related firms and asked them each to describe what they do and how they do it. In this audio you will hear from Goldi, Distantjob, TapRecruit, Pinched, Scouted, Upstack, Planted, CloserIQ and Vettery. A lot of these companies were focused on job matching algorithms and some like Vettery were kind of hybrid platforms/staffing agency. Visit the rectechmedia.com blog for links to each vendor. Enjoy the audio... Special thanks to our sponsors WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai

Yello, a leading talent acquisition software provider, today debuted the findings from its fourth annual Yello Recruiting Study at STRIVE 2019, the company’s talent acquisition conference. According to the Pew Research Center, the oldest members of Generation Z are turning 22-years-old this year and many will be entering the workforce as they prepare to graduate college. Top themes and findings from The 2019 Yello Recruiting Study include: Gen Z is confident in the current job market and their job prospects post-graduation. Likely thanks to today’s tight labor market, about two-thirds of Gen Z students are confident they’ll receive a job offer – and 35% expect to receive more than one offer. Similarly, members of Gen Z are clearly setting themselves up to succeed in the candidate-driven environment by starting the job search early. Gen Z still values face-to-face communication ... Fifty-one percent of Gen Z respondents said they prefer to communicate in-person, while a quarter said they prefer to communi

In this particular audio you will hear from Sarah Smart who leads the recruitment function for Hilton Worldwide, she’ll talk about their employer brand, their recruiter experience and more. Recorded live at IAMPHENOM in Philadelphia. Podcast sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai

Recorded at the recent IAMPHENOM event in Philadelphia...in this particular audio the Director of talent acquisition at Southwest airlines (Greg Muccio) talks about how they implemented the Phenom People platform and other aspects of how he runs his team and how they use HR tech. I found his talk full of little details that really gave a good glimpse at how they approach recruiting.

Since its launch more than a year ago the Facebook job board has been missing jobs from one key segment: corporate employers. They simply did not have an easy way to share their jobs to the Facebook audience other than their own business page. But good news has arrived... Facebook will be partnering with ATS vendors to include their clients jobs into the Facebook job board automatically. This move will certainly add a huge number of credible, professional listings to the social network alongside the thousands of small business jobs already being posted. I was able to reach Facebook for comment and uncovered some additional details about which vendors have signed on so far. We currently work with a number of partners including SAP SuccessFactors, Workable, JazzHR, and Talentify. We’re looking to grow these partnerships as we know many businesses are already working with HR solution providers to manage their hiring needs and we want to make it easier for businesses to tap onto the tools they already use, an

Jason Crowell  leads the Brady Trucking People Process managing recruitment marketing, talent acquisition, engagement, and - employee retention. * in 2018 he Led turnover reduction of 31% during explosive headcount growth of 40% * also responsible for Producing Bradys online presence: newsletter, ads & social content using employee stories and employee generated content, and even 60 second EB videos I first met Jason while doing a demo of Rejobify for  him and realized he has a lot to say about recruiting so I figured why not get him on the pod. TOPICS What’s it like these days in the truck driver recruiting world? What do truckers want? Describe the scope of your hiring needs...how many jobs, where, etc. When you first joined Brady what did you do to change the recruiting function? Any interesting recruiting stories about  driver you hired? What tech do you use to recruit. (name of ATS, etc) Employer Brand Initiatives Advice for other truck driver recruiters Sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY HIRETUAL! Phenom People has a released a major enhancement to it product suite this week; Theyre calling it the Talent Experience Management (TXM) ...a methodology and platform that unifies technology and experience design to enhance the talent journey, turning interested candidates to thriving employees to enthusiastic brand advocates, while helping recruiters and management boost productivity and communicate seamlessly. Talent Experience Management connects the four key experiences of Candidates, Recruiters, Employees, and Management. TXM helps:  Candidates find the right job, where they will succeed for a long time Recruiters be more productive, finding more quality candidates Employees evolve into the best talent, enabling their careers to flourish Management get the insights they need, allowing them to make smarter business decisions I attended their analyst day and user conference in Philly this week and will be publishing some news and podcasts very soon. -------- Eightfol

Excerpts from a recent RecTech LIVE webinar with Maury Hanigan, the CEO of SparcStart a recruitment video platform. Lean about her background, hear her thoughts on recruitment marketing and more. Episode sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai

Hireology, the leading recruitment CRM for multi-location, decentralized enterprises, today announced it has closed $27 million in Series D financing led by Blue Cloud Ventures, with full participation from current investors Bain Capital Ventures and Baird Venture Partners, as well as Silicon Valley Bank. This latest round of investment brings its total capital raised to $60.5 million and underscores Hireology’s momentum and position of strength in the market. Funds will be used to accelerate the company’s growth in new market verticals and to create features that further differentiate its product offering. “Hireology’s world class product and razor sharp focus on its customers’ success in attracting, recruiting and onboarding talent has positioned the company as the go-to recruitment management platform for the automotive and healthcare sectors,” said Mir Arif, Managing Partner of Blue Cloud Ventures. “We are excited to partner with Adam and the Hireology team on the next phase of their growth.” Hireology

If you ever been to a recruiting conference chances are you know the name Gerry Crispin. He is the principal and co founder of CareerXroads a community of talent acquisition professionals whose aim is to move the profession forward. Today we will discuss the state of the Candidate Experience. TOPICS INCLUDE: 1)  Are employers getting the message about the candidate experience...whats the current state of it? 2) how do you see technology playing a part in crafting the right CE? 3) tell us a few companies that have a great CE and one/two examples of what they do to accomplish that? 4) What are the common questions you get form TA leaders about the CX process? This podcast sponsored by; https://workhere.com/ https://www.emissary.ai/

iHire Releases State of Online Recruiting Report Inaugural report addresses challenges and opportunities for bridging the gap between employers and qualified talent iHire announces its inaugural State of Online Recruiting report, highlighting the results of a survey of more than 1,650 U.S. employers and job seekers across more than 50 industries. As employers and job seekers struggle to find the right talent and the right careers, respectively, this report identifies the challenges and opportunities for bridging the gap between these two groups. The top survey findings detailed in iHire’s State of Online Recruiting 2019 report include:      The quest for qualified talent is heating up: 53.5% of employers are not receiving applicants who meet their needs. When asked to cite their No. 1 challenge when recruiting through an online job board, website, or community, employers’ top two responses included: “I receive too many irrelevant applicants” (30.9%) and “I receive too many underqualified applicants” (22.

Sponsors: Emissary.ai & WorkHere.com Jim Stroud has been observing the changing landscape of work; most notably how automation is affecting the recruitment industry. A general consensus purports that robots will ultimately replace recruiters. Jim has an alternative view.  The Unique Challenges of the Shifting Labor Market  Tony Stark as the Model for the Modern Recruiter The Future of Sourcing is Programmatic The Future of Recruitment is Employment Brand Jim is now Brand Evangelist for ClickIQ.us

Podcast sponsored by Hiretual - the recruiters best friend. Xing, the business networking platform that has been described as Germany’s answer to LinkedIn, has made an acquisition to beef up its recruitment business ahead of a rebrand of the business as “New Work.” The company has acquired Honeypot, a German startup that has built a job-hunting platform for tech people, for up to €57 million ($64 million). Xing tells us that Honeypot  is its biggest acquisition to date. The figure includes the acquisition (€22 million) plus a potential earn-out of up to €35 million if certain targets are met in the next three years. Xing said that it plans to rebrand as New Work in the second half of 2019, bringing together a number of other assets it has acquired and built over the years. “This acquisition is an excellent addition to our New Work portfolio,” Thomas Vollmoeller, CEO at Xing, said in a statement. “Honeypot focuses on candidates by helping them to find a job matching their individual preferences… With subsi

Podcast sponsored by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Today we are going to talk about social recruiting with a couple of peeps from WorkScene a new social media platform joining me on the phone Mike Webb CEO and Cyndy Trivella, Vice President, Strategic Relations --What do you mean when you say social media has failed recruiting because I kind of view as the opposite that recruiters have failed at social media… --Why does the current state of social media not working as effectively as it should for recruiters, sourcers and job seekers? --Why is having an Inbound recruiting strategy better in the long-run? Dont you need both? --What is Workscene, and why did you build it? (mike background as recruiter) Are their any companies that do social well in your opinion? --Where and why do job postings fall short when attracting talent to an organization? --What is the value in building Talent Communities? (most companies suck at maintaining these) --When and why should companies showcase their culture to job prospec

Sponsored by Hiretual.com H & M, Hennes and Mauritz Inc., one of the world’s largest fashion retailers famous for offering fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way, is happy to announce the launch of its latest Place of Possible (P.O.P) campaign; H&M’s employer branding campaign aimed at attracting the best in retail talent. The campaign aims to show people looking for a great place to start a career that H&M is truly the place of possible, the place to be! Featuring the brand’s own employees from H&M locations around the country, this year’s campaign builds on the intrinsic H&M value of “we are one team” and takes a deeper dive into the idea of community at H&M as represented by the phrase “me, us, we and you”.   Several key changes will be made to the part time employee benefit program beginning this year, offering opportunities for H&M employees that will put a focus on both their professional and personal needs. One of the most exciting changes is a weekly schedule commitment with o

RecTech is brought to you by WorkHere and Emissary.ai Ever wondered how the LinkedIn news feed serves you content? In this special episode of RecTech, Chris Russell takes you behind the scene of their content algorithm so you can understand how when and why content gets seen.

This episode is brought to you by Hiretual. First up in the news…. According to the Wall Street Journal Facebook agreed to overhaul its lucrative targeted advertising system to settle accusations that landlords, lenders and employers use the platform to discriminate. The far-reaching settlement compels Facebook to withhold a wide array of detailed demographic information — including Zip codes, gender and age — from advertisers when they market housing, credit and job opportunities.   Facebook said the new platform will also prevent advertisers from discriminating based on sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, and other characteristics covered by state and local civil rights laws. Upwork, the largest freelancing website, recently announced Upwork Plus, its first packaged service offering tailored for small businesses. To help growing businesses connect with and secure top-tier freelance talent, Upwork Plus features on-demand support, greater visibility for job posts, dedicated dashboards for collaborati