Checkr, a leading HR technology company powering the future of work, will open its third headquarters in Orlando, creating more than 600 new jobs in the next three years. The company, which leverages AI to make background checks faster, easier, and more compliant, will invest $2.7 million in the region.

“We would like to thank the leaders of the City of Orlando, Orange County, and the state of Florida for their assistance in finding our new company home in the region,” said Checkr’s Chief Operations and Human Resources Officer Linda Shaffer. “As we grow we need more employees to join our team of engineers, developers, customer service representatives, and support staff to fulfill our mission at Checkr to build a fairer future by designing technology to create opportunities for all. We look forward to hiring a diverse group of candidates in Orlando, including fair chance hires, and have already started recruiting.”

“We look forward to hiring a diverse group of candidates in Orlando,” Checkr COO Linda Schaffer said.Tweet this

Checkr, a privately held company that just last week announced it has raised $250 million in a Series E round valuing the company at $4.6 billion, has dual headquarters in San Francisco and Denver, and adds Orlando as the company’s third headquarters.

https://hrtechfeed.com/checkr-will-bring-600-jobs-to-new-orlando-regional-headquarters/

YouCruit raises $11.5M USD to further fuel the growth of Lanefinder, it’s Vertical Labor Marketplace for the US Trucking Industry.

Lanefinder provides a job search and matching platform completely tailored to the wants and needs of truck drivers who have historically had to rely on word of mouth referrals and general job sites to find work.

“With Lanefinder, a driver can find exactly what he or she is looking for in a matter of seconds instead of spending days plowing through job sites, taking 30-40 recruiter calls or chatting up other drivers at truck stops. We believe all skilled labor markets will expect and demand this type of job search efficiency in the future and Lanefinder is now leading the way in arguably the most important industry in the US.” Says Patrick Gilmore, Co-Founder and CTO.

As opposed to the typical Pay Up Front advertising models job sites offer trucking companies today, Lanefinder does not charge anything for having their jobs searchable on the platform. Lanefinder instead offers a Pay Per Hire, performance based model for companies who need to recruit at greater speed.

https://hrtechfeed.com/youcruit-raises-11-5m-usd-for-trucking-job-search-platform/

In a surprising move the owner of Dice has invested in employer branding platform, The Muse. The partnership will sell ‘corporate branding and values-based hiring solutions to give employers a competitive edge amidst tight recruitment market‘. Could this move lead to an eventual merger? Was this a life line for The Muse or simply a smart pairing of complimentary services?

– Chris Russell

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Sept. 8, 2021 — DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) the leading provider of AI-powered technology-focused career marketplaces, today announced a $3 million investment in The Muse, a values-based career destination for the next gen workforce to search for jobs and research companies & careers.

The investment will be used to support the expansion of The Muse’s product development and sales efforts to meet the increasing market demand for its unique values based employer discovery offerings. Terms of the planned transaction are not being disclosed at this time.

In addition to the investment, the two companies will work together to develop joint sales, thought leadership and product solutions to better serve their respective stakeholders

https://hrtechfeed.com/dhi-group-to-invest-3-million-in-the-muse/

FlexJobs, a premium online job service for professionals seeking remote and flexible work, announced the acquisition of Job-Hunt.org, an award-winning career website offering expert resources and guides to improving one’s job search. This strategic move will equip job seekers with valuable, insightful, and up-to-date career advice to help them navigate job searching in today’s market.

“I have been a long-time fan of Job-Hunt’s dedication to high-quality content around the many varied and sometimes quite challenging aspects of job searching,” said Sara Sutton, founder and CEO of FlexJobs. “Bringing Job-Hunt under the FlexJobs umbrella is a natural extension of FlexJobs’ mission to help job seekers be successful in their job search and career, and we are excited to connect even more people to the incredible wealth of resources that Job-Hunt.org offers,” Sutton concluded.

With more than 1,000 articles by job search and career experts, Job-Hunt provides information to help job seekers better understand today’s job search. Job-Hunt’s guides cover more than fifty topics by renowned career experts.

“For over 20 years, I saw a desperate need for people to understand online job search, and my goal for Job-Hunt was to help people smartly, safely, and efficiently find their new jobs,” said Susan Joyce, Job-Hunt’s chief writer, editor, and publisher since 1998. “FlexJobs was founded under a very similar premise, with a specific focus on safe job searching for flexible jobs. Both companies have made helping the job seeker their number one priority from the beginning, and I know that this acquisition will strengthen that mission and help even more job seekers be successful in their job searches,” Joyce concluded.

https://hrtechfeed.com/flexjobs-announces-acquisition-of-the-popular-job-hunt-blog/

QJumpers, an innovative sourcing and recruitment software provider, today announced its newest product, AI Talent Sourcing. The tool scours publicly available information and uses artificial intelligence to find, rank and engage highly qualified, passive job candidates that previously could not be found through traditional sourcing and advertising methods.

AI Talent Sourcing is an offshoot of another product launched two years ago which was embedded into the QJumpers Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Due to client demand, QJumpers has released a new and improved version that can be used independently of the ATS.

Recruiters can either paste a job description into the tool and let the AI generate its own candidate search specification, or they can create their own. AI Talent Sourcing then presents a list of candidates ranked by how well they match this search criteria. Candidate profiles are created by combining pieces of information from publicly available data, such as networking sites, social media, company websites and blogs. The results can be refined further by specifying preferences such as location, skills, education, and years’ experience. It can also be used for diversity hiring.

https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-tech-bytes-driverreach-qjumpers/

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