The bots are multiplying. Breezy, an applicant tracking solution from the folks who brought us Path.To, launches Hello today. Similar to other chatbot offerings like Mya, Olivia, Crowded, and GoBe, Hello aims to have a virtual conversation with a prospect…
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This Actually Is Sounding Like the Uber of Recruiting
Many in the talent-acquisition field have joked about the number of times some startup has claimed to be either the “Uber of recruiting” or the “eHarmony of recruiting.” Well, there’s one company you haven’t heard of until now, working quietly…
Crowded Promises to Bring Back the Dead with ‘Crowded Refresh’
It’s not quite October yet, but it’s never too early to bring back candidates from the dead. At least that’s what Crowded, a solution that looks to help employers use their existing talent pools that may have gone stale, is…
Another Site for Using Contingent Workers Is On the Way
Yes, there are already sites in the hot contingent-worker management field we’ve mentioned before on these pages: Catalant, Sense, Toptal, TalentSwype, Upwork, TaskRabbit, ProFinder, Fiverr, Gigwalk, and on and on. A new site to manage contingent employees is coming this fall,…
3 Critical Startup Roles (That Every Startup Forgets About)
How do you know which roles are going to help your startup grow? And more importantly, even if you did know the roles, how can you tell who’d be a great fit for each one? When productivity starts to slip,…
A Startup You’ve Never Heard of Could Be a “Game Changer,” According to Some Big Names in Talent Acquisition
An obscure Brazilian startup is moving to Florida and along the way is impressing a couple of big names in the talent field. The startup’s founder is Othamar Gama Filho, who went to the U.S. for college in Florida, and later started…
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Launches Job Board to Help Former Criminals Find Work
This news probably won’t end up in a movie deal starring Leo DiCaprio, but it’s certainly worth sharing here. In addition to being the original “Wolf of Wall Street,” a character popularized in the 2013 film by Martin Scorsese, Richard…
Another Dating App Wants to Dethrone LinkedIn
The list of dating sites confident they can conquer the world of employment is long, and the list of failures and false starts is equally as long. Think of it as one big dating disaster. Not to be deterred, here…
Aussie Startup Vervoe Lands $1 Million to Take on America
Remember Crocodile Dundee from the ’80s? It’s about an Australian backwoodsman who comes to New York City and discovers the concrete jungle has little resemblance to the outback. It’s a fish out of water story. Australian-born startup Vervoe feels a little…
Another Recruiting Technology Launch, More on eHarmony, ZipRecruiter
A trio of tidbits for today: Vervoe is launching in the U.S. with a funding round of $1 million. For small/medium-size businesses and currently used by Uber Asia, it wants to replace in-person interviews with online simulations, video, and work…
Werk Raises $2.9 Million to Improve Workplace Flexibility for Women
Werk, a job board platform focused on schedule flexibility, announced on August 4 that it closed its seed funding round, having raised $2.9 million. Female-run venture fund Rethink Impact led the round, joined by SoGal Ventures and Leah Busque. Previous…
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,…
AI, Blockchain, ATS Searches, and More From the Recruiting Technology Grapevine
Some folks and some companies I’ve been chatting with: Martin Dangerfield, out of the UK, will be launching a tool used to search your applicant tracking system or other HR data. Talentpuddle, as its called, does a more sophisticated, machine-learning…
More AI, More Candidate Experience, More Startups, More Funding
What I’m hearing: Talent Tech Labs has secured $1.8 million in funding. Investors include Allegis Group, Mercer, and Mitchell Martin. The company says that the money “will further expand existing services, as well as create a new program for established,…
Yello Raises $31 Million in Series C Funding Round
Yello, a Chicago-based recruitment software company, announced on June 21 that it closed its series C funding round, having raised $31 million. JMI Equity, a growth equity firm that invests mainly in software companies, led this round of funding, followed by previous…
Sexual Harassment Apps, Expat Costs, and TeamPlayer to See Who’s a Team Player
Sexual harassment has been all over the business news lately, with much of it focusing on how all too often complaints are ignored by management or never reported out of fear of retaliation. Now there’s an app for that. Actually…
Recruitics Looks to Become ‘Google Analytics for Recruitment’ with Launch of New Tool
Analytics in recruitment has historically been a fickle mistress. Everyone knows it’s important, but placing code on specific web pages and tracking exactly where people are coming from and making sense of all that data is tough for many marketers. So, you…
Ex-Googler Gets Backing of Silicon Valley Investors Thiel, Levchin to Build ‘the World’s Most Badass Recruitment Engine’
With the rise of the gig economy, managing freelance workers can be difficult for companies comfortable with the traditional employer setup. Pete Johnston, formerly a Google designer, aims to change that with the newly renamed Kalo. Armed with financial backing…
Millions More Are Flowing into Artificial Intelligence for Talent Acquisition (and Other Recruiting News)
A few things I’m hearing: I haven’t said much about Workey for a few months. It has raised another $8 million and is opening up a New York office, focusing on NY as well as on San Francisco. The Israeli…
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…