Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Bas van de Haterd is a professional speaker, consultant and trainer with a particular focus on using technology to improve recruitment. Based in Soest, The Netherlands, he has more than 20 years' experience and his consulting clients include Dutch Rail, Dutch Post and Twente University.

His new book, co-authored with Kevin Wheeler is out. Entitled Talent Acquisition Excellence - Using Digital Capabilities and Analytics to Improve Recruitment.

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San Francisco, March 6, 2024 – Remofirst, the most affordable HR solution for employing talent worldwide, today announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series A funding, in a round led by Octopus Ventures, with participation by existing investors

https://hrtechfeed.com/remofirst-raises-25-million-series-a-to-make-it-easy-to-employ-global-remote-teams/

First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FA), a leading provider of employment background screening, identity, and verification solutions, today announced financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023.

https://hrtechfeed.com/first-advantage-reports-full-year-4th-quarter-results/

XpertHR will be adding “AI Assist” so HR leaders can get the critical, trusted insights they need more rapidly.

https://hrtechfeed.com/xperthr-introduces-gen-ai-capabilities/

On the heels of its acquisition of Zavvy last week, global HR company Deel ($12B valuation; 20k+ customers in 150+ countries) announced that it has acquired payroll giant PaySpace and achieved $500M in annual recurring revenue. 

A new tech job platform offering tech professionals a complete, autonomous solution to finding their next career move has launched. Called Headhuntable, the site leverages virtual assistants to aid job seekers in their search.

Headhuntable.io provides a lifeline for skilled individuals seeking stable employment. The platform combines three crucial elements: an intimate knowledge of the technical marketplace and its hiring practices, Virtual Assistants (VAs) who serve as agents to market your talent to prospective employers, and Mentors/Coaches to help you develop your professional skills and navigate the hiring process in the best light possible.

The highly trained VAs are dedicated job search experts who take the burden off job searchers’ shoulders by actively finding and applying to relevant positions, handling communication with recruiters, and providing interview preparation and career development support. The VAs are “tireless advocates, ensuring clients are seen and heard amidst the noise of hundreds of other applicants.”

ZipRecruiter® (NYSE: ZIP) a leading online employment marketplace, today announced financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023. 

• Full-year revenue of $645.7 million

• Full-year net income of $49.1 million, or net income margin of 8%

https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiter-announces-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-results/

Resume and recruitment platform Hellohive seeks to help eliminate hiring bias by creating a virtual community that includes employers and those looking for a new role.

https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitment-platform-hellohive-gets-3-4m/

Workday, Inc.  which trades on the (NASDAQ:WDAY), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HiredScore, a leading provider of AI-powered talent orchestration solutions, which enable companies to use data-driven insights to improve recruiting and talent mobility processes.

https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-intends-to-acquire-hiredscore/

https://hrtechfeed.com/hiredscore-and-workday-a-lightning-rod-moment-for-talent-technology/

Global payroll & HR company Deel announced today that it has acquired German-based people enablement platform Zavvy. All of Zavvy’s team members are joining Deel.

https://hrtechfeed.com/deel-acquires-people-development-platform-zavvy/

First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ:FA), a leading provider of employment background screening, identity, and verification solutions, announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Sterling Check Corp. (NASDAQ:STER), a provider of background screening and identity services. First Advantage will issue a combination of cash and stock valuing Sterling at approximately $2.2 billion, including Sterling’s outstanding debt.

https://hrtechfeed.com/first-advantage-to-acquire-background-check-company-sterling-for-2-2-billion-in-cash-and-stock/

The efficiency and effectiveness of your hiring processes directly correlate to the bottom line of your company - especially when you’re hiring at scale, on a deadline, and for a boat.

During our first live peer-to-peer roundtable conversation of 2024, Jim D'Amico, Director of Shoreside Talent Acquisition at Holland America Group (a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation) discussed how TA can add demonstrable value to the business.

Betterleap, an AI-powered outbound recruiting platform, announced new natural language search (NLS) capabilities for recruiters. With Betterleap NLS, recruiters can describe their hiring goals in their own words, such as “I need a software engineer who has at least eight years of experience, knows Python, and works within 40 minutes of the Google HQ campus” and let Betterleap automatically create a search. Recruiters can then expand or narrow down search results using filters to find new candidates that might otherwise be overlooked.

https://hrtechfeed.com/betterleap-unveils-ai-powered-search-to-help-recruiters-source-talent/

Spark Hire, a frontrunner in video interviewing solutions for over a decade, and Comeet, its advanced Applicant Tracking System (ATS), have announced an important new feature within the ATS as an advancement of their comprehensive Talent Acquisition Suite. This exciting rollout introduces Spark Hire’s one-way video interviewing feature directly into its ATS platform marking a significant stride toward better hiring for everyone.

https://hrtechfeed.com/comeet-launches-one-way-video-interviewing-within-ats-workflow/

ADP Marketplace, boasting the title of the world’s largest digital HR storefront with over 800 partner solutions, is introducing AI-powered integrations, ADP Marketplace empowers clients to confidently discover and implement the most suitable solutions for their specific needs. This commitment extends to responsible AI practices, ensuring all partner solutions adhere to established ethical guidelines.

https://hrtechfeed.com/adp-adds-ai-enabled-partner-solutions-to-marketplace/

NEW YORK – PowerToFly, a diversity talent acquisition and engagement platform connecting underrepresented talent to great careers, today announced that the number of candidate profiles in its diversity recruiting software, PowerPro, has expanded to over 17 million. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/17-million-and-counting-powertofly-unlocks-massive-diverse-talent-pool-with-new-ai-matching/

AUSTIN, Texas and LOS ANGELES — Podium Education (Podium), the nation’s fastest-growing experiential education company for universities, has acquired Untapped, the all-in-one early career talent platform that connects students with top companies.

https://hrtechfeed.com/early-career-talent-platform-gets-acquired/

UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, workforce management, and culture solutions for all people, has been named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2024. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/ukg-is-one-of-americas-best-large-employers/

Alex Fourlis is the General Manager at  Veritone, the parent owner of Pandologic and Broadbean the job distribution platform and he’s here today to talk about AI in the hiring lifecycle.

BambooHR®, the popular human resource platform where everything works together, announced the first of several planned AI-powered product features: AI Topic Summaries for Employee Satisfaction with eNPS®*, which offers conveniently distilled AI analysis of all employee open response feedback into an impactful report.

https://hrtechfeed.com/bamboohr-adds-ai-powered-employee-sentiment-analysis/

According to Market.us, The Online Recruitment Market is projected to witness a compound annual growth rate of 6.4%, thereby reaching a market size of USD 58.0 Billion by 2032, from USD 34.0 million in 2023.

https://hrtechfeed.com/online-recruitment-market-size/

Upwork Inc. (Nasdaq: UPWK), the world’s largest work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent from across the globe, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2023

https://hrtechfeed.com/upwork-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-financial-results/

Los Angeles–Fama Technologies,the candidate screening platform ,announced the upcoming launch of a new feature: TikTok as a Source. This addition will empower organizations to extend their screening capabilities to one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, TikTok.

https://hrtechfeed.com/fama-technologies-adds-tiktok-screening-feature-to-its-modern-candidate-screening-solution/

HiBob, a provider of modern HR software for mid-sized companies, has announced its acquisition of Pento, a UK-based platform for automated payroll. This move follows the launch of HiBob’s Payroll Hub in 2021 and signifies the company’s commitment to offering a comprehensive “all-in-one” HR experience for UK businesses, streamlining payroll complexities and boosting efficiency.

https://hrtechfeed.com/hibob-makes-acquisition/

Darrian Mikell is the founder of Qualifi, the platform that helps companies streamline their screening, scheduling, and video interviews.

SmartRecruiters unveiled its revitalized SmartRecruiters Marketplace this week—a “next-generation hub” tailored for employers to build their essential recruitment ecosystem.

https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-relaunches-their-marketplace/

AUSTIN, TX: The team behind Energy Freelance, the hiring platform streamlining contractor work in the energy sector, has announced the launch of Energy Hire. This revolutionary new platform specifically targets full-time employment and career development within the energy industry, empowering both employers and professionals with a dynamic suite of industry-specific machine learning (AI) tools.

https://hrtechfeed.com/energy-sector-job-market-launches/

hireEZ announced today the launch of hireEZ 2, the only candidate relationship management (CRM) platform built for recruiters by recruiters with industry-leading sourcing, analytics, and automation functionality.

https://hrtechfeed.com/hireez-launches-crm-platform/

Recruit Holdings, parent company of Indeed and Glassdoor announce earnings for For FY2023 and its Q3…, the Company expects consolidated revenue to decrease 0.9% year over year. 

For the 3 months ending Dec 31st 2023 revenues at Indeed/GD for the US came in around 167 million, thats down 17% YOY.

https://hrtechfeed.com/recruit-holdings-announcesconsolidated-financial-guidance-for-fy2023-newsroom-recruit-holdings/

Workforce payments platform Papaya Global will have a super bowl ad this Sunday.They appear tobe the only company in our space with one, if you remember Workday and Upwork had one last year

https://hrtechjob.com/blog/papaya-global-s-super-bowl-ad

Director, Technology @ Humareso. Jamie Aquila is an award-winning technologist, designer, architect, and 4x tech startup CTO. His projects have been named a LinkedIn Top 50 Startup in 2018 and a Startup Of The Year “Top 100 Startups” in 2020. Jamie jumps back into the HR space after evolving the NYC restaurant job board Harri.com into a global HRIS for the service industry.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieaquila/

ADP®, announced the availability of ADP Assist, a cross-platform solution powered by generative AI (GenAI). ADP Assist enhances HR productivity, aids decision-making with data-driven insights, and streamlines day-to-day tasks for practitioners, managers, employees and executives with simple, human-like conversations. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/adp-launches-generative-ai-assistant/

Hiring and onboarding platform provider Fountain announced the launch of two new products, Fountain Onboard and Fountain Compliance. Aimed at the frontline workforce, these technology-based solutions aim to improve the new-hire experience and streamline compliance management for businesses.

https://hrtechfeed.com/fountain-adds-onboarding-compliance-tools/

Acadian Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, today announced the successful close on an oversubscribed $30 million in capital commitments for its second fund. The new fund is anchored by ServiceNow Ventures and Connecticut Innovations with additional participation from venture capital firms, family offices, high-net individuals, many of the firm’s founders, and a majority of limited partners from our first fund. Acadian Ventures Fund II is almost triple the size of its inaugural first fund and the firm has already made 12 investments out of the second fund.

https://hrtechfeed.com/acadian-ventures-closes-30-million-fund-to-invest-in-the-next-generation-of-work-technologies/

A new tech job platform offering tech professionals a complete, autonomous solution to finding their next career move has launched. Called Headhuntable, the site leverages virtual assistants to aid job seekers in their search.

https://hrtechfeed.com/new-tech-job-search-platform-launches/

Fiverr, the gig marketplace announced its Winter Product Release, the first of two transformative upgrades in 2024. The new features,include a Consulting Category for expert guidance, Fiverr Agencies for seamless team collaboration, and an enhanced rating system. Fiverr keeps evolving, empowering its community and solidifying its position as the go-to partner for any digital need.

https://hrtechfeed.com/fiverrs-winter-product-release/

Compa, a leading offers-based compensation market data provider, announced that it has raised a $10M Series A to bring real-time market intelligence to compensation decisions for the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/compensation-tool-lands-10-million-series-a/

Recruitics CEO joins to talk about their new analytics AI and more.

Learn more https://www.rectechmedia.com/

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. a global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, today announced its ticker symbol will change to DAY on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange, effective February 1, 2024. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/ceridian-getting-a-new-ticker-symbol/

Flockity, the groundbreaking platform where Influencer Marketing meets Recruitment Marketing, proudly announces its exit from stealth mode and is now ready for general release. With a mission to democratize job distribution, Flockity empowers individual influencers to become job distributors, this connects employers with a vast pool of talent through the network effect.

https://hrtechfeed.com/new-concept-in-job-distribution-flockity-exits-stealth-mode/

Skillit, the data-driven recruitment platform for skilled, full-time construction labor, today announced the launch of the first cost calculator designed specifically for skilled labor recruitment. The Skillit Cost Calculator analyzes and combines information including unique respondent inputs, proprietary labor market data from its talent sourcing and intelligence platform and construction industry norms. Standardizing the cost-per-hire evaluation for construction staffing brings the clarity of a single unifying set of numbers to a construction industry fighting to combat a severe shortage of skilled labor.

https://hrtechfeed.com/skillit-launches-cost-calculator-for-construction-staffing/

Remote, the leader in building, managing, and supporting globally distributed workforces, today announced Contractor Management Plus. As companies of all sizes increasingly rely on contractors and freelancers, Contractor Management Plus equips Remote’s customers with advanced safeguards against misclassification risk, including built-in global compliance and indemnity coverage of up to $1 million.

https://hrtechfeed.com/remote-adds-new-tools-for-contractor-management/

Flexjobs.com the B2C remote job board community founded by Sara Sutton back in 2006 has been acquired by career company BOLD, which owns a number of brands including Live Career and MyPerfect Resume.

https://hrtechfeed.com/bold-acquires-flexjobs/

A few months ago a new AI startup picked up $4.5 million in funding from investors such as Andreesen Horowitz and Abstract Ventures in an effort to help job seekers optimize their search….that startup is called EarnBetter.com

With the site People can upload an existing resume to the platform, and EarnBetter will deliver a professionally rewritten and reformatted resume in minutes. It can also customize resumes and cover letters for each job in seconds… 

Their founder & CEO Tuck Hauptfuhrer joins the podcast.

PerformYard raised a whopping $95 million according to TechCrunch. They compete with platforms like Lattice. They are headquartered in Arilngton, VA.

https://hrtechfeed.com/performance-review-platform-lands-95m/

Indeed, introduced Specialist Media Networks to help employers hire for competitive and hard-to-fill roles. With talent shortages across several sectors, including technology and healthcare, these new industry-specific networks enable employers to reach more people with specific, in-demand skills. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-introduces-specialist-media-networks/

TORONTO and MINNEAPOLIS — Ceridian (NYSE: CDAY; TSX: CDAY), a global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire eloomi, a leading learning experience platform software provider based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Orlando, Florida. The acquisition is expected to close in Q1 2024 and will be funded with existing balance sheet cash.

https://hrtechfeed.com/ceridian-to-acquire-a-learning-and-development-platform/

Ziprecruiter launched ZipRecruiter’s 2024 Labor Market Outlook. The report leverages data and insights from the ZipRecruiter marketplace to empower hiring managers and business leaders to make informed decisions in 2024, with an inside look into trends across 10 key industries and perspectives on how those will impact the workforce in the coming year.

https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiters-2024-labor-market-outlook-report/

Greenhouse, the hiring software for people-first companies, today announced it has been recognized as the #1 leader in 25 categories in the 2024 Winter Report including  Best Applicant Tracking System, Best Enterprise Applicant Tracking Systems and Best Mid-Market Applicant Tracking System.

https://hrtechfeed.com/greenhouse-named-best-ats-for-mid-market-enterprise/

Predictions, opportunities, dilemmas, hopes, wishes, I’m not sure what we should call this, but I’ve got some ideas floating around about what happens next in our little recruiting world. Most predictions are worthless. I love to consider myself a futurist in our industry, but after doing this for so many years, I don’t think I’ve ever had one prediction actually come true!

https://timsackett.com/2023/12/13/what-are-my-2024-predictions-for-talent-acquisition/

Jitjatjo, a New York city based gig marketplace through which businesses can book workers with as little as an hour’s notice, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures.

https://hrtechfeed.com/gig-marketplace-lands-30-million/

 Textio, the AI platform purpose-built to help companies hire and develop remarkable teams,announced Kieran Snyder has stepped down as CEO. Jensen Harris, co-founder and CXO, has been unanimously appointed as CEO by the board, effective immediately. Kieran will take the role of Chief Scientist Emeritus and retain her board seat. Jensen’s former role as Chief Experience Officer will be retired.

https://hrtechfeed.com/textio-announces-leadership-transition/

SAN FRANCISCO — Censia, the Talent Intelligence, platform unveiled the latest innovative AI-powered products: Generative AI Talent Search, Automatic Candidate Screening and Sourcing, and Targeted Search. Censia is revolutionizing the automated talent landscape with state-of-the-art AI technology, creating a positive disruption in the industry.

https://hrtechfeed.com/censias-newest-release-includes-generative-ai-talent-search/

Bullhorn®, the global leader in software for the staffing and recruitment industry, today announced its acquisition of Mployee, a provider of Salesforce-based solutions for recruitment agencies, which is headquartered in the Netherlands. Mployee’s technology will accelerate Bullhorn’s vision to deliver a full, end-to-end, enterprise solution for Bullhorn customers using the Salesforce platform.

https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-acquires-mployee-to-help-recruitment-agencies-accelerate-their-digital-transformation-journey/

Mary Kay Ziniewicz is the founder and CEO of Bus Stop Mamas a tech platform that instantly introduces employers to off market talent -moms. 

https://www.busstopmamas.com/

Tech job board  Dice.com has introduced two new features. Company Profile and Discover Companies to help companies attract in-demand skilled technology professionals.

https://hrtechfeed.com/dice-launches-discover-companies-feature/

 SAP introduced a new, modern and state-of-the-art Career Site Job Search together with Job-Layout-related and Administration-related updates for SuccessFactors Recruiting Career Site Builder (CSB).

https://hrtechfeed.com/successfactors-recruiting-new-career-site-job-search-and-job-layout/

 shiftNOW, the hospitality industry’s trusted on-demand workforce, now serves Atlanta, Georgia.

https://hrtechfeed.com/on-demand-hourly-workforce-platform-shiftnow-expands-to-atlanta/

Sterling Check Corp. a global provider of background screening and identity services, today announced that it has acquired Vault Workforce Screening a leading U.S. clinic management platform. The acquisition brings a network of 17,000 clinics and a flexible service model to enhance Sterling’s existing drug and health services.

https://hrtechfeed.com/sterling-acquires-another-screening-provider/