Rectech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast

Wonolo – which stands for Work. Now. Locally….has raised a Series B funding round of $13 million dollars which brings it total funding to $25 million. The company’s technology connects employers with vetted workers “within moments”. The new funding comes from Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. AJ Brustein is one of the co founders and he joins me on the phone from San Francisco. We chat about the company's origin and the on demand labor market they are building in major cities across the U.S.

As an award-winning and innovative thought leader in the talent-acquisition field, Tangie Pettis has spent over 19 years as a strategic recruitment business partner within some of the most well-known companies and organizations across the nation including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Home Depot (RPO), DaVita, Charlotte Russe, Aeropostale, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She has a dynamic approach to candidate sourcing, process design and implementation. She is also an active speaker and author in the recruiting community, often called upon for her expertise in candidate and hiring manager engagement. TOPICS -So what’s it like recruiting dentists? -How do you pitch a potential dentist to joining Aspen? -How does one source for them---tools---sites? sync.me -What’s your current ATS? -You spoke at Sourcecon this spring about to to win over hiring managers...lets dive into that for a bit -How to work with a difficult hiring manager -How to build solid partnerships with hiring managers and turn them into one o

Listen to audio from a panel of HR influencers and analysts such as William Tincupp, Tim Sackett, George LaRocque and Madeline Laurano. Recorded at the OPEN Conference in NYC.

Hot Topic, has 425+ employees at their Corporate HQ in Los Angeles and with around 10,000 company-wide depending on the season. They recently initiated a new onboarding experience at their corp HQ with the intent to ramp-up speed and engagement, so that it could impact productivity and tenure. Johnny Sanchez is the Head of Recruiting at Hot Topic & BoxLunch, A retailer based in Los Angeles. QUESTIONS -Tell us first what the onboarding process was like before and why you decided to change it? -Walk us through what you did to begin the design the new process? Ultimately you built a roadmap guiding employees through their first 30 days...describe that… -Results: 50% decrease in new hire attrition (leaving within 1 year): Internal NPS from 38% to 68%: Increase in qualified referrals: -Lets talk tech for a minute….could you what technology you used to create this new onboarding experience? -What other tools are part of your HR tech stack...ATS...sourcing tools… etc -Lessons learned?...Last words of advice to other

This audio is from a recent panel at TA Tech Europe but I wanted to chat about recruitment marketing for a moment. At RecTech Media we enable companies to outsource much of these efforts from managing your job advertising to creating content for your career site and managing your social recruiting channels so you can get back to the business of ...recruiting. Right now I see too many employers trying to meld these responsibilities onto recruiting or TA managers who are still expected to source and recruit, but to me the recruitment marketing function is better suited to a dedicated marketer who have a better understanding for how to convert online clicks into applicants. I saw a recruiting manager job the other day where the person was supposed to do full cycle recruiting and run the rec marketing function which to me really mutes that aspect of the job. There’s no way they can dedicate enough time and attention to properly market the jobs and manage sites and social. So if your company needs help with your r

Shannon Pritchett is the editor of SourceCon. As a lifelong student in the recruitment industry, Shannon is passionate about improving it. She has a diverse background in training, sourcing, full desk recruiting, coaching, and journalism. Shannon got her start in the recruitment industry at Vanderbilt University and later worked as a Senior Recruiter for Internal Data Resources and Community Health Systems, Social Media Recruitment Ambassador for T-Mobile USA, Director of Recruiting for Moxy, Trainer with AIRS, and last as a Manager of Global Sourcing and Training for ManpowerGroup Solutions RPO. -What sourcing tools are recruiters talking about these days? -Glen Cathey talked about “The Human Element of Sourcing Candidates.” let’s unpack that….so easy to find a person these days...the trick is how to engage them. -Is boolean dead with advent of all these new tools? -Tell us a sourcing story about how you or someone you know got creative in finding someone that you eventually hired? -How should vendors approa

3 conversations with HR tech vendors recorded at TA Tech Europe held in Dublin Ireland March 13-14. Gal Among form Talenya Shane Gray from Clinch Talent Peter White from Jobboard.io/Ziprecruiter Learn more at RecTechMedia.com

Michael Brown is the Vice President, of Talent at SHYFT Analytics based in Waltham Massachusetts, in today's show we'll find out how they generate 50% of their hires through employee referrals. TOPICS -What does SHYFT analytics do and what types of roles are you recruiting for? -How big is your recruiting team? -Your ATS is Lever, what was the previous ATS at SHYFT? -What was the switch like...how long did it take, etc? -Favorite feature of Lever? -What else is part of your HR tech stack? -Let’s talk about your referral program…describe its structure and how you make payouts...”Before rolling it out, our referral rate was around 30 percent, and we wanted to get to 40. I never imagined we’d make it to 50 percent.” -Explain how it works and tell us why Lever enabled to get you to 50%? -Tell us your best sourcing story about how you got creative in finding someone that you eventually hired? -How do you prefer vendors approach you about pitching their products? -Last words of advice do you have for other employer

Urie Suhr is the Director of Talent Acquisition for new york city based Collective (i), a tech company that modernizes the sales organizations of Fortune 500 clients through artificial intelligence and buyer insights. I saw her speak on a panel recently sponsored by Entelo and here's what we'll talk about today. -What types of roles are you recruiting for? -You are the only recruiter correct? Talk about the challenges of that... -Collectivei.com is a cool looking site...your job descriptions have the apply form right at the bottom...was that intentional? Is there an ATS behind it? -Lets talk rec tech (recruiting technology)….what tools are part of your daily routine? Greenhouse, vettetry, workey, angelist, shapr networking app, entelo, glider.ai -Whats your go to subject line when trying to contact candidates? -Tell us your best sourcing story about how you got creative in finding someone that you eventually hired? -How do you prefer vendors approach you about pitching their products? -What advice do you have

Jeanette Maister is Managing Director - Americas at New York based WCN whose talent acquisition suite helps to improve the hiring process.. .Jeanette lives and breathes campus recruiting having spent almost her entire career as a practitioner...She began her journey in campus recruitment at Lehman Brothers in regional and later global leadership campus roles, where she first used WCN. She went on to work for IBM, Gartner, and finally as Global Chief Operating Officer of the Campus Recruiting function at Credit Suisse. In todays show she will talk about the new study in cooperation with Universum about trends in student recruiting. bit.ly/2018StudentTrends https://twitter.com/jeanettemaister https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanettemaister/ SPONSORED BY Lever.co/RecTech and Hiretual.com

Facebook is changing their news feed again, lets find out what employers can do about that...next on the RecTech podcast. This is a preview of my live event taking place on February 22nd at 1pm EST on: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/what-employers-need-to/register On Thursday Feb 22 at 1pm EST time i will be launching a new live video training show for recruiters and employers called “Recruitment Marketing Live” that will focus on helping recruitment marketers get better at attracting talent online. If there is one thing I have learned about working in this industry first as a job board owner and as a recruiter...its that companies still dont know how to market themselves to candidates. So, I am going to start teaching them how to do it. We’ll cover topics ranging from social media to career sites to job descriptions and even sourcing. Shows will be generally be held weekly on thursdays at 1 (except on weeks that I am travelling-holidays) and feature training classes as well as vendor demos to teach you best prac

My name is Erin Stevens, Corporate Recruiter for Masterbrand Cabinets.... And I’m next on the RecTech podcast. https://twitter.com/ErinMStevens Special thanks to our sponsors: Lever.com/rectech and Hiretual.com TOPICS -How long have you been working remotely? -Tell us about master Brand hiring needs and the Types of roles you personally recruit for? -What’s your favorite tech tool that makes your job easier working remote? -What’s your ATS? -Rest of your HR tech stack...onboarding, video , texting, sourcing? -Name all the ATS you used in corporate recruiting? -What methods do you use to identify and source candidates? Email subject lines, messaging, inmail rates... -Do HR tech vendors ever try and pitch you? -What new HR technology are you excited to try but haven’t yet? -What conferences are you going to this year -Last question---what have you learned about recruiting that you wish you knew when you frst started?

Tiffany Kuehl is Director of HR search for Versique, one of the largest talent acquisition firms in the midwest, specializing in both consulting and permanent placement. She spent 20 years in corporate HR before switching to the agency side about a year ago. According to her twitter account she is also a Twins fanatic, a blogger and watches the Xfiles. Connect with her on twitter: https://twitter.com/TiffanyKuehl TOPICS You are what I would call a social savvy recruiter...linkedin-twitter….how has social media helped you recruit better? Ever place anyone that you found on facebook or twitter or read your blog? What’s your ATS? Any other HR tech tools you use? Name all the ATS you used in corporate recruiting...which one did you like/hate? What methods do you use to identify and source candidates? What new HR technology are you excited to try but haven’t yet? Talk about going from corp to agency --- why did you switch and what’s it been like so far? Whats your advice to 3rd party agenices What conferences are

My guest today says quote: “90% of business problems are actually recruiting problems in disguise. If you’re filling your company’s vacant positions with B-players, you’re playing with fire. Instead, hire Rockstars (the top 5% of candidates who have the desired competencies and DNA, at the budgeted compensation level) to build an organization with limitless potential. “ Jeff Hyman is is the Chief Talent Officer for StrongSuit and author of a new book, Recruit Rockstars: The 10 Step Playbook to Find the Winners and Ignite Your Business

Steve Browe is Executive Director of HR for Cincinnati based Larosa’s a popular chain of Italian restaurants... Steve is also the author of "HR on Purpose!!" - a SHRM bestseller that gives a different view of how to practice HR and enjoy it. TOPICS How did you get so HR famous? 16,000 linkedin followers, 39,000 twitter followers. At Larosa’s how many locations and employees do you handle? Is recruiting centralized or decentralized? What’s your ATS? Any other HR tech tools you use? How do you view candidates for the restaurant industry? How can people view candidates as talent vs. people just filling holes? What methods do you use to identify and source candidates? How does HR Tech help/hinder how you find people?...best source of hire? You have multiple locations at LaRosa's, Inc. How to you ensure consistently in recruiting/interviewing/hiring/on-boarding across all of your locations? Changes in retail operations...will you guys be automated tasks that will help you reduce your workforce at all? You recently

Nathan Doctor and Jake Hoffner are the co-founders of Qualified.io a software developer assessment tool. TOPICS * What are your clients saying about the challenge of tech recruiting in silicon valley? * What is Qualified and give us a brief history of the company… When launched? * What makes you different from the Hackerranks of the world? * Will this tech eventually be used in other skill sets? Walk us through the user experience from the recruiter perspective * Jake (CTO) How do you spot a good developer vs a bad one? (traits to look for etc) * What have you learned about the recruiting process since you started Qualified? Any tips to share… * Any specific tips to recruiter developer better? What advice do you have… * What advice do you have for other HR tech startups out there? Learn more at https://www.qualified.io/ Show Notes: https://www.rectechmedia.com/ Sponsored by: https://www.lever.co/rectech

George LaRocque, HCM analyst with HRWins…and Martin Burns from the recruitment advertising firm HireClix...join Chris Russell ...it’s time for our year-end-recap….next on the Rec Tech Podcast Happy new year everyone... it’s time once again for RECTECH….the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. I started this show last year to in order to educate recruiters and employers about how to better leverage technology to recruit. This profession is becoming much more technically challenging to many of you out there, there are of new tools and techniques you need to master... so that’s the mission to make you better recruiters overall so thanks for all the downloads in 2017. SPONSORED BY Today's episode of RecTech is sponsored by the team at Lever, providing a modern take on the applicant tracking system. Lever combines ATS and CRM functionality in a single powerful platform to help you source, nurture, and manage your candidates, all in

Today we’ll be talking about hot topics in text recruiting with the CEO of Canvas, based in Indianapolis. The company just launched in June 2017 and is gaining traction. Links: https://gocanvas.io/ and sponsor http://recruitingheadlines.com/ Topics include: -How did you get into the HR tech space, what’s your background? -Tell us briefly what your tool does and how it works? Im curious to hear -What a typical user experience is like... -Why is text interviewing better than a phone screen? -Worried that ATS vendors may start their own version of this? -What types of organizations are turning to text messaging to recruit talent? -What have you learned about the role of machine learning in recruiting today. -Did you go tot HR tech this year? What are you doing to market the tool -What trends will most impact recruiting in 2018?

Scott Sherman is a Director of Talent Acquisition with Sodexo a food service and facilities management company. Topics discussed include: -Whats New in TA at Sodexo -Size of recruiting team, number of hires expected in 2018 -Sodexo has been a very proactive recruitment marketer, started blogging early, etc...Quesocial -Sodexo HR tech stack, can you tell us what you us...avature, icims, entelo, hiring solved, Text Recruit, Seekout -Favorite tool or technology you guys have brought on this year -Is there a tool you wish existed that doesnt -How should HR tech vendors pitch you? Learn more at RecTechMedia.com for show notes and links.

My guest today is Graham Pionkowski, who's spent the last decade in the world of corporate recruiting, and helped a number of organizations up level their talent acquisition strategy, operations, and technologies. Most recently, he has served as the head of global talent acquisition at Bizarre Voice, a high tech company based in Austin, Texas. Over the last few years, he's been leading all things recruiting, including the TA strategy and operationalizing the day to day execution to bring top talent into the organization. On today's show we will chat about a variety of recruiting technology challenges, mention some tools and get some great insight from a veteran talent acquisition professional. Learn more at RecTechMedia.com