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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Derek Zeller on the Top 5 Recruiting Challenges of 2018
04/11/2018 Duration: 46minThis episode of RecTech is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.com. Derek Zeller is the Director of Recruitment Strategy and Channels for Engage Talent a passive candidate intelligence tool. In this podcast audio extracted from my recent webinar with him we cover the biggest challenges recruiters face in 2018 and I get Derek to dish the dirt with some funny stories from his days as a tech recruiter. Listeners can watch the webinar at: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/top-5-recruiting
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RecTech Recruiting Headlines Nov 2nd
02/11/2018 Duration: 09minWelcome to the recruiting headlines for week ending Nov 2nd. Facebook Job Updates https://recruitingheadlines.com/facebook-makes-improvements-to-job-board-tools/ Girlboss New Social Network https://recruitingheadlines.com/girlboss-plans-women-focused-social-network-to-take-on-linkedin/ Handshake Gets $40 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/early-career-job-market-handshake-raises-40-million/ Career.com for Sale https://recruitingheadlines.com/for-sale-career-com-premium-domain/ HospitalityFit Launch https://recruitingheadlines.com/new-hospitality-assessment-platform-launches/
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5 Automated Interview Scheduling Tools
29/10/2018 Duration: 10minLooking to speed up your interview process? Add an automated scheduling tool to the mix. Not only will you free up recruiters time but candidates will love you for it as well. In today’s episode Chris Russell will discuss the top tools on the market. Goodtime is a talent operations platform for interview scheduling and interviewer training. They just raised $5 million in new funding. It sits on top of your ATS. Select interviewers yourself or let us pick the most optimal set of interviewers based on attributes/skill sets needed for the interview. GoodTime integrates with interviewers’ calendars, providing real-time availability for your candidate to select a date/time for the interview. GoodTime immediately syncs the candidate’s selection to your ATS & calendars then notifies the recruiting team, interviewers and the candidate. Interview Schedule: Find the best schedule without playing Calendar Tetris. Simplify the most manual parts of your workflow. Connect your calendar and ATS to simplify your proce
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Recruiting Headlines for Oct 26th
26/10/2018 Duration: 10minThis episode is sponsored by RecTechLive.com 2019 Recruiting & HR Event List https://recruitingheadlines.com/2019-hr-and-recruiting-events/ HIREconf https://www.hireconf.com/ ZipRecruiter New Profiles for Seekers https://recruitingheadlines.com/ziprecruiter-improves-mobile-app-for-job-seekers/ Temable Funding News https://recruitingheadlines.com/teamable-gets-new-funding-makes-acquisition/ Digi-Me's New Dashboard https://recruitingheadlines.com/digi-me-releases-new-reporting-dashboard-for-tracking-video-job-ad-views-and-applies-by-source/ Goldi is the first video job board https://recruitingheadlines.com/meet-goldi-the-video-only-job-board-out-of-nyc/
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Matt Anderson, Healthcare Executive Recruiter
22/10/2018 Duration: 28minThis episode is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.com This is RECTECH….the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. our mission is to teach you about the new tools and tactics for finding talent online. Today’s show is a recruiter edition. Matt Anderson is a healthcare executive recruiter from Minneapolis based Versique where he sources and recruits leaders from management to C-suite levels. His Clients include independent and rural health critical access hospitals, large care delivery systems and physician owned specialty groups. Matt's fifteen years of healthcare leadership search and placement experience offers clients unique insight into market assessment and intelligence, consultation on structuring the search process, ability to identify, recruit and place specific leadership candidates based on the needs of clients resulting in a successful, efficient outcome to the search process. Matt and Versique's Healthcare Sea
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Recruiting Headlines for October 19th
19/10/2018 Duration: 13minNew Webinar Oct 25 at 1pm ET How to Activate Your Passive Talent List With Qualification-Based Screening https://www.crowdcast.io/e/best-practices-for/register ConveyIQ Funding Annopuncement https://www.conveyiq.com/conveyiq-closes-5-5-million-financing-fuel-rapid-growth-talent-communications-industry-veteran-larry-murff-joins-coo/ Clara Labs Interview Scheduling News https://recruitingheadlines.com/clara-now-offers-interview-scheduling-support-backed-by-machine-learning/ Jobiak's Google Jobs Solution https://recruitingheadlines.com/jobiak-launches-stand-alone-google-for-jobs-solution/ New Indeed Policy Statement https://indeedemployers.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018069792?fbclid=IwAR3pY_Xfoj4i7coUeYu2kDYvWyPEyRNZepDHjERUfO_SzrVSdj1rcJDnMk4 Uber Works Story https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/18/uber-is-developing-an-on-demand-staffing-business/
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Derek Murphy-Johnson, Talent Acquisition Manager
15/10/2018 Duration: 34minDerek Murphy Johnson popped up in my LinkedIn feed the other day I figured he might make a good guest. Little did i know he is also a frequent listener of the RecTech podcast. By day he is the Corporate Talent Acquisition Manager for Portland Oregon based Kinder care education and he is also a board member of the newly formed Talent Brand Alliance. TOPICS Describe the recruiting team at Kindercare. Biggest challenge right now? Lets talk tech---what’s your ATS? Taleo What other tools are part of your HR tech stack? Phenom People, The Muse Plans for Employer Branding Creative Sourcing Stories RecTech Sponsored by Workhere.com and Hiretual.com
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Recruiting Headlines for October 12th
12/10/2018 Duration: 09minRecruiting Headlines for the week, sponsored by RecTechLive.com, webinar learning for recruiters. LinkedIn Acquires GLINT https://www.workforce.com/2018/10/09/linkedin-signs-deal-acquire-glint/ MyAlly Raises Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/candidate-experience-platform-my-ally-raises-series-a-funding/ Hirevue Launches Pre-built Assessments https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-launches-pre-built-assessments/ G+ Shuts Down https://www.sourcecon.com/google-is-shutting-down-google-now-is-the-time-to-xray/ LinkedIn Launches ATS https://www.ere.net/linkedin-builds-ats-and-launches-new-diversity-insights-2/
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The Big List of Employer Brand Tools
08/10/2018 Duration: 16minSponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual The world of employer branding is becoming an increasingly important part in the war for talent. Over the past few years many tools and services have emerged for this part of talent attraction. From video tools to review sites, maintaining and improving your company's reputation is easier with the players listed below. VIDEO TOOLS & SERVICES Ripl (marketing app in your pocket) SparcStart Monster Studios (app) AltruLabs (new startup) VideoMyJob (mobile app) Ongig Digi-Me (give them a job description they create video) Magisto (online video maker) JobStories (webinars for jobs) ON SITE VIDEO SERVICES SkillScout Stories Inc JobViddy (UK) The Muse REVIEW SITES Glassdoor Indeed Reviews Kununu FairyGodBoss (company reviews for women) Ratedly (aggregates reviews) EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY TOOLS FirmPlay LinkedIn Elevate Sociabble (communications, advocacy, social selling) Dynamic Signal (e
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Recruiting Headlines October 5th
05/10/2018 Duration: 09minIn this weeks news; Amazon Raises Min Wage https://recruitingheadlines.com/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-for-all-u-s-employees/ Saba Software Acquires Lumesse https://recruitingheadlines.com/saba-software-to-acquire-lumesse/ Arcoro Acquires InfinityHR https://recruitingheadlines.com/arcoro-acquires-infinityhr-to-further-expand-hcm-offering/ Goodtime Raises $5 million https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/03/goodtime-raises-5-million-to-bring-artificial-intelligence-into-the-interview-process/ ZipRecruiter Raises $156 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/ziprecruiter-raises-massive-new-round-of-funding-156-million/ Visit RecTechLive.com for great upcoming webinars.
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HR Tech Conversations - Part 2
30/09/2018 Duration: 33minIn our final round of interviews Chris Russell brings you interviews with; Jeanette Maister of Oleeo Rob Fernandes of Pounse Pete Sandias of talemetry Kevin Sessions of talentQuest Thad Price of Talroo David from VideoMyJob RecTech is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.
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Recruiting Headlines - Seasonal Wages, Pymetrics, The Lobby
28/09/2018 Duration: 04minIn this weeks news we cover new funding announcements for Pymetrics, the Lobby and a big push in seasonal wages.
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HR Tech Conversations - Part 1
23/09/2018 Duration: 36minIn our continuing coverage of the 2018 #HRtechConf from Las Vegas Chris Russell interviews the following people; Andrew Gadomski Aman Brar from Canvas Brendan Cruickshank from Emissary Jack Coapman from Gr8 People Tim Hawk/Amit Chauhan from JobAdx Ninh Tran of Hiretual Sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual
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Recruiting Headlines Partnerships, Acquisitions and More
21/09/2018 Duration: 07minIn this weeks headlines Chris Russell talks about the recent Cornerstone Acquisition, Greenhouse ATS integration with IBM Watson and a few more stories ripped from the headlines. Episode sponsored by https://www.rejobify.com/
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HR Tech Recap and Pitchfest Audio
15/09/2018 Duration: 41minChris Russell recaps a long week at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas and shares some audio from the final round of startup pitches. Blendoor who had a really great female CEO who showed off their diversity recruiting platform. Compliance HR…like LegalZoom but for enterprise legal departments... Jane.AI - virtual HR assistant that asnwers question for your employees RelishCareers---MBA level recruiting platform The RecTech Podcast is sponsored by WorkHere.com and Hiretual.com
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Tim Sackett, HR Blogger and Staffing Professional
10/09/2018 Duration: 48minTim Sackett is well known to the recruiting industry, in fact some might call him HR Famous….He is the President of the Michigan based staffing firm HRU Technical Resources, he blogs 5 days a week at timsackett.com and he just wrote a book too so we’ll chat about that and much more on today’s show. TOPICS First and foremost...are you still in Indeed jail? Hidden Career site link...I have a bit on this…”Recruiting redneck”...wanna hear it? If you hide the careers link nder the about us menu---u might be a recruiting redneck… If you still have a one page career site, you might be a recruiting redneck If you still post jobs online in PDF format, you might be a recruiting redneck If you still use an excel spreadsheet as your ATS, you might be a recruiting redneck… What else ticks you off about how companies recruit ?How’s the book doing? What can I expect to learn? Whats a day in the life for tim sackett? Most creative thing you ever did to find a candidate? Advice for young recruiter? How can com
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RecTech Headlines - Vendors in the News
07/09/2018 Duration: 06minWelcome to RecTech’s Recruiting Headlines, powered by Recruitign Headlines.com and sponsored by Rejobify...don’t just reject candidates, Rejobify them! https://www.rejobify.com/ CareerBuilder names first ever female CEO Irina Novoselsky, who joined CareerBuilder in October 2017 as President and Chief Operating Officer, is being named the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Matt Ferguson, following 14 years as Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of Executive Chairman effective today, helping to oversee the Company’s continued evolution as it invests in mobile, artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide innovative end-to-end employment and HR solutions. Under Ferguson, the company grew its marketing from 16 million unique visitors and 400,000 jobs per year to 200 million unique visitors and nearly 8 million jobs globally last year. Equest is now distributing to Facebook Jobs The Blast! Network is a group of FREE job boards and career sites where you can post an unlimited amount
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Entelo Wants You to Go Into Unbiased Sourcing Mode
04/09/2018 Duration: 26minEntelo, a leader in recruiting automation and sourcing, recently announced a new feature called Unbiased Sourcing Mode, allowing companies to anonymize and hide information recruiters or hiring managers don’t want to see in an effort to eliminate unconscious bias based on irrelevant factors. Here to discuss this new feature and talk more about sourcing is Lisa Holden their Director of Communications. TOPICS INCLUDE: Gearing up for HR tech? Can you explain what Entelo does briefly? “Leader Recruiting automation” I thought you were essentially a sourcing tool... Entelo is introducing Unbiased Sourcing Mode -- what is it? What’s the problem this solves? What’s the motivation behind new tools like this? Does it actually work? What about when you meet the candidate in real life? What has feedback been like so far? What are some best practices for getting diversity and inclusion right? How about companies that do it wrong? Any pitfalls to avoid? What’s next from Entelo? Whats your job l
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RecTech Headlines: Google for Jobs FAQ
01/09/2018 Duration: 10minGoogle for Jobs FAQ https://recruitingheadlines.com/google-for-jobs-employer-faq/ Google Job Search Tweak for Veterans https://9to5google.com/2018/08/28/jobs-for-veterans-google/ Rejobify Webinar Sept 6th 1pm EST https://www.crowdcast.io/e/rejobify
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Michael Hurwitz from CareersInGovernment.com
28/08/2018 Duration: 28minAs the head of CareersinGoverment.com, Michael Hurwitz is skilled in Digital Strategy, Advertising Sales, and Integrated Marketing. Along With strong business development skills he holds a degree in Political Science and Government from the University of Iowa. Today he is the President and Co-Founder of a niche job site for the public sector. https://careersingovernment.com/ TOPICS; Brief history of the site… Can you give us a sense of the size of the business...traffic, database, revenue..? How has social media helped you grow and find candidates? Tip for employers? Is Google for Jobs treating you well? Where do you see your site in 5 years? Heard of Jobaps? What other ATS exist for public sector? Advice for other job board owners What’ s one thing you wish employers changed about the way they hire online?