Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

TOPICS What's the landscape look like for Recruitment Marketing vendors? Is it over? Who out there has a chance ? Why? It's New Years Day, 2030 - where is TA/HR Tech? Paint the picture.  Learn more at https://vitalfew.io/https://vitalfew.io/ Connect with Ethan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanbloomfield/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Employee Navigator, a leading benefits administration & HR software provider, announced it has completed a $100 million funding round from existing investors JMI Equity and Spectrum Equity.  https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-navigator-completes-100-million-funding-round/ Bullhorn, the leader in software for the staffing industry, today announced the acquisition of TargetRecruit, a Houston-based provider of front- and middle-office solutions built on the Salesforce platform. The acquisition deepens Bullhorn’s strategic investment in supporting firms that run their business on Salesforce and bolsters its position as the leading recruitment ISV in the Salesforce ecosystem. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-acquires-targetrecruit-and-expands-salesforce-ecosystem-to-150000-users/ LAS VEGAS – Today, VLTED announced the launch of a unique employee engagement platform for startups, enterprises and team leaders to enable everyday team-building that fuels belonging, productivity and retention through topics that matter the most to employees. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-employee-engagement-platform-launces/ For the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, the HR Technology segment of Recruit Holdings reported the following financial results: Revenue: Revenue for HR Technology was ¥341.7 billion ($2.3 billion USD), a decrease of 3.8% compared to the same period in the previous year. https://hrtechfeed.com/433995-2/ NEW YORK — Greenhouse, the leading hiring platform, announced the appointment of its new Chief Technology Officer, Sagar Patel, who has extensive engineering leadership experience spanning companies including Ampla, PayPal, and BlackRock. https://hrtechfeed.com/greenhouse-software-names-new-cto/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Larson from student transportation company First Student stops by to talk about their HR tech stack and how they recruit bus drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast is now part of the Purple Acorn Network…a destination where talent meets storytelling, where hiring meets humanity, and where podcasts don’t sound like onboarding videos. Check it out at https://www.purpleacornnetwork.com/ CareerBuilder + Monster (the “Company”) today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the following transactions in connection with the Company’s previously announced voluntary Chapter 11 sale process:    BOLD, a global career-technology company focused on transforming work lives, will acquire the Company’s job board business, retain the rights to the Monster and CareerBuilder brands, and extend employment offers to at least 350 globally distributed Company employees; Iron Corp U.S. Inc., an affiliate of a large privately-held investment company, will acquire Monster Media Properties; and PartnerOne, a global technology leader and one of the fastest growing enterprise software groups in the world, with a proven track record of acquiring and growing government software companies, will acquire Monster Government Solutions. https://hrtechfeed.com/careerbuilder-monster-receives-court-approval-of-sale/ PeopleFluent, a market leader in integrated talent management, workforce agility, and learning solutions, announced Version 25.07 of PeopleFluent Talent Management and PeopleFluent Compensation, the latest software upgrade to its talent and compensation management solutions. This update enhances the compensation solution’s AI-powered features, and includes key upgrades to help clients improve their workflows and increase their efficiency. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-peoplefluent/ Employ unveiled a powerful wave of product innovations designed to transform how organizations attract, engage and hire top talent across two of its industry-leading applicant tracking systems – Lever and Jobvite. Infused with cutting-edge, people-first AI, the newest innovations empower recruiters and hiring teams to move faster, hire smarter and deliver better candidate experiences – with trust and transparency at the core built with IBM watsonx.governance. https://hrtechfeed.com/employ-says-new-ai-release-prioritizes-recruiter-efficiency-and-human-connection/ Beamery, the leading AI platform for workforce transformation, today launched a Workforce Intelligence Suite that leverages its first-to-market Task Intelligence capability. By breaking down roles into units of work, or tasks, Task Intelligence surfaces opportunities for AI automation, role redesign, and workforce optimization. The company also introduced Ray, an embedded agentic AI consultant, that works across the platform to enable enterprise leaders to tackle talent decisions with more clarity, speed, and ease. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-beamery-ihire/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate conversion engine — no replatforming required, live in days.Visit dalia.co to learn more. AND by jobcase, Jobcase is an online community where workers of all kinds – like hourly employees, tradespeople and healthcare technicians – access jobs, make connections, and support each other in any aspect of their work life.Visit jobcase.com/hire and tap into their 120 million strong  job seeker network First up…1848 Ventures, an AI-first venture studio building SaaS solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the US, today announced it has led a $3 million seed funding round for Propel People, a mobile-first hiring platform built to help contractors hire skilled tradespeople faster. Propel People has also appointed industry veteran Dexter Bachelder as CEO, bringing deep expertise in construction tech and go-to-market execution to the growing company. https://hrtechfeed.com/1848-ventures-leads-3m-seed-round-for-propel-people/ WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—-BetterComp, a leading provider of compensation management software, today announced its $33M Series A funding round, led by Ten Coves Capital. The investment will fuel BetterComp’s continued growth and innovation, enhance its AI-powered market pricing and pay recommendation capabilities, expand into new product adjacencies, and scale operations to better serve a rapidly growing global customer base. https://hrtechfeed.com/compensation-management-software-lands-33m-in-funding/ RICHMOND, Va — goHappy, the leading provider of innovative frontline employee engagement tools, today announced it has received a significant growth investment from Pamlico Capital, a private equity firm focused on high-growth technology and services businesses. The investment amount which was not mentioned… will support goHappy’s next phase of growth as it continues to pursue its vision of helping employers drive stronger business outcomes through better engagement of their frontline teams. https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-engagement-tool-announces-investment/ Ashby, a rapidly growing company, has announced a successful $50 million Series D funding round. The investment was led by Mark McLaughlin at Alkeon, with co-lead support from existing investor Lachy Groom, and participation from F-Prime, Elad Gil, Gaingels, and other new and returning backers. https://hrtechfeed.com/ashby-raises-50-million-series-d/ SAN FRANCISCO—-CandorIQ, the AI-powered platform transforming how organizations plan and manage people spend, today announced a $4.8 million seed funding round led by Array Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, CRV, and Switch Ventures. The funding will be used to grow CandorIQ’s engineering and go-to-market teams, accelerate product development, and expand the platform’s AI capabilities across compensation and workforce planning workflows. https://hrtechfeed.com/workforce-planning-tool-lands-4-8m/ The highly anticipated Monster/CareerBuilder auction has concluded, and the winning bidder is not JobGet, as some might have expected. Instead, BOLD Holdings emerged victorious with a staggering final bid of $28.4 million! Jobget emerged as the backup with a bid of $27 million. https://hrtechfeed.com/bold-holdings-snags-monster-careerbuilder-auction-for-28-4-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So Indeed is once again making it difficult for customers to work with them. From now on job feeds must come directly  from your ATS …thus forcing recruitment ad agencies who typically create their own feeds to massage the job data and clean it up. This move is yet another example of Indeed throwing its weight around and forcing customer to change their practices yet again…a problem that is continuing to plague the worlds largest jobboard In todays audio, Craig Fisher from Talentnet live and Jim Durbin the Inded whisperer will break it down for you and tell you what you need to know. This is a recording from a Linkedin live that was held last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Workleap, a leading Canadian software company building the AI-powered talent management platform teams actually love to use, has acquired Barley, an end-to-end compensation management solution. This acquisition marks a significant step forward in unifying two critical components of talent strategy: performance and compensation. Traditionally managed in isolation through disconnected systems and workflows, these functions are now brought together in one unified platform, enabling HR teams to improve transparency, consistency, and alignment in how they recognize and reward employees. https://hrtechfeed.com/workleap-acquires-compensation-management-platform/ PHILADELPHIA—-Phenom, an applied AI company that helps companies hire faster, develop better and retain longer, will host its Industry Week 2025 livestream July 28 – August 1. The five-day, SHRM-accredited program addresses the unique talent acquisition and management challenges facing six critical industries — retail, hospitality and travel, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing — through real-world use cases and proven progressive AI implementation strategies. https://hrtechfeed.com/phenom-to-host-industry-week-july-28-august-1/ Deel, the leading global payroll and HR platform, today introduced a major wave of AI-powered features in its quarterly product showcase, The Deel Drop: Summer Edition. The update includes more than 500 improvements across onboarding, payroll, HRIS, and client experience, focused on simplifying day-to-day operations for global teams. Deel’s all-in-one platform now embeds intelligence at every step, from talent strategy and financial operations to compliance and support. This quarter, the company introduced new capabilities that anticipate customer needs, reduce back-and-forth, and help organizations make better decisions about how and where to scale. At the same time, it continues to reduce operational friction through self-serve payroll features, built-in financial tools, and clearer HR workflows for global teams. https://hrtechfeed.com/deel-adds-built-in-artificial-intelligence-pay-flexibility-and-global-hiring-tools/ Lightcast, a global leader in labor market intelligence, has acquired UK-based Rhetorik—marking a major expansion in people and company data to offer one of the most comprehensive views of the global labor market. The acquisition strengthens Lightcast’s position by combining demand-side signals with deeply curated supply-side data to power workforce planning, talent acquisition, sales prospecting, and more. https://hrtechfeed.com/lightcast-acquires-labor-market-intelligence-tool/ WANTED: An entrepreneurial role for an executive in the HR Tech industry to help run the GTM and daily operations of Jobstream. What happens to the 99% of candidates who don’t get the job? Jobstream is an AI-technology platform helping employers build long-lasting candidate relationships by referring recommended jobs, even after they get rejected. https://hrtechjob.com/jobs/145495964-business-strategy-operations-gtm HR Tech Job of the Week: Business Strategy & Operations – GTM @Jobstream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I spoke with the founder of warmerjobs.com about his new referral job search tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First up…Sapia.ai, the global leader in ethical and explainable AI for hiring, today announced the release of Job Analysis Studio (JAS™) — a next-generation AI product that enables enterprises to design structured, science-based interviews in minutes, for faster, fairer hiring decisions. https://hrtechfeed.com/sapia-lanches-job-analysis-studio/  Joveo, the programmtica ad vendors, announced the launch of its new AI Career Site Builder, purpose-built for recruitment marketing and talent acquisition (TA) professionals. This content management system (CMS) enables TA teams to build high-converting career sites, landing pages, and microsites within minutes, using simple prompts. https://hrtechfeed.com/joveo-launches-ai-career-site-builder/ Calif. — Wisq, maker of the world’s first AI HR Generalist, today announced a $15 million funding round from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, and True Ventures. The raise accelerates Wisq’s mission to lead the era of Agentic HR  https://hrtechfeed.com/ai-hr-generalist-tool-lands-15m-investment/ Eightfold AI, the pioneer in talent intelligence, today announced the availability of its Talent Intelligence Platform in Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Reejig, the pioneer of AI-powered Work Intelligence, today announced its work intelligence solutions are now available on the SAP® Store, the online marketplace for SAP and partner offerings. Reejig integrating with SAP SuccessFactors enables enterprises to move beyond traditional skills tracking and embrace Work Intelligence—a revolutionary approach that aligns workforce skills with the real, evolving nature of work and tasks in an AI-driven world. Datapeople, the leading AI-powered talent attraction and productivity platform, today announced its addition to the Phenom Partner Marketplace. This collaboration makes it easier than ever for talent-centric enterprises to integrate data-driven job ad optimization directly within their Phenom ecosystem, increasing return on talent investments by amplifying hiring efficiency, equity, and effectiveness at scale. VONQ, a leader in AI-powered talent intelligence, today announced a strategic partnership with Employ to introduce CPA+, a groundbreaking cost-per-application (CPA) hiring model powered by agentic AI to highlight candidates delivered via LinkedIn AI job distribution. https://hrtechfeed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for Recruiting and Hiring Operations. This roundtable will delve into how AI is moving beyond simple automation to fundamentally reshape RecOps, from optimizing efficiency and generating deeper insights to transforming candidate and recruiter experiences. We’ll explore AI’s multifaceted impact on the entire hiring ecosystem, distinguishing between its potential as a “virtual assistant” and its role as a “virtual recruiter,” while also navigating the critical considerations of legal compliance and implementation timelines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices