Rectech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast

My next guest is a seasoned talent acquisition, human resources and marketing executive. She has developed and successfully executed talent acquisition, human capital and organizational developments strategies, marketing plans, and budgets for operations in North America, Europe, APAC, and Latin America and currently heads up talent acquisition marketing for TTEC. TOPICS Tell everyone what TTEC does and what you typically hire for? How many people will you hire in the 4th quarter for this year? Recruiting machine... Going remote: you moved 39,000 ppl from the office to remote work...what was that like? How do you hire that many people? (give high level overview of your rec mktg strategy) million plus applicants, b2c marketing tactics Social media - you told me you get 30% of your applicants from sites like Facebook...can you break down how you do that? cadence Do you know what your conversion rate is for clicks to apply? Tech stack: Taleo is your ATS, Ascendify is your career site and you also use

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! Transform your interview scheduling by offering slots based on real-time availability while staying in control of who can book times in your calendar. https://www.cronofy.com/rectech   Recruiting Technology headlines   Reminder the Virtual Job fair technology expo happens on Wednesday nov 18th at 2pm ---compare and contract 6 different job fair platforms including Brazen, ecareerfairs, Xor, Recruitology, Premier Virtual and RecruitVirtual.   Register for free at rectechlive.com https://www.crowdcast.io/e/virtual-job-fair SmartRecruiters announced the acquisition of Berlin based jobpal, an enterprise-grade chatbot technology, to take recruitment efficiency to the next level. The move enters SmartRecruiters into the rapidly growing recruitment process automation (RPA) market, where the future of recruiting prioritizes hu

My next guest has spent nearly 14 years in various HR roles for Kansas based Garmin International, the maker of all things GPS, where she helps to support recruitment and associate relations for the company. This is her second appearance on RecTech so lets give her a warm welcome back to the show! I like your little tagline on your Linkedin profile---You almost need a GPS to find a new position...let Garmin guide you into a new career! What has life been like recruiting and hiring in 2020? From an HR standpoint whats been the hardest thing about keeping your employees engaged during the pandemic? Attracting talent to Garmin, has that been easier or harder during Covid? Video interviews? platform? College? 4500 new followers on LInkedin...how often do you post? Whats your onboarding process like? Hows the Phenom platform going? Are you looking to implement any new recruitment tech or employer brand strategies going into 2021? Where can people go to learn more about careers at Garmin?

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! Transform your interview scheduling by offering slots based on real-time availability while staying in control of who can book times in your calendar. https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology headlines Popular online form builder JotForm announced Tables, a revolutionary way for HR teams to collect, organize and manage data in an all-in-one workspace.  JotForm Tables looks like a spreadsheet but acts like a database. This tool works by organizing form submission data, imported data and manually entered data into one feature-rich interface. It’s powered by a sophisticated forms engine, making data collection streamlined and simple. JotForm Tables lets HR teams: * Collect and organize applications * Manage PTO requests * Evaluate interviewees as a team * Create a checklist for new hires * And much more “Sp

A reader wrote to me about the following problem she was encountering with scraped jobs off her company website; Do you have any tips on getting old, filled job posts off the internet?  Job Boards scrape jobs  and it’s frustrating when you get a phone call or resume from someone who saw a job that’s been filled for months on a job board. I reached out to a couple of popular job aggregators to get their thought on this vexing issue many employers face. Adzuna and Talent.com offered some advice. FULL STORY: https://www.rectechmedia.com/blog/job-scraping-problems

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! Transform your interview scheduling by offering slots based on real-time availability while staying in control of who can book times in your calendar. https://www.cronofy.com/rectech   Recruiting Technology headlines   RICHMOND, VA. – Inclusively, a human-first employment platform built by the disability community to connect candidates with disabilities to inclusive companies and careers, is excited to announce its recent launch. Inclusively’s proprietary job matching technology gives candidates with disabilities the power to customize their job search utilizing ‘Success Enablers’ (also known as workplace accommodations). Examples include assistive technologies (vision and hearing), telework/remote work, worksite accessibility, service/emotional support animals, modified methods, assistive services, modified work schedule

What's life been like marketing jobs in the age of coronavirus? Seeing any uptick in applications? Great point about the 10 years ago thing…remote tech was not as good...what would we do? Session to focus on Employer Branding and Recruiting Technology. Some talking points:   Recruitment marketing Tech Stack We leverage: Phenom People for: our careers website, Content Management System (CMS), Candidate Relationship Management (CRM), Chatbot, and Talent Analytics  For our blog, we utilize it as a gateway for storytelling on LinkedIn - we keep our copy/stories short on LinkedIn, and usually provide a link to a blog post on our careers site to tell the full story, which gets users in our "ecosystem" - i.e. closer to applying. We also feature blog content in certain places across our careers site. For example, we have a Sales Development Associate program - we uploaded an "FAQ" blog for the role, and link to the article on the Sales Development Associate job posting page. LinkedIn for: employer br

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! Transform your interview scheduling by offering slots based on real-time availability while staying in control of who can book times in your calendar. https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology headlines Acorns, the top saving and investing app helping more than 8.2 million Americans save and invest for the future, announced the launch of Acorns Job Finder. Acorns is connecting customers with new career opportunities, helping them earn more money, so that they can save and invest more, all from one app. Within a few taps, Acorns customers at every tier can find millions of full-time, part-time, and remote job opportunities, set job alerts, and explore custom career development content to support their financial wellness at no additional cost. By introducing Job Finder to its financial wellness system, Acorns is

Neil Shmuely runs talent acquisition for the Americas at Contino a tech consultancy based in New york with other offices across the globe. He’s also a listener of the show and we’ll get his take on how they use technology to hire talent.

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! Transform your interview scheduling by offering slots based on real-time availability while staying in control of who can book times in your calendar. https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology headlines   Jobget Funding https://hrtechfeed.com/hourly-worker-app-jobget-lands-2-1-million-in-funding/   Findem funding https://hrtechfeed.com/findem-launches-from-stealth-with-people-intelligence-platform-raises-7-3-million/ Workday Talent Mobility https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-launches-talent-marketplace-for-internal-mobility/ Gartner Report https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201013005956/en/Gartner-Identifies-Dimensions-Define-New-Employer-Employee-Relationship Phenom Client https://hrtechfeed.com/major-health-system-converts-69-of-job-seekers-with-phenom/ ##########

Looking for tools and sites to make your hiring more diverse? This is the episode for you. African Americans: BlackJobs.com, Black Tech Pipeline, BlackTechJobs, HBCU 20x20, HBCU Career Center, HBCU Connect, Mathison Criminal Histories: 70MillionJobs, 70 MillionStaffing, HonestJobs.      Disabled Persons: AbilityJobs, GettingHired Diverse Professionals (general): Americas Job Exchange, Blendoor, Circa, Diversityjobs.com, DiversityInc, EmployDiversity, Entelo Diversity, eQuest, Hiretual, HRdiversifyd, Incluzion, Jobwriter, Joonko, Jopwell, Mathison, Professional Diversity Network, Seekout, Talvista, The Diversity Dashboard, Unbias Me, WorkplaceDiversity, TapRecruit, Textio. Latin/Hispanic: LatPro, Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) LGBT: Include.io, LGBTconnect, OutProNet. Veterans: VetJobs, RecruitMilitary, Military.com        Native Americans: NativeAmericanJobs.com Women: CareerContessa, FairyGodBoss, InHerSight, International Association for Women, The MOM Project, Women For Hire, Hire T

This episode is sponsored by Cronofy, the scheduling platform for business and HR professionals. Don’t let impersonal and lengthy interview scheduling stop you from acquiring top talent! Transform your interview scheduling by offering slots based on real-time availability while staying in control of who can book times in your calendar. https://www.cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology headlines Virtual Job Fair Technology Expo https://www.crowdcast.io/e/virtual-job-fair Broadbean Enters Programmatic Space Hirevue Acquires AllyO Hackerrank New Launch Remote Study https://hrlancers.com/blog/after-covid-19-remote-work-to-become-expected-benefit/ ##########

Welcome to the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. If you want to know about the latest and greatest  tools and tactics for finding talent online, this is your show.  ...This podcast is sponsored in part by Adzuna, the quality-obsessed job search engine that’s taking the market by storm. Adzuna wants to help America get back to work, by allowing businesses to zero in the right candidates. Cut your cost-per-application and engage with high quality candidates with Adzuna. Visit adzuna.com/hire to get started.  And by Emissary...the text recruiting software that will supercharge your recruiting efforts. Americans spend 55 minutes a day texting on average….. That time represents an enormous window of opportunity for recruiters to get the attention of candidates that are otherwise distracted and hard to reach. Head over to emissary.ai and book a demo today to learn how their text recruiting platform with help you connect with you

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Cronofy.com/rectech Recruiting Technology headlines Phenom Acquires MyAlly https://hrtechfeed.com/phenom-acquires-my-ally-a-i-talent-management-platform/ CareerBuilder Sells Textkernel https://hrtechfeed.com/careerbuilder-sells-off-textkernel/ Glassdoors D&I products https://hrtechfeed.com/glassdoor-launches-diversity-inclusion-products/ RecruitHub Launch https://hrtechfeed.com/new-launch-video-interview-platform-recruithub/ Jobsync and Workhere https://hrtechfeed.com/jobsync-partners-with-workhere/

As President of Eightfold.ai, Kamal Ahluwalia brings extensive experience in creating software categories, scaling businesses and ensuring that customer and partner success drive business success. He’s an active advocate for diversity in the workplace and leverages artificial intelligence to help companies retain top performers, upskill & reskill their workforce, recruit top talent efficiently, and reach diversity goals.  He is also the Co-Author of the book “What’s Next for You – The Eightfold Path To Transforming The Way We Hire And Manage Talent”. TOPICS What have the last 6 months been like for you at the team at Eightfold? Tell me a bit about your background. How did you get to where you are today as President of Eightfold.ai? What is Eightfold.ai and how does it work? How is Eightfold’s platform using AI to recognize and address bias in hiring? Tell me about the process of hiring for potential and why it’s so essential in order to increase diversity across the board? Tell me how Eightfold als

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Bryq Gets Funding https://hrtechfeed.com/bias-free-hiring-platform-bryq-raises-e1-2-million-in-seed-financing/ RiseSmart Launches Talent Directories https://hrtechfeed.com/randstad-risesmart-launches-talent-directories/ Recruiter.com Sourcing Tool https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiter-com-announces-new-artificial-sourcing-platform/ Hirevue and Microsoft https://hrtechfeed.com/hirevue-launches-hirevue-interviews-for-microsoft-teams/ Outmatch acquisition https://hrtechfeed.com/outmatch-acquires-recruitment-automation-platform-launchpad/ ########## Dont just reject candidates, Rejobify them. The Rejobify rejection email service will help those you cant hire. Give back to the candidates who take the time to apply with your company….book a demo today at rejobify.com

Modern Hire is a virtual interviewing platform that covers the entire hiring process, from scientifically validated pre-hire assessments and virtual job simulations, all the way to providing live video interviewing technology and on-demand video, text, or phone interview solutions. Joining me to talk about the platform and whats happening in the industry is their CMO Jay Miller. TOPICS 2020 has been a challenging year for HR tech companies from a marketing perspective how have you changed the way you market how is remote work going for you and your team ?   You merged with Shaker last year and rebranded, were you part of that rebrand strategy...I’m curious if you could give us a peek inside that process?   What is the current state of video interviewing...who's using it how often?   Best practices to share for HR teams implementing a tool like this?   Describe how the MH platform works from a candidate experience and the recruiter experience? Are you doubling down on video adoption w

IQtalent xchange launches sourcing database https://hrtechfeed.com/iqtalent-partners-launches-iqtalent-xchange-a-talent-matching-platform-focused-on-passive-candidates/ Yello https://hrtechfeed.com/yello-launches-sourcing-marketplace-to-connect-employers-with-early-talent-candidates/ CareerBuilder https://hrtechfeed.com/careerbuilder-says-they-will-invest-300-million-into-research-and-new-product-development/ Talroo https://hrtechfeed.com/talroo-launches-talroo-pro-for-more-efficient-volume-hiring/ Brighthire https://hrtechfeed.com/brighthire-raises-3-million-for-interview-platform/ Black Tech Pipeline https://hrtechfeed.com/new-startup-black-tech-pipeline/ ########## Dont just reject candidates, Rejobify them. The Rejobify rejection email service will help those you cant hire. Give back to the candidates who take the time to apply with your company….book a demo today at rejobify.com

Most employers don’t give a second thought to how it’s crafted. Yet a few forward thinking companies have figured out that even the lowly rejection email is your final chance to make a good “last impression” during the candidate experience. Case in point is Rejobify client BURNCO, based in Canada. They have had our rejection email service in place for more than a year now and regularly get responses from grateful job seekers who take the time to send their thanks for helping them move on with their job search. Here’s a sample of what they said. These are direct quotes sent to us by their Talent Acquisition Manager; “I am so impressed with this kind reply and the community spirit these words reflect.  I'll be sure to investigate the link you have taken the time to share.”   “Thank you. I appreciate what you have done to make my search easier.”  “I appreciate the response. Thank you for being so kind and offering the help that you have.”  “Thank you for your response.  It makes such a differenc

This Week in Rec Tech is Sponsored by Rejobify.com Im chris russell here are the headlines this week in recruiting technology Mathison Diversity Network https://hrtechfeed.com/diversity-talent-network-gets-2-million-in-funding/ Jobvite Acquires Talentegy https://hrtechfeed.com/jobvite-acquires-talentegy-talent-analytics-platform/ Bullhorns New Investor https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-announces-new-strategic-investment-partner/ Grata https://hrtechfeed.com/grata-is-new-first-social-media-platform-for-frontline-employees/ Bolster for Execs https://hrtechfeed.com/bolster-is-a-new-executive-talent-marketplace/ Deel for International Payroll https://hrtechfeed.com/deel-a-payroll-and-compliance-platform-for-international-teams-has-raised-30-million/ ########## Dont just reject candidates, Rejobify them. The Rejobify rejection email service will help those you cant hire. Give back to the candidates who take the time to apply with your company….book a demo today at rejobify.com