Blame it on Google. Or maybe Microsoft. For almost two decades, the applicant tracking business sort of shuffled along like a tortoise in the mud. … Read more
A Hidden Source of Talent: Reducing Recruiting Waste
If one cannot increase the supply of a resource, one must increase its yield. — Peter Drucker. I have yet to learn about a recruiting process that … Read more
5 Takeaways from iCIMS Analyst Day
Analyst days are pretty common in almost any industry, and employment is no different. Basically, a company brings in influencers for a glimpse into the … Read more
LinkedIn Builds ATS and Launches New Diversity Insights
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 … Read more
iCIMS Secures New Round of Private Equity Funding
Popular applicant tracking system iCIMS added a new investor this week. Vista Equity Partners is giving an undisclosed amount of money to the company for … 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
Greenhouse Raises $50 Million, Touts Diversity Offering
Greenhouse, a popular applicant tracking solution, joined a growing number of its peers raising money lately. Hired, for example, just raised $30 million. … Read more
Hire by Google Launches Candidate Discovery Feature to Search, Engage Old Resumes
It was just a question of time. When Google launched Hire last year, everyone knew it would eventually introduce its search technology into the product and … Read more
Your ATS Will Never Help You Hire
Let’s start with the obvious: no one likes their ATS. Like airlines, wireless service, or cable companies, there are no good choices, only a least horrible … Read more
Breezy HR Jumps Into Chatbot Recruiting Race with ‘Hello’
The bots are multiplying. Breezy, an applicant tracking solution from the folks who brought us Path.To, launches Hello today. Similar to other chatbot … Read more
Why Google Getting into Recruitment Is Great for the Industry
Much has been written about Google’s foray into recruitment recently, first with the launch of Google for Jobs, and most recently with the announcement of … Read more
Google Hire Pricing Revealed
It’s been a busy week for Google Hire, the company’s foray into the applicant tracking market, which officially launched this week. The news … Read more
ATS Executives Sound Off on Google Hire
Aside from Indeed, most job boards seem to be pretty giddy about Google for Jobs and the free traffic they receive from the world’s most popular … Read more
What Google’s Response to a 7-Year-Old Has to Teach Us
The story of how an intrepid 7-year-old from the agricultural city of Hereford in the UK boldly wrote Google for a job has been told around the world. In … Read more
Old Technology Is Costing You Real Money In Lost Productivity
There’s a word in the recruiting and staffing industry that nobody likes. No one wants to think about it, no one likes to talk about it, and no one really … Read more
Does LinkedIn’s Bullhorn Integration Mean Staffing Is In Its Sights?
If you needed more evidence of LinkedIn’s influence (or should that be dominance?) in sourcing professionals, Bullhorn has it. The vendor, the … Read more
Time for Recruiting to ‘Go Local’
Over the last few years, there has been a push to “buy local.” Buying local allows for each community to have a stake in the financial well being of its … Read more
Bullhorn’s S Release: Super Fast, Super Simple, Plenty Powerful
A year and some months after acquiring the popular MaxHire and Sendouts, Bullhorn is releasing its overhauled ATS, incorporating some of their best … Read more
Free ATS Seeks “Emotional Engagement” Among Users
“The ATS has to die,” says the man who built a business and made a name on that earliest technological breakthrough for recruiters, the … Read more
Bullhorn Acquires Two Of Its Leading Competitors
At once swooping up its two of its largest competitors, Bullhorn today became one of the largest, if not the largest, technology providers to staffing and … Read more