LinkedIn knows how to put on a show, and this year it didn’t disappoint at its annual Talent Connect Conference in Anaheim, California. The headliner this morning was CEO Jeff Weiner and the announcement from Sarah Beth Anders that LinkedIn is…
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LinkedIn Acquires Employee Engagement Platform Glint
LinkedIn has signed an agreement to acquire Glint, an employee-engagement platform that aims to deliver insights to improve employee satisfaction, happiness, and performance. Terms were undisclosed, but CNBC is reporting that the deal was in the $400 million ballpark. Assuming…
Just In Time to Be Commoditized, Automated Scheduling Solution GoodTime Raises $5 Million
Automated scheduling is hot. Google is in. Lever is in. TextRecruit is in. And San Francisco-based GoodTime, launched in 2016 and raising $2 million last year and $5 million more this year, is really, really in. The new round of funding was led…
TextRecruit Adds Automated Scheduling to Candidate Messaging Solution
Since being acquired by iCIMS earlier this year, TextRecruit, the company that helps employers engage with candidates via text messaging, is showing no signs of slowing down. Readers may remember TextRecruit launching a sourcing tool alongside Nexxt back in August,…
The Two SEO Queries That Recruiters Should Care About
Over 30 percent of Google searches are related to job searches. But, the majority of these search results are completely dominated by Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster, and the many other job boards out there. That said, there are two queries that the majority…
Hire by Google is Coming to Android Mobile Devices
Sorry iPhone users, if you’re a customer of Hire, Google’s applicant tracking solution, you’ll have to wait to enjoy hiring on-the-go the way Android users soon will. According to multiple Android alert blogs, a native app has been seen in…
ACLU Raises Gender Bias Charge Against Facebook’s Recruiting Tools to EEOC
The recruiting world should monitor the ACLU’s recent charges against Facebook alleging that its employment advertising discriminates against women and non-binary persons by allowing employers to target employment advertising to gender groups. The ACLU filed these charges with the U.S….
LinkedIn Groups’ Long-overdue Update
LinkedIn Groups have always felt like an afterthought. They’re sort of like the guest room that gets a lot of initial attention, but sits there collecting dust because so few people come to visit. In my own experience, I’ve found…
CareerBuilder Revamps Mobile App, Bets Big on Augmented Reality
Sometimes the market just isn’t ready for certain technologies. In other cases, consumers never really wanted it in the first place. For example, how many pairs of Google Glass do you see these days? CareerBuilder is hoping for the former…
Jobalign Launches Mobile Recruiter to Support On-the-Go Hiring Teams
While mobile messaging has achieved mass adoption in just about everyone’s private life, it’s only now starting to gain traction as a consumer tool, and more specifically a recruiting application. TextRecruit, probably the most well-known industry player (recently acquired by…
Like With Dating and Shopping, Job Seekers Are Being Deluged With Choices
Consumers can get overwhelmed with choices, whether it’s on a dating app or a toothpaste aisle. And, so can job seekers, especially with more of those choices being pushed at them daily. Shannon Marie Gaydos, Boeing’s senior global talent strategist,…
5 Reasons to Add Reddit to Your Recruitment Marketing Strategy
Outside of traditional job sites, the list of platforms employers and agencies consider when advertising job openings and employer brand is pretty short. The list starts at Google and usually ends at Facebook. Between those two, you can get in…
eQuest Adds Facebook to Its Blast! Network Job Distribution Service
I don’t talk about eQuest much. It’s old. It’s boring. It does the dirty job of compliance and distribution while the recruitment world focuses on sexy tech like chatbots and messaging. It’s the low-risk stock that returns 5 percent year-in,…
Bing Mimics Google for Jobs, Pushes LinkedIn Postings
Google isn’t a monopoly in search. It feels that way, maybe, but it’s not quite there. In the U.S. for the month of April, for instance, Statista says that Google owns 63.5 percent of search, with Microsoft properties, powered by Bing,…
Google Cloud Announces Enhanced Job Search Capabilities for Military Personnel
Veterans will now find easier to search employment on career sites and job boards powered by Google’s Cloud Talent Solution. Specifically, U.S. service personnel and veterans can enter their MOS, AFSC, or NEC specialty code and get a list of civilian…
Monster Teases Mysterious iPhone App
Meet Monster Studios, whatever the hell that is. The app is currently live in the AppStore to download, but the sign-up button doesn’t work yet. “You’ll hear more about that at HR Tech,” is all Kate Rambo, director of PR…
New Screenshots Show Just How Serious Google is About Job Search
Still think Google’s not all that serious about job search? Check out the following screenshot. Yep, Google looks like it’s testing the option to provide job-search recommendations directly from its homepage. Clicking on any of the links above, circled in…
WebClipDrop is Now ZAPinfo, Lands $1.25 Million
Doug Berg is the first to tell you he’s not very good at naming companies. “Everything I’ve ever started ended up with a different name than when I started,” he said. “JobKeys became Techies.com, HotGigs became Jobs2Web, TrackIF became MyAlerts”…
TextRecruit, Nexxt Partner to Mashup Sourcing With Text Recruiting
Roughly a decade ago, Beyond (now Nexxt) added a little checkbox to its job-seeker registration form without knowing exactly how it would benefit the bottom line then, or in the future. The box asked for permission to text users about…
Quick Wins for Your Corporate Recruitment Website
My good friend Matt Alder recently wrote an excellent piece on this website on why a recruitment website is so important. He also did research showing that most recruiters are unhappy with their own careers website. I can only reiterate his…