In talent acquisition, we always want to better understand our end customer — the job seeker. With that in mind, I wanted to share some data that dives into when applicants are most likely to apply. We are talking about…
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Text Recruiting Platform Canvas Introduces Personalized Avatars to Messaging
About a year ago, my 70-something year old father was introduced to Bitmojis, those animated images in text messages meant to look a little bit like the sender. He loves them. About every third message I get from him is…
Jim D’Amico — A Profile of an Exceptional Corporate Recruiting Leader, Part 2
Note: this two-part article is part of my continuing series of profiles on exceptional corporate recruiting leaders Last week in Part 1 of my compelling profile of recruiting-leader-extraordinaire Jim D’Amico, I covered his recommended actions, the firms he admires most,…
4 Ways to Use Mobile Geo Fencing for Recruitment
If you aren’t familiar with geo fencing, it is a tactic that allows you to deliver digital display ads to websites and apps accessed by mobile phones based on the location of the device. That is, you set up a…
Jobalign Jumps Into Text Messaging, Taking Aim at TextRecruit, Canvas
Blame it on iCIMS’ recent acquisition of TextRecruit. Blame it on millennials. Or blame unbeatable open rates, deliverability rates, and response rates. Hell, blame them all, but there’s no hiding the fact that texting is red-hot in recruiting right now….
Match-Backed App Aims to Be Mobile-First Alternative to LinkedIn
There seems to be no shortage of mobile apps hoping to dethrone LinkedIn. Never mind the fact that LinkedIn is already LinkedIn for mobile, providing a pretty solid native app for users to compliment its desktop version. They tend to…
Here’s Why iCIMS Acquisition of TextRecruit Is So Brilliant, Scary for Competitors
News broke earlier this week that iCIMS, an applicant tracking system, had acquired TextRecruit, a text messaging and live chat communications platform for employers. “This couldn’t be a better fit,” said Erik Kostelnik, TextRecruit’s co-founder and CEO. “TextRecruit and iCIMS share the…
A New Technique in Marketing Has Intriguing Possibilities for Recruiters
What do Lexus and Papa Johns have in common? They’re using cutting-edge marketing tactics that most of the talent-acquisition world isn’t using but should be. Imagine a marketing strategy that involves being able to target people who attended a certain…
Jobs2Careers Shuts Down ipply, Its Small Business Hiring App
Job search engine Jobs2Careers launched ipply in August 2016. The app, native to both iOS and Android mobile devices, promised to help small businesses manage their applicant pool without the necessity of an applicant tracking system. The solution smartly integrated…
New Class of 500 Startups Has Been Announced; These 4 are Workforce Related
500 Startups is ramping up its next group of companies to go through its early-stage startup program. Announced on August 8, there are 36 startups in the current class. There have been eight employment-related companies go through the program in the past, including Blueboard,…
Canvas Looks to Take on TextRecruit Following its $1.7 Million Seed Round
Hot off TextRecruit’s recent $3 million raise, a new competitor has arisen. Indianapolis-based Canvas is the brainchild of former Cha Cha executive Aman Brar, and uses the advantages of text messaging to help recruiters connect with talent. Brar was also president of Apparatus…
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 find engineers. The 40,000-employee UK carmaker is looking for about 1,000 electronic and software engineers, and about 5,000 new hires total this year….
European-Based CornerJob Raises $19 Million, Targets Blue-Collar Workers, Eyes U.S. Expansion
Get a job in 24 hours. That’s the promise Barcelona-based CornerJob makes to its users, and the appeal must be working based on the amount of venture capital. The company just closed on a Series C round of funding to the…
Focused on Analytics, Mobile, LinkedIn Unveils New Features for InMail, Mobile Job Search
LinkedIn announced enhancements to its InMail product and mobile job search functionality today. “The introduction of these two features reinforces our commitment to bring job seekers and companies closer together making LinkedIn a destination for all things jobs,” the company…