Meet Jacob Kramer. Jacob is the vice president of talent acquisition at trucking company US Express, which he arrived at after transforming end-to-end … Read more
Is It OK to Hire Someone With a Racist Background?
In light of the current social-justice movement, companies large and small are scrupulously examining their policies, positions, and practices for evidence … Read more
Meet Tengai and Sigmund. They May Steal Your Job.
Who are Tengai and Sigmund? They’re your replacements, sort of. Last year, the Swedish recruiting firm TNG launched Tengai, “the world’s first unbiased … Read more
Why Our Hiring Sources Shouldn’t Be a Secret
There may be a disconnect between candidates and employers, an incongruence in where candidates and employers spend time searching each other. This is … Read more
Make Your Automated Recruiting Messages Better
Last month I went on an epic vacation (yay me!) and I got to do one of my favorite things (don’t laugh): write my out-of-office message. I know people … Read more
Chatbot Gold Rush Continues With Wade and Wendy Raising $7.6 Million
With messaging apps like TextRecruit and Canvas getting acquired recently, it’s no surprise that chatbots, which are a natural progression of the … Read more
What Recruiting Will Look Like in 2029
We all know that recruiting will not look like it does now in 10 years. But what will it be like? Which skills will be useful, and which ones will be … Read more
What You’ll Recruit for in 2022
The World Economic Forum has just released its annual Future of Jobs Report. Among the findings: New, emerging jobs will increase their share of all jobs … Read more
Real-Life Recruiting Robots Are as Creepy as You’d Expect
Text messaging with a bot is one thing. Asking Alexa and Siri what today’s weather looks like is another. But a robot you can actually touch and feel … Read more
Hiretual Adds Market Insights and Candidate Personas to Its Candidate Sourcing Tool
Google might disagree, but LinkedIn is the gold standard when it comes to people data. There are a lot of sourcing tools that beat their chest about the … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Sticking It to ‘The Man’ Is Expensive, hiQ Learns in Battle with LinkedIn
LinkedIn is in a fight for its very existence. OK, that might be going a bit overboard. Or maybe it isn’t. In case you haven’t been paying … Read more
Need Top Performers? Hire Candidates With a Strong Professional Network
Actionable Tips for Hiring Those With Powerful Professional Networks Everyone knows the power of networks. But many hiring managers and recruiters are … Read more
CareerBuilder Launches Talent Discovery to Ease the Pain of Logging In and Out Everywhere
Earlier this month CareerBuilder announced the release of its new Talent Discovery platform. This addition is aimed at decreasing the amount of time … Read more
Here’s the Real Reason Entelo Just Got $20 Million
Entelo just raised $20 million. Party time! I spoke to CEO Jon Bischke when it launched publicly in 2012 and was impressed by him and the company’s … Read more
Survey Says Job Seekers Are Mostly OK Engaging With Chatbots
Job seekers have had to endure the resume blackhole for decades, and it turns out that lack of response from a perspective employer has led to lowered … Read more
Intel’s Latest Acquisition Will Speed-Up the Mass Unemployment of Truckers, Drivers
In the next decade, robots could replace 1.7 million American truckers, a workforce that represents one of the last remaining careers to offer a … Read more
The Recruiting Times They Are A-Changin’ (How to Stop Worrying and Love AI)
Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the … Read more
For Recruiting, Is There Life After Automation?
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, automation — they’ve been the talk of the recruiting town for months. But what will they … Read more