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 Google Hire. The reaction from recruiters has been cautiously optimistic thus far, but the reaction…
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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…
Without This, Your Highly Visible Recruiting Tech Investment Won’t Pay Off
If your people don’t care about your recruitment process, introducing recruiting technology into the mix is unlikely to help. It can actually make things worse. On the other hand, if you’re running on all cylinders, tech can become the heart…
Let the Commoditization of the ATS Business Begin, Compliments of Google Hire
“And while Google Hire has been called a ‘game changer for job boards,’ SmartStart offers far more and for free,” read a recent pitch from SmartRecruiters‘ PR team. I thought the language was telling, and likely a sign of things…
3 Staffing Executives Reveal Why Firms Should Embrace Automation
Automation is one of the most hotly debated topics in recruiting, but no matter what firms believe, automation is igniting change. According to our poll of 1,000 staffing professionals, 67 percent of them said automation will help to promote —…
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…
The Data-driven Recruiter: AI’s Impact on Recruiting
The idea of AI has been with us since Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818. The recent HBO show Westworld is basically the same story. Pop culture has created an image of AI that offers tantalizing benefits, but is also…
When Hiring for Attitude — Catch ‘Attitude Fraud’ Because Candidates Fake It
“Attitude fraud” — when candidates with an undesirable attitude purposely deceive and act as if they have a great one to get hired. Even though it is a major problem, few in recruiting make any attempt to detect or avoid…
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,…
How Sales ‘Hunters’ Stalk Their Prey
You buckle into your business-class window seat, primed for a five-hour mental vacation. And then this guy settles in next to you. His wife practices family law, specializing in custody issues; their 11-year-old’s a little ADHD, but made the travel…
It’s Time to Build a Strong Foundation of Core Fundamentals for Recruiting
I’m a big proponent of innovation in the talent acquisition space. When it comes to innovative talent-acquisition technology, I’ve been an early adopter, an implementer, a beta-tester, a power-user, and a trainer throughout my 23+ years in the profession. I’ve seen…
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 was covered here, with John Zappe saying, “Google’s Hire goes well beyond what most of the basic tracking…
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 search engine. Snagajob has said it has seen a 17 percent increase, and even itty-bitty…
I’m a Responsible Babysitter, But Something Tells Me That Job Alerts Aren’t Working
I’m concerned about job alerts. These are the micro-apps that job boards, applicant tracking system vendors, and others, have created to keep candidates interested (warm) by pushing out opportunities to candidates that are supposed to be relevant to the candidate….
Google Enters the ATS Market With a Full-Featured Tool For Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
On the heels of its May announcement of a powerful job search tool — Google for Jobs — the company today publicly released an ATS designed for small- and mid-sized businesses. Google Hire integrates with its widely-used G Suite, enabling recruiters…
ATSs Are Jumping Into Bed with Google for Jobs and Job Boards Should Be Nervous
When Indeed launched a little over 10 years ago, job board content monopolized its search results. Scraping content from places like Monster and CareerBuilder was convenient, because Indeed could grab a lot of jobs with minimal challenges. Indeed could bang out about…
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…
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…
When to Consider a Sales Talent Assessment Test … And When You’re Wiser to Avoid It
Properly applied, a quality sales assessment test can be a powerful workforce decision support tool. Used haphazardly, it may result in more harm than good. Here’s our thinking based on many years in the sales psychometrics field. You want to…
The Revolution Will Begin Eventually (Maybe): AI and Recruiting
Here’s the latest prediction concerning the future of AI, based on a survey of the leading researchers, conducted by Oxford University: the experts predict there’s a 50 percent chance that AI will be better than humans at more or less everything…