Rectech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast

Derek Murphy Johnson popped up in my LinkedIn feed the other day I figured he might make a good guest. Little did i know he is also a frequent listener of the RecTech podcast. By day he is the Corporate Talent Acquisition Manager for Portland Oregon based Kinder care education and he is also a board member of the newly formed Talent Brand Alliance. TOPICS Describe the recruiting team at Kindercare.  Biggest challenge right now? Lets talk tech---what’s your ATS? Taleo What other tools are part of your HR tech stack? Phenom People, The Muse Plans for Employer Branding Creative Sourcing Stories RecTech Sponsored by Workhere.com and Hiretual.com

Recruiting Headlines for the week, sponsored by RecTechLive.com, webinar learning for recruiters. LinkedIn Acquires GLINT https://www.workforce.com/2018/10/09/linkedin-signs-deal-acquire-glint/ MyAlly Raises Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/candidate-experience-platform-my-ally-raises-series-a-funding/ Hirevue Launches Pre-built Assessments https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-launches-pre-built-assessments/ G+ Shuts Down https://www.sourcecon.com/google-is-shutting-down-google-now-is-the-time-to-xray/ LinkedIn Launches ATS https://www.ere.net/linkedin-builds-ats-and-launches-new-diversity-insights-2/

Sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual The world of employer branding is becoming an increasingly important part in the war for talent. Over the past few years many tools and services have emerged for this part of talent attraction. From video tools to review sites, maintaining and improving your company's reputation is easier with the players listed below. VIDEO TOOLS & SERVICES   Ripl (marketing app in your pocket) SparcStart Monster Studios (app) AltruLabs (new startup) VideoMyJob (mobile app) Ongig Digi-Me (give them a job description they create video) Magisto (online video maker) JobStories (webinars for jobs)   ON SITE VIDEO SERVICES   SkillScout Stories Inc JobViddy (UK) The Muse   REVIEW SITES   Glassdoor Indeed Reviews Kununu FairyGodBoss (company reviews for women) Ratedly (aggregates reviews)   EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY TOOLS   FirmPlay LinkedIn Elevate Sociabble (communications, advocacy, social selling) Dynamic Signal (e

In this weeks news; Amazon Raises Min Wage https://recruitingheadlines.com/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-for-all-u-s-employees/ Saba Software Acquires Lumesse https://recruitingheadlines.com/saba-software-to-acquire-lumesse/ Arcoro Acquires InfinityHR https://recruitingheadlines.com/arcoro-acquires-infinityhr-to-further-expand-hcm-offering/ Goodtime Raises $5 million https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/03/goodtime-raises-5-million-to-bring-artificial-intelligence-into-the-interview-process/ ZipRecruiter Raises $156 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/ziprecruiter-raises-massive-new-round-of-funding-156-million/ Visit RecTechLive.com for great upcoming webinars.

In our final round of interviews Chris Russell brings you interviews with; Jeanette Maister of Oleeo Rob Fernandes of Pounse Pete Sandias of talemetry Kevin Sessions of talentQuest Thad Price of Talroo David from VideoMyJob RecTech is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.

In this weeks news we cover new funding announcements for Pymetrics, the Lobby and a big push in seasonal wages.

In our continuing coverage of the 2018 #HRtechConf from Las Vegas Chris Russell interviews the following people; Andrew Gadomski Aman Brar from Canvas Brendan Cruickshank from Emissary Jack Coapman from Gr8 People Tim Hawk/Amit Chauhan from JobAdx Ninh Tran of Hiretual Sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual

In this weeks headlines Chris Russell talks about the recent Cornerstone Acquisition, Greenhouse ATS integration with IBM Watson and a few more stories ripped from the headlines. Episode sponsored by https://www.rejobify.com/

Chris Russell recaps a long week at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas and shares some audio from the final round of startup pitches. Blendoor who had a really great female CEO who showed off their diversity recruiting platform.   Compliance HR…like LegalZoom but for enterprise legal departments... Jane.AI - virtual HR assistant that asnwers question for your employees RelishCareers---MBA level recruiting platform The RecTech Podcast is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.com    

Tim Sackett is well known to the recruiting industry, in fact some might call him HR Famous….He is the President of the Michigan based staffing firm HRU  Technical Resources, he blogs 5 days a week at timsackett.com and he just wrote a book too so we’ll chat about that and much more on today’s show. TOPICS First and foremost...are you still in Indeed jail? Hidden Career site link...I have a bit on this…”Recruiting redneck”...wanna hear it? If you hide the careers link nder the about us menu---u might be a recruiting redneck… If you still have a one page career site, you might be a recruiting redneck If you still post jobs online in PDF format, you might be a recruiting redneck If you still use an excel spreadsheet as your ATS, you might be a recruiting redneck… What else ticks you off about how companies recruit ?How’s the book doing? What can I expect to learn? Whats a day in the life for tim sackett? Most creative thing you ever did to find a candidate? Advice for young recruiter? How can com

Welcome to RecTech’s Recruiting Headlines, powered by Recruitign Headlines.com and sponsored by Rejobify...don’t just reject candidates, Rejobify them! https://www.rejobify.com/   CareerBuilder names first ever female CEO Irina Novoselsky, who joined CareerBuilder in October 2017 as President and Chief Operating Officer, is being named the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Matt Ferguson, following 14 years as Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of Executive Chairman effective today, helping to oversee the Company’s continued evolution as it invests in mobile, artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide innovative end-to-end employment and HR solutions. Under Ferguson, the company grew its marketing from 16 million unique visitors and 400,000 jobs per year to 200 million unique visitors and nearly 8 million jobs globally last year.   Equest is now distributing to Facebook Jobs The Blast! Network is a group of FREE job boards and career sites where you can post an unlimited amount

Entelo, a leader in recruiting automation and sourcing, recently announced a new feature called  Unbiased Sourcing Mode, allowing companies to anonymize and hide information recruiters or hiring managers don’t want to see in an effort to eliminate unconscious bias based on irrelevant factors.   Here to discuss this new feature and talk more about sourcing is Lisa Holden their Director of Communications. TOPICS INCLUDE: Gearing up for HR tech? Can you explain what Entelo does briefly? “Leader Recruiting automation” I thought you were essentially a sourcing tool... Entelo is introducing Unbiased Sourcing Mode -- what is it? What’s the problem this solves? What’s the motivation behind new tools like this? Does it actually work? What about when you meet the candidate in real life? What has feedback been like so far? What are some best practices for getting diversity and inclusion right? How about companies that do it wrong? Any pitfalls to avoid?   What’s next from Entelo?     Whats your job l

Google for Jobs FAQ https://recruitingheadlines.com/google-for-jobs-employer-faq/ Google Job Search Tweak for Veterans https://9to5google.com/2018/08/28/jobs-for-veterans-google/ Rejobify Webinar Sept 6th 1pm EST https://www.crowdcast.io/e/rejobify

As the head of CareersinGoverment.com, Michael Hurwitz is skilled in Digital Strategy, Advertising Sales, and Integrated Marketing. Along With strong business development skills he holds a degree in Political Science and Government from the University of Iowa. Today he is the President and Co-Founder of a niche job site for the public sector. https://careersingovernment.com/ TOPICS; Brief history of the site… Can you give us a sense of the size of the business...traffic, database, revenue..? How has social media helped you grow and find candidates? Tip for employers? Is Google for Jobs treating you well? Where do you see your site in 5 years? Heard of Jobaps? What other ATS exist for public sector? Advice for other job board owners What’ s one thing you wish employers changed about the way they hire online?

In todays episode of recruiting headlines Chris Russell will talk about: A new job search app that quietly raised $24 million: LINK Facebook Job Alerts - LINK LinkedIn Jobs going Remote Friendly - LINK Amazon paying employees to Tweet nice things? - LINK Thanks for listening. Send your tips, rumors and news stories to chris@rectechmedia.com

I met today’s guest as he drove me and Steve Levy to a dinner hosted by Gerry Crispin in Nashville a few weeks back while i was at the Jobg8 summit...afterwards he also introduced me to Nashville's best dive bar and then the day after he invited me to hang out in the offices of IQ Talent before my flight left. We had time to have lunch, and commiserate for an afternoon while overlooking the Nashville skyline. Chris Murdock is the Co-Founder and Senior Partner of IQ Talent Partners. Chris has over 18 years of executive recruiting experience and leads research and sourcing for the firm while also developing client relationships. Prior to Founding IQTalent Partners, Chris was a Sourcer with Yahoo!'s internal Executive Recruiting team in the corporate offices in Sunnyvale, California. Previous to Yahoo!, Chris was an Associate in the Menlo Park, California office of with Heidrick & Struggles, where he recruited for software, hardware, professional services, and semiconductor clients. Before Heidrick & Struggles

While at the Jobg8 Summit in Nashville a few weeks back I recorded some audio of a panel of tech vendors talking about how this new technology is seeping into the recruiting process. https://www.rectechmedia.com/

This podcast is sponsored Rejobify, a better way to attract candidates. Companies and Stories mentioned in this episode: WebClipDrop Changes Name to ZAPinfo AltruLabs raises funding Job Description Stats Why this is a well written job description Visit RecruitingHeadlines.com for all the days top stories across the web.

At the recent Jobg8 Summitt in Nashville I ran into Mike Wiston from Crowded. They have a unique platform that refreshes large resume databases and updates individual candidate data by scouring the web. We chat briefly about how it works and find out what he's learned about working with recruiters and HR. 

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