During economic downturns, HR technology isn’t nearly as susceptible to the highs and lows of the broader market. One exception to that is recruiting … Read more
Best Hire Ever: California Has No Love for Gig Workers (featuring Phil North & John Hollon)
In Episode 12 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with with Phil North (VP of People at Handled) and John Hollon (managing editor at Fuel 50, senior writer … Read more
Jobvite Has a New CEO
When Dan Finnigan took the reigns at Jobvite over a decade ago, it came as a surprise. Before joining the 15-person startup in 2008, he was a senior vice … Read more
ConnectJob.io Is Looking a Lot Like a Crypto-Scam
If you’re investing gambling on making crypto riches, hopefully none of your capital went into Gibraltar-based ConnectJob.io. I wrote about the … Read more
Text Recruiting Stays Hot with Launch of Jobvite Text, Powered by Canvas
Sometimes a competitor being acquired is the best thing for a startup. Back in January, popular ATS platform iCIMS bought TextRecruit, a text messaging and … Read more
Juju Shutting Down Glidepath, Launches Text Messaging Platform Emissary.ai
Juju, a poor man’s Indeed, quietly launched Glidepath in 2016. It was designed to be a recruiting platform for small businesses. Not necessarily a … Read more
Dice’s Parent Company, DHI Group, Has a New CEO
True to its word back in November 2017, DHI Group, the parent company to well-known tech job board Dice, has a new CEO, replacing outgoing CEO Michael … Read more
Randrr Acquires Anonymous Career-Matching Solution Anthology
Career insights platform randrr announced the acquisition of career-matchmaking site Anthology last week. Anthology is dubbed by some as a mix between … Read more
Woah! Scout Just Raised How Much?
It’s not everyday a solutions provider in our space gets $100 million bucks in funding. But it just happened. Earlier this week, John Chuang, the CEO … Read more
Here They Grow Again: Indeed HQ Upgrading to 11-Story Office Tower in Austin
While industry insider chatter around Indeed centers around death and destruction at the hands of Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook, the real-world evidence … Read more
The 10 Most Important People in HR Tech in 2017
I just love end-of-the-year lists. With everyone taking a well-earned break and news releases taking a much appreciated hiatus from my inbox, it’s a … Read more
Some Cornerstone OnDemand, Shiftgig Employees Get Lumps of Coal, Pink Slips in Stocking
For most white-collared employees, the holidays are a time of secret Santas, office parties, and budget meetings. For some employees at Cornerstone … Read more
HiQ Releases Official Statement After Winning Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Lawsuit Against LinkedIn
As reported on Monday, hiQ had a nice little victory in their court battle with LinkedIn. “A federal judge issued a huge setback for LinkedIn on … Read more
Engineer’s Anti-Diversity Memo Gets Sharp Rebuke From Google
A political firestorm has erupted at Google over a 10-page memo by a software engineer challenging the company’s diversity efforts, declaring that … Read more
$1 Billion Sale For CareerBuilder Could Be Near
Reuters news is reporting that a Chicago private equity firm is in talks to buy CareerBuilder for more than $1 billion. Citing anonymous sources, Reuters … Read more
Nearly 500,000 New Jobs Added This Year
Employers continued to add nonfarm jobs at a rapid pace in February, increasing payrolls by 235,000 during the month, blowing past predictions of a more … Read more
Expedited H-1B Program Suspension Announced
Friday’s announcement that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will halt its expedited H-1B visa processing is raising concerns that … Read more
Homeland Security: Green Card Holders Will Be Allowed to Return
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday, January 27, 2017, that suspends the admission into the U.S. of people from certain countries for 90 … Read more
Jobs Grow by 156K in December; Wages Take Jump
Ending the year much as it began, employers hired a modest 156,000 new workers in December, bringing the total for 2016 to 2.16 million new jobs. In 2015, … Read more
DOL Sues to Get Google Comp Info
Google is being sued by the U.S. Department of Labor for allegedly failing to turnover documents relating to compensation of employees at its Silicon … Read more