Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Ken Lazarus is CEO of Scout Exchange. Having co-founded, led and advised over a dozen technology-based startups, he has over twenty-five years of experience growing innovative companies. Ken is passionately focused on using the power of data, marketplace dynamics, and technologies such as machine learning to disrupt and improve how companies find and hire the best talent. Prior to joining Scout in 2013, he served as CEO of Lilliputian Systems, where he led the development of Lilliputian’s portable power product platform, secured international aircraft regulatory approval, raised significant capital from blue chip investors and signed important strategic distribution and manufacturing agreements, including a landmark partnership with Intel Corporation (NASD: INTL). 1. As a company, how do you recognize where in your process an AI recruiting solution would be beneficial?  2. How does AI in recruiting affect the candidate experience?  3. It’s important that humans still drive the process of attracting passive candidates. Is there a way that AI can in fact assist recruiters with the challenge?  4. There are quite a few ways that AI can assist in screening; how can you effectively measure if these are working? For example, how do you know if a chat bot is providing helpful (and specific enough) answers?  5. Human interaction has always been key to forming relationships between third party recruiters and hiring companies. The idea of a recruitment marketplace somewhat removes this interaction. How can both parties ensure the right candidates are sourced and submitted without this? 6. With some recruiters worried that AI is coming for their jobs, how do you suggest getting a team or search firm to embrace AI tools? 7. What do you see as the biggest benefits of using AI in the recruiting process? 8. Do you see AI assisting with eliminating bias in recruitment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McDonalds Adds Voice Apply Thru Alexa Integration https://recruitingheadlines.com/need-to-find-a-job-at-mcdonalds-just-ask-alexa/ Terminal Raises $17M to Connect Remote Tech Talent to Companies https://recruitingheadlines.com/terminal-raises-17m-to-connect-remote-tech-talent-to-companies/ FirmPlay Launches New Employee Referral Platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/firmplay-launches-new-employee-referral-platform/ Vimeo Launches Platform To Find And Hire Video Pros https://recruitingheadlines.com/vimeo-launches-platform-to-find-and-hire-video-pros/ 80+ New Products to Debut at HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas https://recruitingheadlines.com/80-new-products-to-debut-at-hr-tech-conference-in-las-vegas/ Join the RecTech Media Insider Program! https://www.rectechmedia.com/insider Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An investment group in Canada, recently announced an equity investment of $53 million canadian dollars in Montreal based, neuvoo, one of the fastest growing employment websites in the world. Neuvoo just ranked 14th in Canadian Business magazine’s 2019 Growth Businesses which lists Canada’s fastest growing companies. This investment will enable neuvoo to continue its expansion into new markets, and allow it to further optimize its platform. The company says It expects to reach over 100 million visitors by January 2020.   Joining me to discuss the new investment and future plans is their US VP of operations Michael O’Dell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special thanks to Hiretual.com Job Site neuvoo Receives $53 Million Dollar Investment https://recruitingheadlines.com/job-site-neuvoo-receives-53-million-dollar-investment/ Checkr Fuels Platform Development with $160 Million in New Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/checkr-fuels-platform-development-with-160-million-in-new-funding/ D&I Platform Joonko Raises $2.4 Million https://recruitingheadlines.com/di-platform-joonko-raises-2-4-million/ Incredible Health’s hiring platform for nurses gets $15M led by Andreessen Horowitz https://recruitingheadlines.com/incredible-healths-hiring-platform-for-nurses-gets-15m-led-by-andreessen-horowitz/ ENGAGE Talent Debuts New Alumni Engagement Tool https://recruitingheadlines.com/engage-talent-debuts-new-alumni-engagement-tool/ MarketerHire Announces $1 Million Seed Round https://recruitingheadlines.com/marketerhire-announces-1-million-seed-round/ Phenom People Now Integrates with SmartRecruiters https://recruitingheadlines.com/phenom-people-now-integrates-with-smartrecruiters/ Wethos Gets $3 Million to Match Marketing Pros to Non-profits https://recruitingheadlines.com/wethos-gets-3-million-to-match-marketing-pros-to-non-profits/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking to hire more women into your organization? You are in luck. There are actually 11 different sites now online that allow you to post jobs and recruit female candidates. For the full list of links click here: https://recruitingheadlines.com/6-job-sites-to-recruit-women/ Special thanks to Emissary.ai and Workhere.com for their podcast sponsorship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Linkedin lawsuit https://www.tlnt.com/appeals-court-says-federal-law-does-not-prevent-web-scrapping/ PeopleScout New RPO Platform https://recruitingheadlines.com/peoplescout-launches-its-beyond-the-expected-managed-service-provider-service-approach/ Smashflys New Apply https://recruitingheadlines.com/smashfly-releases-apply-overlay-to-simplify-apply-process/ Joveo Goes Global https://recruitingheadlines.com/joveo-goes-international/ Beamery Launches its own TOS https://recruitingheadlines.com/beamery-launches-talent-operating-system/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Kielinski is the founder of IT Pros Philly….which provides access to proven technology talent in the Philadelphia region and beyond. He’s also someone I follow on Twitter for great recruiting tweets and its a pleasure to have him on the show. In this episode we'll talk about the technology he uses to hire and store candidates as well as commentary from his tweet stream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special thanks to Hiretual.com First Up CultureAmp Receives $82 million in funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/culture-amp-raises-82m-to-double-down-on-the-people-culture-space/ HireVue to get New Investor https://recruitingheadlines.com/hirevue-receives-another-investment/ JazzHR launches HR marketplace https://recruitingheadlines.com/jazzhr-launches-marketplace-to-expand-customers-hr-capabilities/ Stoke raises $4.5 million https://recruitingheadlines.com/stoke-raises-4-5-million-to-help-companies-tap-into-the-growing-freelance-workforce/ TripleByte expands blind recruitment tool https://recruitingheadlines.com/triplebyte-expands-its-background-blind-recruiting-platform-to-take-on-linkedin-in-hiring-technical-talent/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Lowisz is a recruiting industry veteran and talent optimization guru with more than two decades of experience helping companies find and unlock the performance of their teams. He is an expert on talent acquisition, talent assessment, talent engagement, diversity and inclusion, and business performance, which has allowed him to serve hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals across the globe. As the CEO and founder of the Qualigence Group of Companies, Steve regularly contributes to publications such as Fortune magazine, CNN Money, the Detroit Free Press, and Bloomberg Radio.  In his latest book...Recruiting Sucks...But It Doesn’t Have To, Steve shares a new approach to attracting, developing, and retaining an accomplished and vibrant workforce. Dispelling six recruiting myths that most HR departments believe, Steve will show you how to prioritize behavior over skills, look beyond LinkedIn, be a marketer, find real ways to inspire employees, take responsibility, avoid reliance on technology, embrace diversity, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entelo and Convey IQ Merger https://recruitingheadlines.com/entelo-acquires-conveyiq/ Jane.ai Rebrands https://recruitingheadlines.com/hr-chatbot-jane-ai-changes-name-rebrands-to-knowledge-sharing-platform-raises-13-million/ HackerRank for Data Science https://recruitingheadlines.com/hackerrank-launches-data-scientist-hiring-tool/ ZapInfo Funding https://recruitingheadlines.com/zapinfo-raises-1-75m-series-seed-2-funding/ Hire by Google Shutdown https://recruitingheadlines.com/google-gives-up-on-ats-ambitions/ Follow Recruiting Headlines on social media: @recheadlines on Twitter Facebook Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices