Recruiters don’t get enough credit for how dramatically the field of talent acquisition has changed in just the past decade. From job boards and social recruiting to employer branding and recruitment marketing, talent-acquisition professionals have navigated multiple waves of technology…
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Here’s Why RealMatch Just Rebranded Itself PandoLogic
Maybe there’s just something in the recruitment waters. In light of Beyond changing its name to Nexxt last year, RealMatch is now PandoLogic. However, unlike Nexxt, who sold its original domain name for a bucket of cash from Bed, Bath &…
My Predictions for 2018
Most of the good predictions are already taken. Monster sells. CareerBuilder sells. Dice fails to sell. Nevertheless, there are some good ones left, thanks to technology and an endless stream new ideas percolating around the globe. So, here goes: “Blockchain”…
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 attention, a small company called hiQ is in a legal donnybrook with LinkedIn….
Entelo Dives Into AI with Envoy
Artificial intelligence is hot. It’s difficult to go a week without commentary from the likes of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, or Mark Zuckerberg. Without a doubt, the machines are going to have a bigger and bigger role in our lives,…
AI or IA? Intelligence Augmentation for Recruiting
IBM’s Watson is synonymous with AI. Perhaps IBM should have named it Sherlock. Anyone familiar with the Sherlock Holmes stories knows that Watson wasn’t very bright. But he did have his uses. He was good at collecting and summarizing information,…
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 recruiters spend filling employment vacancies by combining all of the company’s products into one offering that integrates…
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 mission. As its website said back then, “Learn when talent is on the move…
Sorry, Alexa and Siri Won’t Find Your Next Hire
Voice assistants at home are becoming big business. Amazon’s Alexa showed-up in 2014. Google Home came shortly thereafter. And now Apple has gotten into the game with HomePod. Strategy Analytics estimates Google will sell 1 million devices by midyear. The…
Wait, What? McDonald’s is Hoping to Hire How Many People With the Help of Snapchat?
Recruitment with Snapchat has predominantly been a sideshow. Aside from a dash of employer branding with Spectacles, their eyeglasses, and a little dabbling Down Under, there has been nothing of significance. And certainly nothing that would get the attention of a serious employer. Granted,…
Remember You Read It Here! The Next Big Surprise in Talent Management Is ‘The March of the Robots’
Should You Hire an Employee, a Robot or an Algorithm? You have been warned: a robot is about to take not just your job, but most jobs! Few in talent management or HR are prepared for the robot takeover, and…
LinkedIn’s ‘Open Candidate’ Could Be a Blow for Job Boards
It’s been a busy few days for talent acquisition technology. The week got started with the HR Technology Conference in Chicago. Today, LinkedIn Connect kicked-off in Las Vegas, and there have already been some exciting new products launches announced. LinkedIn’s…
5 Ways Your Recruiting Organization Can Successfully Prepare for AI Disruption
AI has irrevocably changed the world as we know it. It’s time we pay attention to our future and learn the effects it can have on our businesses and day-to-day lives. If automation could free up a recruiter’s daily pains…
A Cousin of Siri Is Coming to the Recruiting Field
HiringSolved will soon unveil what it considers “Siri for recruiting,” an artificial intelligence assistant for recruiters. His name will be RAI, pronounced like the name Ray, and standing for “Recruiting Artificial Intelligence.” The company has been working on it for five…
How to Recruit on LinkedIn, Fast, Without Breaking the Bank
Recently I discussed the slowdown in tech hiring, which is already reflected in today’s longer and more difficult hiring cycles as hiring managers are more selective with the quality of candidates. Recruiting and job seeking has become significantly more challenging as…
The Many Benefits From a Talent Pipeline – And How It Improves Quality of Hire
If you’re looking for a powerful strategic recruiting approach that has powerful long-term impacts, you really only have two choices: employer branding, and a “recruiting talent pipeline.” While almost every major corporation is investing heavily in building their employer brand,…
eSports — An Under-the-Radar Social Media Community That Recruiters Should Use
The dream of every corporate recruiting leader is to discover a phenomenal secret source that few in recruiting are even aware of. That recruiting source would ideally be a social media community, so its members would be “social savvy.” The…
We’ve Got Some New Info on Mobile vs. Desktop Recruiting, and What it Means to You
You might have read that candidates who start job applications on a computer are more likely to finish them than the folks who started applying with their phone. Chris Forman, who wrote that article and who’s the CEO of Appcast, has some fresh…
How Recruiters Can Benefit From Reddit
Fishing out talent has never been easy, and with ruthless sourcing by employers from job communities on social media it has become even more competitive. But, one of the most fun and useful platforms of them all is the less-traveled road…