Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast
Episodes
Worki Raises $2.75 Million in Pre Seed Funding
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
SAN FRANCISCO – Worki, a healthcare technology startup, announced today that it has raised $2.75 million in pre-seed funding to solve one of the mos...
Grayscale acquired by Paylocity PLUS Indeed's Community Call
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In an April 2nd community call hosted by Chris Hoyt of CareerXroads, Indeed detailed significant policy changes aimed at transitioning the platform to...
Fama CEO talks State of Workplace Misconduct
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Mones on Workplace Misconduct and Social Media Screening Report: https://hubs.ly/Q048s49T0 Guest: Ben Mones, CEO of Fama Technologies In this ...
Lattice and Crosschq Acquire
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
SAN FRANCISCO — Crosschq today announced the acquisition of Traitify, a leading assessment platform for frontline and high-volume hiring, advancing ...
JobSync Roundtable: Navigating the 2026 OFCCP Regulatory "Seismic Shift"
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The landscape for federal contractors has changed overnight. With the revocation of Executive Order 11246, the dramatic restructuring of the OFCCP, a...
Deel Adds an ATS
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adzuna, the global job search platform, today announced the acquisition of the jobs businesses of Trovit and Mitula, two market-leading search engines...
Findem Acquires Glider AI
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting platform Paraform has raised $40 million in Series B funding,... https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiting-platform-paraform-has-raised-40-million...
Voice Screening: a Case Study
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here's audio from a case study with Varsity Brands a Phenom client recorded at IAMPHENOM in Philadelphia 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Juicebox gets $80M
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
ADP Numbers and New Look for iCIMS
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
First up, a massive move in the early-career space. upGrad, Asia’s integrated skilling and workforce development leader, has officially acquired Int...
Messaging Best Practices for the Candidate Experience
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mastering the Message: The Recruiter’s Playbook Communication is where the candidate experience lives or dies. Is your messaging helping you close ...
Humand and Elly Land Funding
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Story 1: Humand’s $66 Million Bet on the Deskless Workforce https://hrtechfeed.com/humand-secures-66-million-series-a-to-revolutionize-the-deskless...
Candidates in the Loop | Doug Berg form Match2
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Guest is Doug Berg from https://match2.com/https://match2.com/. The recruiting industry is broken. Companies have built one-sided systems that...
Hackajob hits $1M in ARR, New CEO at Employ
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
First up, a major change at the top for Employ Inc.—the powerhouse behind JazzHR, Lever, and Jobvite. The company has officially appointed Jerry Jao...
Hiring Software Lawsuits: What It Means for Hiring Transparency and Data Sovereignty
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The recent Eightfold AI class action lawsuit is making waves in the recruitment technology industry, but it's not really about AI—it's about data pr...
Recruit Holdings Earnings are Up, Indeed Now on ChatGPT
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Take2, an AI agents platform purpose-built for healthcare recruiting, today announced it has raised a $14 million Series A… The company’s first ag...
Why This ATS is Making Job Seekers Part of Its Mission
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a candid conversation with Chris Russell on the RecTech Podcast, Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait reveals the company's bold pivot to focus on job seeke...
Boomband Lands $4M, Apploi Acquired
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ClearanceJobs bookings returned to year-over-year growth, rising 3% to $14.6 million. Executives attributed this momentum to a record federal defense ...
Mike Wolford has an AI Recruiting Playbook
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
recent podcast episode, Michael Wolford, author of AI Recruiter 2.0, discussed how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the recruiting industry ...
Ziprecruiter, Fountain and ADP
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
Eightfold Gets Sued by Job Applicants
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Use code IAM-ChrisRussell for your free pass to IAMPHENOM in Philly March 10-12. Click Here. TOP STORIES Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed a...
5 Essential Content Pieces for High-Performing Career Sites
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To attract and convert top talent, your career site must be more than just a place to search jobs. It needs to be a rich, authentic destination t...
Acquisitions in the News
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Phenom, the leader in applied AI that helps organizations hire faster, develop better, and retain longer, today announced it acquired Included, an AI-...
Why Job Throttling may Be Coming to the ATS
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are living through a unique convergence in the labor market. A wave of high-profile layoffs has created a massive pool of eager talent. Simultaneou...
Veroskills Promises Hire Ready Blue Collar Talent
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive deep into the future of blue-collar hiring with Daniel Walsh, CEO and founder of Veroskills, and podcast host Chris Russell. ...
Indeed Flexes into New Markets
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben, a London-based platform using AI to help global enterprises manage employee benefits, has raised $27.5m o accelerate its product roadmap and stre...
ProviderJobs.com Acquired
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PORTLAND, OR – In a move to reshape how physicians connect with job opportunities, healthcare recruitment startup Beginly Health announced on Monday...
WorkTech Predictions from George LaRocque
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last Jobsync Roundtable of the year. The HR tech market is consolidating, AI is everywhere, and the war for talent is changing. What’s real, what’...
Findem and More Funding News
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First up…SAN FRANCISCO—-Incredible Health, the largest AI company powering healthcare hiring, today announced it has reached 1.5 million nurses on...
Yello and Zoom Acquire more #HRtech
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week my company, RecTech media announced the official rebrand of our press release newswire service from RecTech PR to HR Technology Wire. https...
Ripplematch COO Brennan Delsing
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The COO of Ripplematch, an emerging careers talent marketplace joins Chris to talk about their new AI Focused profiles. Connect with Brennan on Linke...
New Features in the News
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SAN DIEGO—-Offerday AI, the recruiting software startup behind the patent-pending ApplicantIQ technology, today announced the launch of Resume+, a t...
AI & Compliance for 2026 (for Talent Acquisition)
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is no longer a future concept in recruiting—it’s in your applicant tracking system, your sourcing tools, and your candidate engagement platform...
Earnings and a Funding Announcement
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bullhorn, the global leader in software for staffing announced today the launch of Bullhorn Insights, a new research and data site designed to provide...
This Healthcare Career Marketplace is a Unicorn
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Iman Abuzeid, M.D., is the Co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health, the largest AI-native healthcare career marketplace, with AI voice agents Gale and...
Investors Target Blue Collar Staffing Startup
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
Findem Scores Big with $51M
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia— Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer...
RecFest Interviews Nashville 2025
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays episode is sponsored by Cliquify, my travel sponsor for this event. In this episode you will hear from a variety of TA and Employer Brand exec...
Facebook JOBS is BACK!!!
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook is bringing back its job board to Facebook Marketplace for users in the US with a focus on connecting young adults with local, entry-level jo...
PepsiCo Talks HR Technology
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Sankarsingh is Responsible for all aspects of the HR technology agenda at PepsiCo. What did you think of this years HR technology conference? Wh...
HR Tech Conversations: Melissa King from Paylocity
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paylocity || Interview Melissa King SVP of Product & Technology How long have you been at Paylocity and describe your role? Myth you do m...
HR Tech Conversations: John Deal from Phenom
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Deal who is part of the product marketing team at Phenom stops by to talk about his role, Ai and whats new with Phenoms AI Agents. Learn more abo...
HR Tech Conversations: isolved's Heidi Barnett
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the HR Tech Conference, Heidi Barnett from isolved stops by to talk about their new Indeed partnership. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
HR Tech Conversations. Draup's Co-Founder
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Draup provides multi-dimensional knowledge for sales and talent domains using machine learning & human curation. Co-founder Vamsee Tirukkala joins to ...
Alex and Valence Get Funding
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
HR Tech Conversations: Shiran Yaroslavsky from SmartRecruiters
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SmartRecruiters head of Product talks about AI and the SAP acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
HR Tech Conversations: Bastien Botella from Fountain
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The head of growth and marketing for Fountain talks about marketing in the HR tech space. Bastien Botells joined them via acquisition a few years ago....
HR Tech Conversations: Anil Dharni, CEO @ Sense
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas 2025. Anil Dharni, CEO SenseHQ.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AI is Reshaping Job Seeker Behavior
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The recent roundtable discussion centered on the theme "How AI is Changing Job Seeker Behavior," featuring insights from Leah Daniels, Chris Russell, ...
This Week in RecTech: Free ATS and a Stock Buyback
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
HR Tech Conference Startup Conversations
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conversations from the expo floor with Employers.io, Hire20, Qlay, Candidhire and Weekday. Recorded live in Las Vegas, NV. Learn more about your ad...
THIS WEEK IN REC TECH: iCIMS, ServiceNow, DianaHR, Ripplematch
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
Can the OpenAI Jobs Platform Succeed?
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So OpenAI is building some kind of job board/matching tool for "AI" professionals. They announced on their blog that they will "help more people becom...
Acquisitions and Indeed's new Agents
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Radancy,a provider of talent acquisition software, announced the acquisition of myInterview, enhancing the AI-powered Radancy Talent Acquisition Cloud...
Acquisitions and a Partner Marketplace
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
JobSync Roundtable: Scale Your Recruiting Impact: Optimizing People, Process, and Technology
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world of constant change, the most effective HR teams don’t just adopt technology—they master it. Join us for an exclusive Q&A with Shay John...
Recruitics Buys Agency, Fillarole, Sequifi and more Mergers and Funding News
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
iCIMS August Workforce Report
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meeting Summary: ICIMS August Workforce Report Analysis Hiring Market Dynamics & Trends Widening gap between job openings and actual hiring acti...
Breaking News: Workday to Acquire Paradox!
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, has entered into a definitive agree...
Dayforce to Go Private at $70 per Share
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
Darwinbox HCM Lands $40 Million
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First up…Darwinbox, the fastest growing AI-powered human capital management (HCM) platform, today announced a US$40 million investment from Teachers...
Ethan Bloomfield, Recruiting Futurist
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS What's the landscape look like for Recruitment Marketing vendors? Is it over? Who out there has a chance ? Why? It's New Years Day, 203...
Funding, Acquisitions ad a new CTO at Greenhouse
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Employee Navigator, a leading benefits administration & HR software provider, announced it has completed a $100 million funding round from existing in...
First Student Talks Bus Driver Hiring
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Larson from student transportation company First Student stops by to talk about their HR tech stack and how they recruit bus drivers. Learn more ...
New Features and a New Network
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is now part of the Purple Acorn Network…a destination where talent meets storytelling, where hiring meets humanity, and where podcasts ...
5 New HR Tech Funding Announcements
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate ...
Indeed ATS Feed Changes Discussion
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So Indeed is once again making it difficult for customers to work with them. From now on job feeds must come directly from your ATS …thus forcing ...
Deel, Phenom, HR Tech Job of the Week
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Workleap, a leading Canadian software company building the AI-powered talent management platform teams actually love to use, has acquired Barley, an e...
WarmerJobs is a new B2C Job Referral Site
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with the founder of warmerjobs.com about his new referral job search tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joveo, Wisq and Sapia in the News
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First up…Sapia.ai, the global leader in ethical and explainable AI for hiring, today announced the release of Job Analysis Studio (JAS™) — a nex...
How Will AI Change Recruiting Operations
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for Recruiting and Hiring Operatio...
CareerBuilder and Monster SOLD!!!
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First up…Appcast, the leading recruitment marketing platform powered by programmatic, today announced the launch of Appcast Brand Ads, the recruitin...
Job Growth is Treading Water | Andrew Flowers Chief Economist @ Appcast
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're diving deep into the latest job numbers, and folks, the U.S. labor market is treading water. While 139,000 jobs in May might sound okay, ...
This Week in RecTech: WorkWhile Lands $23M
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and...
Indeed CEO Steps Down + UKG Acquires
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and...
JobSync Roundtable: The Seven Most Impactful Data Points in TA for 2025 and What to Do About Them
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join JobSync and industry expert Dan Quigg, CEO of Public Insight, where we’ll explore key data points and their implications, including highlights ...
Workday Rising and Bullhorn Amplify
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Workday, Inc. announced Workday Rising 2025, the company’s annual flagship conference for finance, HR, and IT professionals, taking place September ...
Findem's New CRM, Big Money for Awardco
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and...
Phenoms Agentic AI (quick demo)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I asked Phenom to demo a few of their new AI agents for voice screening and chatbots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Funding for Rippling & Cronofy
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and...
Unleash America 2025 Vendor Interviews
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As I walked the floor at Unlash in Vegas I hit up a few vendors. In order of appearance; iSolved Anthropos Curately Hirebrain HR Bench Nectar ...
New Funding for Humanly and Skillvue
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eightfold announced how agentic AI is enabling the paradigm shift from talent intelligence to talent advantage, enabling workforce productivity—auto...
Everything You Wanted to Know About AI in TA but Were Afraid to Ask
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You don’t want to miss this roundtable hosted by JobSync, featuring Matt Staney, Cien Solon, Matt Charney, and Cameron Moore, where we will answer a...
Recruitics, Employ and Lumber in the News
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Employ Inc., the market-leading intelligent hiring suite, announces today the release of the 2025 Job Seeker Nation report, providing a data-driven lo...
Indeed Testing Paid Job Seeker Product
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Indeed, a leading job search platform, is testing paid plans for job seekers in Canada, sparking debate among job seekers and employers alike. While I...
HelloSky, Intuit, Linkup Job Report
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sponsored by; Dalia: https://www.dalia.co/rectechcrm Jobcase: http://jobcase.com/hire Intuit Inc. the global financial technology platform that mak...
IAMPHENOM Coverage: WaWa CEO Discusses Company Culture
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a great interview with the CEO of WaWa from th IAMPHENOM event in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vizzy Launches New CV Creator
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Job search engine Adzuna, announced the launch of ApplyIQ, a newAI job search agent that automatically applies to relevant jobs. https://hrtechfee...
HireEZ CEO talks about Agents in Recruiting
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
HireEZ just introduced its new Agentic AI, and is transforming into a more all-in-one recruiting platform,the software now automates sourcing, screeni...
AI for Good and HR Tech Execs on the Move
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Upwage co-founder and CEO Diana Tsai, along with Head of AI Evonne Johnson and co-founder & COO Greg Call, PHD have released a new book titled “AI F...
Bullhorn's 2025 Industry Trends Report
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sr Reseacher Lia Taniguchi joins the show to review their indystry trends. https://www.bullhorn.com/grid/2025-industry-trends-report/ Learn more abou...
Engineering Talent Tools Gets Funding
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
HireVue’s team built its new Match and Apply chatbot by unifying the latest large language model technology with 20+ years of deep knowledge and exp...
The Candidate Experience in 2025
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest replay form the Jobsync Recruitment Marketing Rountable Kevin Grossman from the CANDIES joins the gang along with some TA pros to talk a...
New HR Tech Funding News
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
hireEZ, has introduced Agentic AI, a new recruitment automation that balances AI-driven execution with oversight. As part of hireEZ’s all-in-one rec...
I AM PHENOM Debrief with Tim Sackett
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Sackett and I discuss our recent trip to I AM PHENOM, Phenom's user conference in Philly. https://wrkdefined.com/podcast/hr-famous Learn mo...
Corporate Espionage: Rippling Sues Deel
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sponsored by Jobcase.com/hire and Dalia.co/rectech The lawsuit alleges Deel cultivated a Rippling employee to conduct thousands of suspicious searche...
Jason Putnam, the new CEO at Vetty
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Putnam is the newly announced CEO for Vetty, a background and screening company based in New York. The appointment marks a new phase in Vetty’...
Talking Rec Tech on the HR Data Labs Podcast
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I was a guest on the HR Data Labs podcast simulcast on LinkedIn Live recently. Host David Truetsky and I covered a whole range of topics from AI to Jo...
Employ Buys Pillar + More Funding News
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cielo, the world’s leading Talent Acquisition Partner, today releases Agentic AI for TA. These agents are proactive teammates that elevate and enabl...
Upwage CEO Talks A.I. Interview Technology
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Tsai is the CEO and co-founder at Upwage.com an agentic AI interview tool. Today we’re going to talk about this next generation of recruitment...