Synopsis
Hosted by Chris Russell, online recruiting's mad scientist, the RecTech podcast covers all aspects of recruiting technology and recruitment marketing including interesting new tools & vendors. You'll also hear how recruiters leverage technology to find talent. A great listen for HR tech vendors, HR professionals and recruiters everywhere.CONTACT: chris@rectechmedia.com
Episodes
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The MOM Project
27/01/2019 Duration: 25minThe MOM Project is a niche job community that helps moms re-enter the workforce. The company recently received $8 million in new funding to expand their footprint and get more moms back to work. Joining Chris on the podcast is Colleen Curtis, Head of Marketing and Community. She and I talk about the challenges moms face, how it got started and what they plan for the future. This episode of RecTech is sponsored by Workhere.com the geofencing recruitment company and Emissary.ai the text recruiting platform.
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Recruiting Headlines from Craigslist, CareerBuilder, Glassdoor and Greenhouse
25/01/2019 Duration: 09minThis episode is sponsored by Hiretual.com CRAIGSLIST CRACKS 1 BILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/craigslist-cracks-1-billion-in-annual-revenue-says-aim-group/ CAREERBUILDER ACQUIRES ALL OF TEXTKERNEL https://recruitingheadlines.com/careerbuilder-acquires-textkernel/ GREENHOUSE HITS 3000 CLIENTS https://recruitingheadlines.com/greenhouse-approaches-3000-customers/ HOTTEL TONIGHT FOR JOBS? https://fistfuloftalent.com/2019/01/hoteltonight-look-like-jobs.html GLASSDOOR ARTICLE https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/22/companies-gaming-glassdoor-reviews-to-look-better-investigation-finds/
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SEO for Human Resources
20/01/2019 Duration: 33minThis podcast is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai Aley Brown is the VP of marketing for outplacement services firm CareerMinds...As a marketing leader in the human resources space, her expertise includes SEO, content marketing, social media, lead nurturing, demand generation, account-based marketing, and buyer persona and journey development, all within the human resources field. Aley joined Careerminds as an intern in 2011 and has held various marketing roles since then. She has also worked in marketing at PayPal and eBay. In each of these roles, she has been a top performer, improving lead generation and deal opportunities several times over. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of Kansas with a degree in Management and Human Resources TOPICS 1) What is SEO and Why should HR care about it? 2) How do marketing professionals use SEO? 3) How can HR professionals use SEO to gather data about their HR strategies? What the career page ranks for What keywords contain their company na
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Recruiting Headlines from CareerArc, TalkPush, Glassdoor, TopResume
18/01/2019 Duration: 06minThis podcast is sponsored by Hiretual.com the recruiters best friend. CAREERARC RAISES 30 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/careerarc-raises-30-million/ GLASSDOOR EXPANDS https://recruitingheadlines.com/glassdoor-expands-to-singapore-hong-kong-and-new-zealand/ TOPRESUME TEAMS UP WITH AARP https://recruitingheadlines.com/topresume-and-aarp-team-up-on-resume-advisor-service/ TALKPUSH LAUNCHES MOBILE RECRUITING APP https://recruitingheadlines.com/talkpush-puts-recruiters-in-charge-of-chatbots-with-new-crm-and-mobile-app/ JOB DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM UP FOR SALE https://recruitingheadlines.com/buyer-sought-for-job-distribution-company/ Los Angeles CareerArc, a global leader in HR technology, today announced it raised a $30 million growth equity round led by PeakEquity Partners (“PeakEquity”). As the only company offering both social recruiting and virtual outplacement solutions to the multi-billion dollar HR software market, CareerArc helps organizations manage the two critical touchpoints in e
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How to Use Geofencing for Local Recruiting
13/01/2019 Duration: 55minThis podcast is sponsored by Emissary.ai the text recruiting platform. https://www.emissary.ai/ In todays episode Mike Seidle from WorkHere.com explains how they leverage geofencing technology to help companies recruiting local talent on a pinpoint scale. Geofencing allows employers to advertise down to a specific location with targeted ads on a users phone. Audio extracted from a previous webinar which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO4VwKjRmOk&t=605s
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Recruiting Headlines for Week of January 11th
11/01/2019 Duration: 06minThis episode sponsored by Hiretual.com OUTMATCH ACQUIRES WEPOW https://recruitingheadlines.com/outmatch-acquires-wepow/ TALENTSOFT GETS $50 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/talentsoft-completes-50-million-funding-round/ OPUSAI IS A NEW BLIND RECRUITING TOOL https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-ai-powered-blind-screening-tool-to-eliminate-bias-in-hiring-launches/ IKIKO IS A NEW RECRUITING SITE https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-recruitment-site-set-to-launch/ TEXTUS IN USE BY 700 STAFFING FIRMS https://recruitingheadlines.com/700-staffing-firms-now-use-textus/
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Recruiting Thoughts for 2019
06/01/2019 Duration: 36minThis episode of RecTech is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai - please support our sponsors. Welcome to the first episode of RecTech for 2019, todays show is just a solo episode to kick off the year and get you ready for what lies ahead. It is the first monday in january and so I am proud to announce that the 2019 recruiting season is officially open for business! For many of you 2018 was a daunting year to recruit and this year is shaping up to be just as challenging. So i will give you some thoughts on how to handle the new recruiting season and also how me and my RecTech Media team can help. Show notes: In the coming weeks you’ll hear interviews with Aley Brown from outplacement firm CareerMinds on SEO for HR as well as an interview with The Mom Project, a job site for moms returning to the workforce. One thing I want listeners to know is that when it comes to sponsors I only seek to promote companies that I know and trust. When i look at a sponsor i only take on ones that are useful to my audi
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Checking in at Talent Tech Labs
29/12/2018 Duration: 46minTalent Tech Labs is an incubator in the heart of New York City. Located at 38th/8th they have space to rent to HR tech startups and also offer advisory services to employers and startups. I sat down with their president Brian Della Donne and Operations Manager Rory O'Doherty for a chat. I also talked with 3 startups while there: SparcStart, Alyss Analytics and Vervoe. This episode sponsored by WorkHere.com and Emissary.ai
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Recruiting Headlines from Indeed, ERE, Koru, The Mom Project, FactoryFix
21/12/2018 Duration: 08minThis episode sponsored by Hiretual.com TALENT42 CONFERENCE ACQUIRED BY ERE MEDIA https://www.ere.net/tech-recruiting-event-talent42-joins-ere-media-family/ INDEED EXPANDING TO SEATTLE https://recruitingheadlines.com/indeed-adding-1000-jobs-in-seattle-expansion/ CAPP AND CO ACQUIRES KORU PREDICTIVE https://recruitingheadlines.com/assessment-firm-acquires-koru-predictive-hiring/ THE MOM PROJECT RAISES 8 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/the-mom-project-raises-8m-for-its-mom-job-market/ FACTORYFIX GETS $1.5 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/manufacturing-job-marketplace-for-midwest-lands-1-5-million-in-funding/
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Making HR More Strategic
17/12/2018 Duration: 28minThe RecTech podcast is sponsored by Workhere.com and Emissary.ai According to research conducted by Accenture earlier in the year, enterprises are primed to shift HR out from the back office to deliver strategic value to their businesses. The problem is making that shift. HR departments lack the necessary AI tools, analytics, and digital skills to do “strategic HR.” Here to talk about addressing this challenge and how to overcome it. Jill K. Goldstein, Talent & HR Business Process Service Lead at Accenture Allan Racey, Global Talent and HR Capability Lead Jill and Allan, Welcome to RecTech…. What is Accenture Operations and what do you offer HR professionals? Let’s get into the report….”Although gaps remain between the expectations of the business and HR’s contribution, HR is clearly on a transformation journey. It is shifting focus from enabling back-office efficiency and effectiveness to becoming a strategic business partner.” Define what you mean by strategic? How is this now different from
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Recruiting Headlines from Vangst, LinkedIn, Wonolo and Randstad
14/12/2018 Duration: 07minThis episode of RecTech's Recruiting Headlines is brought to you by Hiretual.com the recruiters best friend. In the News... 15 FASTEST GROWING JOBS https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/trends-and-research/2018/linkedin-emerging-jobs-report-2018 VANGST GIGS https://recruitingheadlines.com/cannabis-recruiting-site-adds-gig-worker-temp-option/ RANDSTAD TAI AWARDS https://recruitingheadlines.com/randstad-announces-awards-initaitive-for-in-house-talent-acquisition-teams/ WONOLO AND WAZE HOOKUP https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/13/staffing-app-wonolo-partners-with-waze-carpool-to-help-gig-workers-get-to-jobs/ 2019 RECRUITING EVENT CALENDAR https://recruitingheadlines.com/2019-hr-and-recruiting-events/ Headlines powered by https://recruitingheadlines.com/
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Dawn Burke on the Future of the HR Professional
09/12/2018 Duration: 36minDawn Burke’s HR and leadership career has spanned the last 20 years, most recently serving as VP of People for Birmingham, AL, award-winning technology company, Daxko. Before that she spent 10 years at one of the nation's largest direct mail organizations, MSpark, serving in a variety of HR leadership roles including Director of Recruiting and Director of HR. Throughout her HR leadership career she have led recruiting, training and development, benefits, and employee relations functions. In addition, as a member of an executive leadership team, she participated in making company-wide operations decisions, merger and acquisitions strategies and, naturally, corporate People Strategies. PODCAST SPONSORS: Workhere.com and Emissary.ai TOPICS: Whats new in your world of HR consulting? What are some projects that you typcially work on? Retention strategies...empl exp Can technology end recruiting bias? Do you worry that HR becoming too inhuman? Article about HR Departments Among Least Digitally Advanced
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Recruiting Headlines for December 6th
07/12/2018 Duration: 08minThis episode of RecTech's Recruiting Headlines is brought to you by the recruiters best friend: Hiretual.com INDEED TO ADD 500 JOBS https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/Indeed-to-add-hundreds-of-Stamford-jobs-13439604.php WORKING INTENT TO STAY DECLINES https://recruitingheadlines.com/worker-intent-to-stay-keeps-declining-says-gartner-report/ ARE YOUR JOBS ON GOOGLE? https://recruitingheadlines.com/are-your-jobs-on-google-new-tool-launches/ 15FIVE RAISES 8 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/15five-raises-8-2-million-for-its-performance-management-software/ INTELLIGO CONTACT BACKGROUND CHECKS https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/05/intelligo-does-constant-background-checks-on-your-trusted-employees/
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Katrina Kibben Talks Recruitment Marketing
02/12/2018 Duration: 31minIn today’s episode you will hear Katrina Kibben from Three Ears Media give her take on recruitment marketing tactics...enjoy the audio. Recorded at #HIREconf NYC November 7-8. Podcast sponsored by Workhere.com and Emissary.ai
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Recruiting Headlines for Nov 30th
30/11/2018 Duration: 06minRecruitingHeadlines is sponsored by Hiretual, the recruiters best friend! IN THE NEWS... DEPUTY RAISES $81 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/workforce-management-software-platform-raises-81-million-in-funding/ BEAMERY LAUNCHES NEW VERSION https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-version-of-beamery-is-released/ JOBSTORIES - WEBINARS FOR JOBS LAUNCHES https://www.jobstories.com/
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Audra Knight's Job Description Panel from HIREconf
26/11/2018 Duration: 37minThis is the 2nd piece of audio I recorded at #HIREconf NYC which took place on Nov 7-8 in New York City. In this audio you will hear Audra Knight introduce and moderate a panel of recruitment marketing folks such as Katrina Kibben, and others as they chat about job descriptions and more. This episode is brought to you by our friends at WorkHere & Emissary. https://workhere.com/ https://www.emissary.ai/
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RecTech Headlines with Workable, Wonolo, Hiretual, Zenjob and Enboarder
23/11/2018 Duration: 07minHere are you fast five recruiting headlines for this week in the recruiting industry. HIRETUAL ENHANCEMENTS https://recruitingheadlines.com/hiretual-adds-augmented-intelligence-to-its-ai-powered-sourcing-platform/ WORKABLE RAISES $50 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/workable-raises-50m-to-automate-recruiting-for-smbs/ WONOLO RAIASES $32 MILLION https://recruitingheadlines.com/wonolo-raises-32m-to-democratize-gig-work-and-streamline-temporary-and-seasonal-staffing/ ENBOARDER RAISES $4 MILLION http://www.finsmes.com/2018/11/enboarder-raises-4m-in-funding.html?fbclid=IwAR384pT5gCz67klQv33CBwRAlgUtw5Y4T2zCTuhQJKLpcpCVKmdrjr62Kos ZENJOB RAISES $10 MILLION
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Better Candidate Outreach with Angie Verros
18/11/2018 Duration: 39minAngie Verros from Vaia Talent talked about how she creates better more personalized outreach to candidates. Recorded live at HIREconf in New York City. Hire Conf is put on by the good folks at HiringSolved. The RecTech podcast is sponsored by WorkJere and Hiretual.
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RecTech: Recruiting Headlines for Nov 16th
15/11/2018 Duration: 07minThis episode is sponsored by RecTech LIOVE: webinars about recruiting technology for recruiters and employers. https://www.crowdcast.io/rectechmedia IN THE NEWS Google Jobs for Vets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiGdH-SAYIo Prophet set to release new version of sourcing tool The Muse Acquires TalentShare https://recruitingheadlines.com/the-muse-acquires-talentshare/ Mercer Launches HRtech Incubator https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-hrtech-incubator-launched-by-mercer-in-nyc/ WorkGenius raises 10 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/workgenius-raises-10m-in-series-a-to-grow-us-business/ Follow all recruiting headlines at: http://recruitingheadlines.com/
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High Volume Hiring with Melissa Hassett of Manpower Group RPO
11/11/2018 Duration: 33minAs Vice President of Client Delivery, Melissa Hassett is responsible for overseeing the strategic partnership between ManpowerGroup Solutions (an RPO) and high-volume employers. She acts as a strategic partner to clients, working to streamline processes, launch and manage large scale staffing programs, and entrench herself in the client’s business to deliver customized staffing solutions. She has more than 20 years of experience in recruiting as an employer and RPO buyer. Manpower just published a new report entitled "What Retail Employers Need to Know About Candidate Preferences” – we’ll discuss that report among other things in todays episode. SHOW SPONSORS: Workhere.com and Hiretual.com