What I’m hearing: Talent Tech Labs has secured $1.8 million in funding. Investors include Allegis Group, Mercer, and Mitchell Martin. The company … Read more
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Candidate Experience? One Company Is Thinking About the Applicant Experience
Close followers of the talent-acquisition field know that there has been a lot talk of the candidate experience; some folks have thought about redefining … Read more
If All Else Fails, Dress Up as a Dinosaur and Recruit
There are viral animal videos and there are career site videos. The Huntsville, Alabama, Police Department has produced a four-minute spot that … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover Trying an ‘Alternate Reality’ for Recruiting
It’s not just for the military; Jaguar Land Rover is now using what’s called “mixed reality” or “alternate reality” to … Read more
‘Don’t Look Too Hot!’ — Powerful New Dad-Daughter Video From HP Ma...
HP is celebrating Father’s Day early with a video mocking the frustrating and sexist advice females are given when preparing for an interview. The … Read more
The Desk Is Kinda Small, the Office Is Cramped, But There’s a Stunning View In This ...
In a new, memorable onboarding video, current employees give incoming employees advice (“don’t talk for your first three years”), warn … Read more
Millions More Are Flowing into Artificial Intelligence for Talent Acquisition (and Other R...
A few things I’m hearing: I haven’t said much about Workey for a few months. It has raised another $8 million and is opening up a New York … Read more
Again, a Police Department That Doesn’t Take Itself Too Seriously
From a long line of police-department videos that poke a little fun at themselves comes one from Danbury, Connecticut. The cops there try holding a … Read more
Hearst’s Talent Team Is Honing in What Its Famous Name Stands for
Hearst Television, with 30 local TV stations, a couple radio stations, and about 21 million households watching, is upgrading its career site and … Read more
Multi-billion-dollar IT Giant Live With New Career Site in 15 Countries
Remember that “little known Fortune 100 company trying to become a talent factory“? The IT products-and-services company has launched a new … Read more
What 1 Company Is Doing About Manufacturing’s Skills Shortage
Manufacturing is not the object of the media’s affection like the technology field is, but it has a skills shortage of its own. In the eight-minute … Read more
More Virtual Reality Recruiting: This Week It’s the U.S. Navy in New York, New Jerse...
That “next frontier” of augmented and virtual reality, which has included an Australian bank, the British Army, and Intuit, among others, is … Read more
Award-winning Airline Soft-launching New Career Site
One airline has soft-launched a new career site, after a year and a half spent working on its brand strategy and developing new content. Air New Zealand … Read more
A New, 30-Second U.S. Marines Recruiting Video Comes With a Twist
The U.S. Marines have unveiled a recruiting video showing footage of a Marine as a kid walking down the school hall; later playing rugby; and then in … Read more
$11 Million? My Oh Mya
Tidbits from the talent-acquisition technology grapevine: In case you missed it, Aon is buying cut-E. Remember the big launch that was going to “reinvent … Read more
You Can Bank On This Recruiting Center
Wells Fargo is opening up a new recruiting facility that looks a lot like a bank. By design, that is. The new recruiting center in Bonifacio Global City in … Read more
A Very Familiar Talent-acquisition Industry Name is Starting an Agency to Recruit Recruite...
Uber-connected recruiter Stacy Donovan Zapar is launching a new agency aimed at hiring recruiters, as well as others in sourcing, employment branding, … Read more
‘Runners-up’ to Mars Mission Can Work in Lumber
You remember 84 Lumber. It put together that Super Bowl commercial, which if nothing else, increased awareness of the company. It’s back, offering up … Read more
Glassdoor’s New Look: ‘Symmetry, Infinity, and Possibility’
Some recent goings-on: AptoZen is a predictive hiring platform, especially for startups. A new set of six, 90-minute games are meant to judge such skills … Read more
Talent By the Numbers, V
Some fresh stats, facts, and figures: 85 … percent of employers finding a lie or misrepresentation on a resume/job application, up from 66 percent … Read more