Rectech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast

A list of all the HR tech funding news from 2022. https://hrtechfeed.com/venture-capital/

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 of “Freelance Forward: 2022,” the most comprehensive study of the U.S. independent workforce, which found that 60 million Americans performed freelance work in the past 12 months, representing 39% of the entire U.S. workforce. https://hrtechfeed.com/39-of-the-entire-u-s-workforce-is-freelancing/  

A look back at the acquisitions from the HR tech industry.  https://hrtechfeed.com/acquisitions/

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. https://hrtechfeed.com/allwork-announces-4-9-million-series-a-funding-round/ LumApps, an employee experience platform, has acquired Vizir, an innovative no-code digital assistant technology (“predictive chatbots”) that human resources, and information technology, communications departments can use to automate mundane tasks and improve employee access to knowledge, resources, and third-party applications at lower costs.     https://hrtechfeed.com/lumapps-acquires-vizir/ Hunt Club , a recruiting startup that leverages the power of relationships and technology to help companies find top talent, announces their $40 m

Greetr.io is a new candidate experice software that will be launching in 2023. I caught up with CEO Bill Fanning to learn more.

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-consulting/ Distro releases an updated version of their web-based marketplace to help businesses find, hire, and pay remote workers around the globe. Distro makes it easy to scale your team in today’s uncertain labor market. Creating an alternative to hiring software development services companies, customers can find and hire people on their own. https://hrtechfeed.com/pay-per-hire-tech-job-marketplace-launches/ Job.com, the AI-enabled technology recruitment platform, has secured an undisclosed investment from two New York and California-based financial institutions, Serengeti Asset Management and Ghost Tree Partners

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 Experience Platform that will pull your RecTech together to create a single point of truth for your candidates. Think of it as the General Contractor coordinating all your trades when building your recruitment house.

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 developed the Tech Job Posting Optimizer (optimize.comptia.org). This free web-based platform provides a library of tech job templates and smart data tools to optimize postings for skills, qualifications and inclusivity oriented to the U.S. labor market. https://hrtechfeed.com/comptia-launches-tech-job-posting-optimizer-to-help-employers-hire-better/ NEW YORK — Fearless+ today announced $1MM raised for their pre-seed funding round. Fearless+ reimagines career development for Gens Z and Alpha with college and career opportunities, elite mentors, and workshops to learn real-world skills outside the classroom. 

We're talking all things job postings, salary, and removing bias.

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 leading platform for healthcare hiring, announced it has acquired OnCall, a healthcare shift management solution that focuses on scheduling and staff management amidst the ongoing hiring crunch. https://hrtechfeed.com/apploi-acquires-oncall-to-help-healthcare-employers-manage-shifts/ Namely, the HR platform for mid-sized companies, has enhanced its onboarding functionality. https://hrtechfeed.com/namely-deepens-its-onboarding-features/ Modern Hire, the enterprise hiring platform announced the launch of the Virtual Job Tryout (VJT) for Drivers, a preconfigured pre-hire assessment for candidates seeking empl

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 (CATE) uses proprietary algorithms to translate a candidate’s experience into skills and then match those skills to the employer’s needs, bringing together candidates and job openings that belong together. This process removes the need for a traditional resume which is a major barrier for many entering the job market or shifting careers.  What are The pitfalls of the post-military job search   Why skills-based hiring is the right way to do hiring, and how it benefits everyone  Origins of your business and How CATE is career matching at a 95% success rate    Walk us through how it works from a seeker pers

 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 platform, announces a $2.2 million seed round, led by Tenzing Capital out of Wichita, Kansas. This funding investment comes as October employment numbers show people are leaving their careers faster than new hires are coming in the door. https://hrtechfeed.com/worktorch-announces-2-2m-in-additional-funding-and-rebrand-from-quickhire/ ZipRecruiter®, a leading online employment marketplace, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.  Quarterly revenue $227.0 million, up 7% y/y Company raises revenue guidance to $897M – $903M, or 21% YoY Growth Company raises Adjusted EBITDA gu

I spoke with Prelude CEO about the acquisition by Calendly and got a demo of their interview scheduling tool.

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 iCIMS, the talent cloud company, announced the acquisition of SkillSurvey, a pioneer in skills verification and digital reference checking that helps more than 2,300 companies make the best possible talent decisions. https://hrtechfeed.com/icims-acquires-skillsurvey/ Qwick, the leading on-demand staffing platform for hospitality businesses and professionals, has closed its $40 million Series B investment.  https://hrtechfeed.com/on-demand-staffing-platform-raises-40-million/ Gloat, a provider of Workforce Agility tools announced the introduction of Gloat Hiring, a signature expansion to the Workforce Agilit

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 employee, which resonates when you’re trying to recruit people. In this roundtable we cover: Finding harmony between your employer brand and your employees Finding balance between personal and professional posts on social media (when your content is consistently good it won’t throw your audience off when you insert posts that talk about how great working for your employer is) Putting your brand in the spotlight without putting your brand onto your employees

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.

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 upgraded experience, as the value of a legitimate candidate is higher than that of lots of unidentified clicks, but in the long run, pay-per-application will save employers money, as recruiters can zero in on more quality candidates faster, Hulce said. https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-to-move-to-ppa-revenue-model-in-2023/ Beeline, a technology solution provider for managing the global extended workforce, today announced it has agreed to acquire Utmost, a next-generation extended workforce solutions company.  https://hrtechfeed.com/beeline-to-acquire-utmost-talent-intelligence-solution/  Paycor HCM, Inc. (“Payco

The team at Pillar.hr an interview intelligence platform hosted me recently on a webinar to talk about this years HR tech trends. 

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://hrtechfeed.com/dei-analytics-platform-announces-seed-funding/ TaTiO, a future of work company that uses AI to help companies fill open positions with qualified workers, today announced the completion of a $5.3 million seed round led by Mensch Capital Partners and Cresson Management, with participation from Cerca Discovery, Tau Ventures Ltd., Techstars, and GoodCompany. TaTiO sources and vets job seekers with their AI work experience simulations and provides employers with pre-qualified candidates to interview. https://hrtechfeed.com/tatio-raises-5-3m-to-help-understaffed-companies-access-americas-untapped-workfo

I sat down with Goodtime.io CEO to find out whats new with the hiring and scheduling platform.