Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

"Greenhouse is the best ATS"

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jaime Engle  started her career in talent acquisition on the agency side doing full desk tech recruiting at two different organizations before going ...

Careerlink IPO, New Recruitics CEO

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Careerlink Holdings, Inc. [Careerlink.com], a provider of HR recruiting, staffing and retention software and services, announced it intends to allow n...

2023 Recruiting Predictions

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The time where we look back on all the predictions and trends that were made for 2022, see if they held up, and contemplate what will be coming our wa...

2022 HR Tech Funding Recap

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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/adchoi...

Upwork & Beamery

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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% val...

Recapping 2022 HR Tech Acquisitions

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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

Freelancing and Referrals

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

AllWork, the end-to-end platform that helps companies more efficiently and compliantly onboard, manage and pay their freelancer and contingent workfor...

New Candidate Experience Platform Coming in 2023

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Talroo, WDAY, Job.com

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Talroo, the recruitment technology company announced the availability of its Publisher Optimization Platform (POP). The new feature empowers community...

Guest Appearance on the Disrupting Recruitment Podcast

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Funding, Features and Tech Job Postings

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Connecting Compensation to Unbiased Job Requirements

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

ModernHire, Apploi, Wellfound

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a decade building under the AngelList umbrella, AngelList Talent the startup job community is officially branching out on its own, under a new n...

Helping Vets Get Hired Through Skills Matching

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 leavin...

WorkTorch, ZipRecruiter, RecruiterSpot

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

 RecruiterSpot, a directory and marketing platform for recruitment agencies, staffers, and headhunters, opens its doors for agencies to list a featur...

Calendly Acquires Prelude

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

That was Qwick!

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Getting to the Root of Your Employer Branding and Culture

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This installment of our roundtable features Joel Lalgee, Lead Recruiter at Hirewell. Joel has amassed over 100,000 LinkedIn followers and has helped i...

Recruiting thru DailyPay

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jeanniey Walden is the Chief innovation and marketing officer for DailyPay, the financial solutions company and a recognized- leader in the on-demand ...

Indeed's New Pay Per Application Model

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Top 5 HR Tech Conf Trends

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 y...

Fundings and Acquisitions

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dandi Technologies, an analytics platform for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, emerged from stealth today. The compa...

Goodtime.io Product Update

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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/ad...

Employee Referral Tool Gets Funding

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ERIN, a leading employee referral platform, today announced the closing of a $5 million financing round led by Reformation Partners.“Growth over the...

Brazen CEO

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Barrientos, CEO, Brazen Virtual hiring events, virtual career fairs, video interviewing, live webinars, live chat, recruiting chatbots, interactiv...

Phenom's Intelligent Talent Experience Platform

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 fe...

Calendly buys Prelude

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Calendly, the modern scheduling platform for high-performing teams and individuals, today announced the acquisition of Prelude, a fast-growing recrui...

Workhuman & Employee Experience

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

HR Tech Coverage: Zoominfo

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I sat down with the product team (Darrel Grissen & Lauren Hogan) from Zoominfo at the recent HR Technology Conference to hear about the new TalentOS d...

Making Your Own Success in Recruiting

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Miller, Owner of Recruiting in Yoga Pants and former recruiter at Google and Microsoft leads our next roundtable to share her process to sit in th...

Several New HR Tech Funding Announcements

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Muse, a values-based job search and career development platform used by 75 million people annually, is proud to announce $8 million in new investm...

Indeed's EVP Maggie Hulce

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I sat down with Indeed EVP Maggie Hulce to find out what new at the job search giant. Recorded  live from HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas. Learn more...

HR Tech Pitchfest Finals

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Spotlyfe led the way by winning the 2022 HR Tech conference pitchfest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Indeed Flex, Joonko and PI Funding

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joonko, the only automated sourcing platform focused solely on underrepresented candidates, today announced $25M in Series B funding led by global sof...

Skyhive's New Job Description Generator

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Skyhive.ai has a new job description generator tool. I talked with CEO Sean Hinton and product person Chris Toplack about how it works. Learn more abo...

Sense Acquisition, Namely Merger

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sense, the market leader in AI-driven talent engagement solutions for recruiting, announced its acquisition of Skillate, an AI recruitment platform in...

Donald Knight, CPO of Greenhouse Software

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Donald knight is the Chief People Officer for hiring software leader  Greenhouse. Donald leads with a people-first mentality, hoping to unlock the po...

Demo and Q&A with Cliquify

28 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cliquify is an employer branding platform for recruiters and hiring managers to showcase your culture and create buzz across social media. Activate yo...

HireRoad Makes an Acquisition

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

HireRoad, the end-to-end talent management and insight software, announced the acquisition of PeopleInsight, a provider of workforce analytics softwa...

Beyond the Resume

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This roundtable features Vanessa Raath - The Talent Hunter. We’re going to talk about how to get creative with candidates in both your outreach and ...

Big Funding for Hibob and Lawyer Jobs

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Incredible Health, the fastest-growing career marketplace for permanent healthcare workers, today announced it has secured $80 million in Series B fun...

Gartners Future Workplace trends

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The employee value proposition (EVP) must change for hybrid work and respond to shifts in employee expectations. In short: Ongoing ...

Bacon, Lever and Workday Rising

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Bacon (www.bacon.work) an on-demand workforce app has received $8 million in Series A-1 funding from some of the nation’s premier investment fir...

The Rise of Text Recruiting

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As companies look to improve communication, Text Recruiting is becoming a strategic priority. Forty percent (40%) of companies have increased their us...

Kona, InternMatch & More

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

INTERNMATCH HAS RAISED $10 MILLION IN A SERIES A AS IT LOOKS TO GO GLOBAL The cash will support InternMatch’s expansion into Canada, the United Stat...

Demo Day Audio

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the last demo day for the summer you'll hear from 3 vendors as they show off their features in rapid fire fashion. Learn more about your ad choices...

Steven Rothberg from CollegeRecruiter.com

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

TOPICS Whats new in the world of college recruiting? (any slowdown?) Any trends you are seeing in terms of types of jobs, etc Is gig work the new ...

Hireart is Alive, Bullhorn & More

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

15Five, the continuous performance management platform, has raised $52M in funding to accelerate growth and continued innovation. Led by Quad Partner...

Equitable Interviewing with Jackye Clayton from Textio

17 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In our next installment of the roundtable we’re tackling this topic and welcoming Jackye Clayton, VP of Talent Acquisition and DEI at Textio to lead...

Sourcing Panel Discussion

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At RecruitDC a few weeks ago I recorded the panel on sourcing. Enjoy the audio. Recap: https://www.rectechmedia.com/blog/2022/6/22/recruitdc-recap Le...

CareerEco and Workvivo

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CareerEco gets acquired. https://hrtechfeed.com/virtual-hiring-event-platform-acquired/ Workvivo lands Tiger Global Investment https://hrtechfeed....

Jobsync Roundtable

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are being joined by the brain behind Recruiting Brainfood, Hung Lee, for our upcoming roundtable and we’re going to address some hard hitting que...

Magic Posts, New Partner Network and Some Healthcare Funding

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CareerArc Launches Magic Posts https://hrtechfeed.com/careerarc-magic-posts-for-employer-brand/ HackerRank Partner Network https://hrtechfeed.com...

Gem.com's Rick Osmer

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I caught up with Rick Osmer from the hiring platform Gem.com at Unleash in Las Vegas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RecTech Demo Day Audio

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Its time for another Rec Tech Demo Day. Come see 4 different recruiting technology vendors show off their platforms in rapid fine 10 minute demo slots...

Employee Referral tool Erin App

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Erin App is an employee referral tool. I caught up with Raul Aquino their new director of global sales at Unleash 2022. Learn more about your ad choic...

Amit Parmar from Cliquify

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cliquify.me is a unique recruitment marketing utility tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adzuna CEO Talks About Getwork Acquisition

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adzuna, the smarter job search engine, is pleased to announce the acquisition of leading US enterprise job search engine Getwork.  The Getwork team...

Virtual job training, job search engines and a new round of funding

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CEIPAL, a talent acquisition platform,announced it has closed its Series B funding round, led by Camden Partners. CEIPAL secured $16.5 million in its ...

Sense Co-founder Pankaj Jindal

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I caught up with Pankaj Jindal the co founder of Sense and AI recruiting tool at Unleash America 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Unleash Interviews - Mark Jewett, CMO SmartRecruiters

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I sat down with the new CMO at SmartRecruiters the talent acquisition software suite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Virtual Hiring Events the Future of Talent Acquisition?

12 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Intro: Virtual hiring solutions, which have been around for quite some time, exploded to the forefront of the talent acquisition space due to the COVI...

RippleMatch, Teal, Reflex In the News

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

RippleMatch, a recruitment automation platform changing how Gen Z finds work, announced a $45m Series B today led by the Growth Equity business within...

Alex Murphy, CEO of Jobsync

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I talked with Alex Murphy the CEO of Jobsync at Unleash 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Dalia - Birch Faber

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I chatted up Birch Faber, VP of Marketing at Dalia - live form the show floor at Unleash 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

SellX is the "Upwork for Sales talent"

05 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

SellX says companies are often bottlenecked by their inability to scale their sales and revenue teams fast enough. With a staggering 35% attrition rat...

Upskilling, Career Sits and Skilled Trades

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Guild, a Career Opportunity Platform, today announced a $175 million Series F financing round. The round will accelerate Guild’s ability to capitali...

CHRO Panel Discusses Future of HR

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Audio from the future of HR panel with three CHROs – Rhonda Spencer at Barry-Wehmiller, Rachel McCoy from Zappos, and Tyson Foods’ Johanna Söders...

RecTech Demos

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Audio from our recent Demo Day. Apologies for the echo in some of the audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Work With What You Got to Make Your Firm Attractive to Candidates

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jobsync monthly rec marketing roundtable with featured speaker Carrie Darney to uncover: -How to spark interest in candidates that don’t know the b...

Assembled, Velocity, WorkReels and SmartRecruiters

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Assembled, the leader in workforce management for modern support teams, today announced it has closed $51 million in Series B funding, which reflects ...

Seasonal Hiring/High Volume Hiring Discussion

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We teamed up with the folks at Phenom to ring you some great audio from their recent Talent Experience Live show from Linkedin. Learn more about your ...

Crosschq, Google, Fetcher and Workramp

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fetcher, a full-service, recruiting automation platform, is happy to announce a $27M Series B investment led by Tola Capital… https://hrtechfeed.c...

Goodtime CEO Ahryun Moon

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

GoodTime is used by over 300 leading companies like Spotify, Slack, and Box, to drive better results from their most important meetings. The GoodTime...

Mathison Gtes $25 Million for DEI Platform

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mathison, a solution that provides employers with an end-to-end Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) hiring and retention platform, has announced the...

How To Approach Recruitment With A Sales Mentality

08 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this Jobsync open forum webinar with Hayley Denker, CEO of Hayley Denker Marketing, an expert in hiring practices where hires directly equate to r...

Candidate Resentment on the Rise

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

According to the Talent Board’s North America CandE Research Report — candidate resentment is again on the rise.   The research found that, in ...

Wisq, GoodJob, Beamery

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wisq, the first platform designed for the social connection needs of employees, announced that it closed $20 million in Series A funding led by Norwes...

Jobsync Rec Marketing Roundtable

24 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Audio from the latest Jobsync Recruitment Marketing Roundtable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Rec Tech Headlines

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Getting Hired, Inc., an Allegis Group company, announces the expansion of its talent engagement platform to engage and serve additional underrepresent...

Mike Hudy, Chief Science Offier at ModernHire

17 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Hudy the Chief Science Officer for screening tool Modern Hire is here to talk about AI in recruiting as well as their new AIC (automated intervie...

Acquisitions and the Employee Experience

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Checkr, a leading HR technology company powering the future of work, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Inflection, whos...

In Talent Attraction the Details Matter

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week I ran into a situation which reminded me that even the smallest details need to paid attention to when it comes to talent attraction. After...

Bayard CEO Louis Naviasky

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bayard Advertising – is a full-service advertising agency focused on recruitment marketing. The company has seen a 59% increase in recruitment adver...

Talent by Blind and Remote Gets Series C

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Blind, the anonymous professional social network, announced the launch of Talent by Blind. Talent by Blind connects some of the hardest-to-reach softw...

Talent.com to Launch Resume Database

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I caught up Talent.com's Sr VP Cindy Klein to see what the global job search platform is up to. They plan on launching new features this year includin...

ICIMS Big Move

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

HourWork, a SaaS recruitment and retention platform for quick-serve restaurant (QSR) franchise owners, today announced the closing of an oversubscribe...

Find Candidates Through Professional Associations

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Conley, is vice president of recruitment and staffing solutions for Naylor Association Solutions, a software company that powers many associati...

Workramp, Ramped and Wedge

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ramped, a platform for job skilling and recruitment, has closed a $3.1 million seed round of financing…They’ll use the money to focus on sales and...

Building Your Personal Brand As A Recruiter

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Candidates and employers think that TA is full of shady people looking to make their money the easiest way possible without actually trying to help an...

Talent.com Strikes Gold

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rolebot, Inc. raised $4.5 million for its AI-powered job board for top-tier, passive talent —investors include Jason Calacanis, and the LAUNCH fund....

HR POD SQUAD

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this panel: Joey Price (Jumpstart HR), Chris Russell (RecTech Media), Jessica Miller-Merrell (Workology), Steve Browne  (Chief People Officer @ La...

Instant Money and Findem Finds Funding

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Modern Hire, the hiring platform for video interviewing and pre-hire assessments, today announced the release of Automated Interview Creator (AIC). …...

Qualifi Wants to Automate Your Phone Screens

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Darrian Mikkell is the CEO and co-founder of Qualifi…. an on-demand screening platform that recently launched. According to Darrian…“Phone inter...

2 Acquisitions in Rec Tech

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jobcase, a social platform for hourly workers, announced the acquisition of recruitment marketing platform Recruitology to bolster the company’s ab...

Thad Price, CEO of Talroo

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The CEO of Talroo stops by to talk about recruiting IS marketing and also gives us a peak into some cool new recruitment technology coming soon to the...

WorkWhile, Social Screening and Employ Inc

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alcor, a cloud solutions company, announced the new release of their Applicant Tracking System, TalentRun. It is an automated, self-service enterprise...

Training Recruiters & Hiring Managers

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recruiters and hiring managers are like snowflakes. No, we don’t mean sensitive or egotistical and thinking they need a trophy just for participatin...

Alongside, Mindscope, Qualifi, and Check

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Staffing software company Mindscope has been acquired by the Univerus group of businesses. After several months as a Mindscope customer, Univerus ide...

So how's your job apply process?

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Karl Wierzbicki the VP of Marketing for InFlight will stop by to discuss his company's recent findings around the state of the job apply flow, a c...