Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

A list of all the HR tech funding news from 2022. https://hrtechfeed.com/venture-capital/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BEAMERY, announced it has closed a $50 million Series D funding round, taking the company to a valuation of over $1 billion – representing a 25% valuation uplift over their previous round in a challenging funding environment. https://hrtechfeed.com/beamery-raises-50-million-in-series-d-funding/ UPWORK the freelance marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent, released the results...

A look back at the acquisitions from the HR tech industry.  https://hrtechfeed.com/acquisitions/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AllWork, the end-to-end platform that helps companies more efficiently and compliantly onboard, manage and pay their freelancer and contingent workforces, today announced the completion of a $4.9 million Series A funding round. AllWork will use the funds to expand its software, payment services and team to meet the increasing need by companies and freelancers for an easier way to work together. ht...

Greetr.io is a new candidate experice software that will be launching in 2023. I caught up with CEO Bill Fanning to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talroo, the recruitment technology company announced the availability of its Publisher Optimization Platform (POP). The new feature empowers community news sites, career sites, blogs, and job sites with the ability to integrate machine learning driven job search services within site experiences, articles, content, job listings and job alerts. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-talroo-helios-consul...

Spot Cohost appearance:  Chris Russell sat in this week for JAMES WHITELOCK to talk about Rec Tech In The News. Chris and I had the chance to talk about: - Indeed's switch to PPA - Recent mergers and acquisitions (including one from my backyard with CareerBeacon) and new technology. - PivotCX.io as a fantastic platform for texting and candidate communications. - How @CandidateHub is the Candidate...

Building on the success of its AI solution in delivering diversity and inclusion in hiring, Sapia.ai today announced a $17 million Series A raise led by Macquarie Capital and Woolworths Group’s W23 venture capital arm. https://hrtechfeed.com/asynchronous-chat-interview-tools-lands-17-million/ To help employers expand their pipelines and unlock the potential of overlooked or untapped talent CompTIA...

We're talking all things job postings, salary, and removing bias. 🧐 How to drive your hiring managers toward better intake to remove bias from job posts 💰 How to align compensation with the requirements ✔️ How to define mandatory requirements, so you are not chasing a wish list 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹. Learn more about your ad choic...

After a decade building under the AngelList umbrella, AngelList Talent the startup job community is officially branching out on its own, under a new name. While you can still access angel.co until March 2023, check out wellfound.com to learn more about what’s ahead for the site. AngelList Venture will continue on as AngelList. https://angel.co/blog/angellist-talent-is-now-wellfound Apploi, the lea...

Finding a job after their military service affects nearly 200,000 veterans every year, and only one in four veterans have a job lined up after leaving the armed forces, according to the Pew Research Center.   Navy veteran Robyn J. Grable knows this reality all too well which guided her to founding Veterans ASCEND, an AI-powered talent sourcing platform.   The company’s Career AI Talent Equalizer (...

 RecruiterSpot, a directory and marketing platform for recruitment agencies, staffers, and headhunters, opens its doors for agencies to list a featured profile at no cost for a limited period of time. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiterspot-launches-recruitment-directory-with-automated-job-listing-invites-agencies-to-list-for-free/ WICHITA, Kan. — WorkTorch, a fast-growing service industry career pla...

I spoke with Prelude CEO about the acquisition by Calendly and got a demo of their interview scheduling tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A company named Pod today announced the closure of a $2.5M funding round for its AtlasJobs HR-Tech SaaS platform. AtlasJobs, launched in Q2 2022, was developed alongside corporations who are focused on building sustainable talent pathways and serves as a white-label talent engagement and management platform. https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2022/11/01/atlasjobs-gets-2-5m-seed-funding/ Last week iCI...

This installment of our roundtable features Joel Lalgee, Lead Recruiter at Hirewell. Joel has amassed over 100,000 LinkedIn followers and has helped increase “foot“ traffic to his employer through his online presence. Joel has found that by staying true to who you are as an individual you can maintain a steady pace of online branding that not just reflects you as a person, but who you are as an em...

Jeanniey Walden is the Chief innovation and marketing officer for DailyPay, the financial solutions company and a recognized- leader in the on-demand pay industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2023, employers using global jobs site Indeed will pay only when a candidate starts or submits an application, rather than when they click on a job ad, as is currently the case. The migration from a pay-per-click pricing plan to a pay-per-application model has already begun with smaller employers and is expected to be completely rolled out sometime next year.  Employers will pay more for this u...

The team at Pillar.hr an interview intelligence platform hosted me recently on a webinar to talk about this years HR tech trends.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dandi Technologies, an analytics platform for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, emerged from stealth today. The company unveiled a first-of-its-kind DEI analytics solution used by people leaders to pinpoint equity gaps in the employee journey and implement data-driven solutions to workforce diversity challenges.  They also announced $3.7M in seed funding. https://h...

I sat down with Goodtime.io CEO to find out whats new with the hiring and scheduling platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ERIN, a leading employee referral platform, today announced the closing of a $5 million financing round led by Reformation Partners.“Growth over the last year has been incredible. ERIN is now the employee referral platform for over 1.5 million employees in 100 countries” said Mike Stafiej, CEO. “This round of funding will allow us to keep up with market demand, drive innovative new features, and c...

Ed Barrientos, CEO, Brazen Virtual hiring events, virtual career fairs, video interviewing, live webinars, live chat, recruiting chatbots, interactive networking events, and so much more. Brazen’s software is the perfect solution for companies, universities, associations, workforce development organizations, and more! Whats new at brazen with the product? Is there a particular feature that your cl...

Jonathan Dale VP of Marketing Kumar Ananth, Exec Director Product Management Good to see you….whats new at Phenom since we met last year? New features: New AI-driven Experiences Provide Enterprises with Deeper Intelligence to Solve Hiring, Development and Retention Challenges ANY INTERESTING CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES RECENTLY THAT YOU WANT TO MENTION? Hows the hiring market from your standpoint you...

Calendly, the modern scheduling platform for high-performing teams and individuals, today announced the acquisition of Prelude, a fast-growing recruiting operations platform designed to build an efficient and delightful hiring process. https://hrtechfeed.com/calendly-acquires-prelude-to-modernize-the-recruitment-scheduling-experience/  Workstream, the mobile-first hiring and onboarding platform fo...

I sat down with Nate Barad, VP Product Marketing at the recent HR Technology Conference to hear about his new experience ad what Workhuman is up to. The employee experience seems to be one of the bigger trends this year talk about how WorkHuman helps to create a better experience for employees Can you walk me through the features of your product? Any anecdotal customer stories you've overheard rec...