Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Joe Meyer: This is Joe Meyer, Founder and CEO of ExecThread. And I'm next on the RecTech podcast. Welcome to RecTech. The podcast where recruiting and technology intersect. Each month you'll hear from vendors shaping the recruting world. Along with recruiters who will tell you how they use technology to hire talent. Now, here is your host. The mad scientist of online recruiting, Chris Russell. Chris Russell: That's right. It's time for RecTech, the only podcast [00:00:30] that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. If you listen you'll hear both recruiters and HR Tech vendors talking about having used Tech to find talent. Today's show is a vendor edition. RecTech podcast is sponsored by our friends at Jobs In The US. If your company needs to hire more local talent JobsInTheUS.Com let's you post for free on their national job search engine. They also operate 51 local state sites for every state in the country, including Washington DC. [00:01:00] They've been around since 1999, and the job boards they power will help you connect with more local talent. Again, morejobsintheus.com. All right, so my guest today says, quote, "Executive recruiting hasn't changed in decades and isn't designed to address the unique involving needs of senior level professionals and hiring managers. We saw an opportunity to destruct the global talent acquisition market, which is loaded with inefficiency. [inaudible 00:01:27] give to get model and provides professionals [00:01:30] with far greater access to hidden career opportunities and traditional recruiting methods." End quote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I first learned of Ideal.com at last year’s HR tech conference and after recently hearing the news of the new 3 million round of funding invited their cofounder to the show to talk about their technology and how they help employers find talent...according to their homepage...Ideal automates tedious and time-consuming tasks including manual resume screening and candidate sourcing. TOPIS TODAY: Tell us what Ideal does? Congrats on the new round of funding can you tell us how that came about and what your plans are for the capital? Tell us the story of the domain name and how you came to acquire it? Your technology is A.I. based so describe that part of the technology? How does it integrate with your ATS? Whats the deliverable? What are some results your customers have seen by using Ideal? How are people using AI in recruiting now? Will artificial intelligence tools such as Ideal take jobs away from recruiters? What are your predictions for recruiting and AI's role in the future? Learn mor eat https://www.rectechmedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thats right its time for RECTECH….the only podcast that helps employers and recruiters connect with more candidates through technology inspired conversations. If you listen you’ll hear both recruiters and HR tech vendors talk about about how they use tech to find talent. If you listen, I promise you’ll get better at recruiting. Paul DeBettignies is the Principal of Minnesota Headhunter, LLC a Minneapolis IT search firm and a frequent local and national speaker and writer on recruiting, HR, career, networking and social media topics. And like me he’s an avid fisherman….we follow each other catches on Instagram. TOPICS DISCUSSED How’s business and tell me a bit about the minnesota tech scene? What recruiting or HRtech companies are located up there? I heard that some Minnestota employers making big push to recruit outside of minneapolis? Are companies there more willing to relocate? When did you get the idea to brand yourself as the Minnesota Headhunter? What tech tools do you use to recruit...let’s start with your ATS? See Linkedin today? New active user feature...thoughts? Tell me a story of your most creative sourcing story where you really dug deep to find someone? Ever sourced anyone by first finding them on twitter or facebook? What’s your approach to candidate outreach….? Do you get creative with your messaging? It amazes me how dumb employers are by not putting their career/jobs link at the top of their websites...you just wrote a post on that...comment? What else are companies still doing wrong when it comes to promoting themselves? What’s the one thing about the future of recruiting that you are worried about? http://www.mnheadhunter.com/ and https://www.rectechmedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lever is part of a new crop of applicant tracking systems that are really turning heads and making the hiring process better for companies.... They are also doing a great job at marketing themselves and I wanted to tap into that with their CMO, Leela Srinivassan. In this podcast we'll chat about: You have a quite a career path...I didn’t realize you used to work at LinkedIn...what was that like and what did you learn there about selling and marketing to HR people? How big a team is Lever right now…? How did you get the job? Why is Lever different? As you pitch Lever today what are the main challenges in selling to HR? Basic price point of the product? What type of companies do you target? Talk about your content marketing efforts and how that helps you create a funnel for sales? Just started a conference? I see a lot of vendors hosting their own now… Advice for HR tech startups...what should they be doing to gain traction/get their first clients? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Joiner is a third party recruiter who specializes in placing ecommerce executives. I invited him on the show because he does a great job of branding himself in the recruiting world via his website at ecommercejobs.com. EPISODE SPONSOR: https://www.jobsintheus.com TOPICS: Take me back to when you started in recruiting….when did you first get the idea to buy your domains? Describe ecommerce jobs and how you use it? What has it done for you in terms of generating placements...the impact? You are known for creating really deep, detailed job descriptions...explain why? These jobs are like job stories...how do you get all this info…? What ATS do you use? What tech tools are part of your everyday recruiting activities…? Advice for those recruiters who want to do a better job at branding themselves and/or their business? SITE: http://ecommercejobs.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Forrester is President and Founder of A.W. Forrester Co. ...A.W. Forrester Co. is a niche agency recruitment firm that focuses in the commercial health insurance Industry. He started his recruitment career in 1990 as an agency recruiter – he’s received rookie of the year honors, top recruiter and highest placement fee awards. Ken believes His key to success is being able to incorporate non-recruitment solutions with traditional recruitment tactics. He is inbound certified through Hub Spot and an avid user of Mautic, a marketing automation platform – where he has developed a strategy for sourcing and nurturing prospective candidates. He also serves in an Advisory role to TerraTal, a start-up data science driven recruitment platform that implements machine learning technology into the recruiting and hiring process. His objective is to consult with employers on best practice strategies for optimizing the hiring process. TOPICS - full show notes available at RecTechMedia.com How’s business in the commercial health insurance business...especially with all this crazy healthcare politics stuff going on? Good or bad for your business? How big is your team and where are you based? What ATS do you use? What tech tools are part of your everyday recruiting activities…? What created your interest in AI? What problems will AI solve in the hiring process? How big is the resume database of terratal How will AI work in recruiting talent? How will AI source candidates for jobs? What new ways will AI generate fees for agency recruiters? Have you used it to find and place a candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First year recruiter and former vet, Michael McDonnell talks about opening his own recruiting shop and what he's learned in his first year of recruiting as well as the tech tools that are part of his everyday job. For the transcript and show notes please go to https://www.rectechmedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Mulhall, a VP of Talent Acquisition for a Canadian software complay explains how and why they revamped their job descriptions to engage candidates. Full transcript can be found at RecTechMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you work from home you need to listen to this special episode of RecTech. A recital of this article: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/i-work-from-home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is ...Dean Da Costa...Dean is a Strategic Sourcing and Research Technologist at a Fortune 100 company in the Seattle area. A decorated veteran and recognized sourcing expert with more than 20 years of experience, he currently writes The Search Authority, one of the most influential blogs in the business. A frequent speaker on the recruiting conference circuit, His insight and knowledge (particularly of technology) has made Dean one of the top sourcers and full cycle recruiters in the business today. TOPICS Let’s start with the recent Linked User Agreement changes which is causing a lot of uproar among your fellow recruiters...can you explain what it says and what that means for recruiters? REFERENCE: https://www.eremedia.com/sourcecon/stop-the-madness/ Does it affect every extension on the market that uses LI in some way? You say InMails are a waste of time...why? What’s your open rate? What tools are part of your everyday souring toolbox…..elucify.com What ATS do you currently use? Luxo, Taleo, Smashfly How much do you spend on these tools each month? What has been your biggest win so far this year from a sourcing standpoint? When it comes to vendors pitching you...what are they doing wrong? How should they approach people like you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices