Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Modern Hire, the hiring platform for video interviewing and pre-hire assessments, today announced the release of Automated Interview Creator (AIC). ….AIC provides hiring and recruiting teams with the recommendations for optimal interview questions based on job requirements to identify best-fit candidates quickly and confidently. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/modern-hire-launches-ai-powered-automated-interview-creator-next-gen-structured-interviews-elevate-hiring-through-more-efficient-and-ethical-selection-301497764.html Creatively, a jobs platform that allows creatives to showcase their portfolios digitally and offers collaboration tools, has raised $8 million in new funding, the company announced on Wednesday. https://hrtechfeed.com/creative-job-platform-raises-8-million/ Instant Teams, the remote talent marketplace platform that builds and manages remote teams from 26,000+ database of military-connected, remote-certified workers, has today announced it raised a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global.  https://hrtechfeed.com/remote-talent-marketplace-instant-teams-raises-13-million/  Findem, a people intelligence company applying AI to fuel the next phase of talent acquisition, has secured $30 million in Series B financing. Four Rivers and Quarry Capital Management led the round, with participation from existing investor Wing Venture Capital. The round brings Findem’s total funding to date to $37.3 million.  Learn more at findem.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darrian Mikkell is the CEO and co-founder of Qualifi…. an on-demand screening platform that recently launched. According to Darrian…“Phone interviews are one of the biggest bottlenecks in the recruiting process. Back and forth scheduling and lengthy phone screens with hundreds of candidates quickly add up and can be costly — especially amidst a talent shortage where every minute and candidate interaction matters” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jobcase, a social platform for hourly workers, announced the acquisition of recruitment marketing platform Recruitology to bolster the company’s ability to proactively match workers to the jobs best suited for them. https://hrtechfeed.com/jobcase-acquires-recruitology/ In their quest to become a digital only staffing company, Job.com has acquired another provider….they announced the acquisition of QCI Healthcare, a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based recruitment company. This achievement marks the fourth successful staffing agency acquisition by Job.com, which is strategically continuing to build its position leading the digital transformation of the industry. https://hrtechfeed.com/job-com-acquires-healthcare-recruitment-firm/  ZipRecruiter®, a leading online employment marketplace, today announced financial results for the quarter and 2021 Quarterly revenue increased to $220 million, up 93% y/y Full year revenue increased to $741 million, up 77% y/y https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiter-made-741-million-in-2021/ Crelate, the recruitment platform for the talent industry, today announced a strategic investment from Five Elms Capital. The continued partnership with Five Elms Capital will fuel the accelerated expansion of Crelate’s product and customer base, delivering new capabilities and opportunities to their nearly 2,000 recruiting, staffing, and consulting customers. https://hrtechfeed.com/crelate-secures-new-strategic-growth-investment/ And lastly some news from Rec Tech media We announced changes to our job marketplace HR Lancers. The talent community which launched more than 2 years ago as a freelance site for Human Resources is changing its name and expanding its mission. The new entity will now be known as “Evil HR Jobs” (evilhrjobs.com).  https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-lancers-to-rebrand-and-expand-mission-partners-with-evil-hr-lady/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CEO of Talroo stops by to talk about recruiting IS marketing and also gives us a peak into some cool new recruitment technology coming soon to their job advertising platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alcor, a cloud solutions company, announced the new release of their Applicant Tracking System, TalentRun. It is an automated, self-service enterprise applicant tracking system built on the ServiceNow® platform and helps organizations in achieving automated, centralized, and seamless management of their recruitment cycle. https://hrtechfeed.com/talentrun-is-a-new-applicant-tracking-system/ Kevala, a workforce management and engagement solution built specifically for healthcare, announced today that it raised $12.1 million in Series A funding to modernize the healthcare industry through innovative scheduling and compliance software. Kevala spun out of Pioneer Square Labs in April 2020. https://hrtechfeed.com/kevala-raises-12-1-million-series-a-to-modernize-healthcare-staffing/ Fama, the world’s largest social media screening company and a leader in applying AI to background screening services, announced its Series B investment this week. The company allows HR departments to leverage insights from the public web and bring them into their talent screening process. More than 1,500 businesses in 32 countries turn to Fama to help protect their brand and ensure a safe and welcoming workplace culture. https://hrtechfeed.com/social-media-talent-screening-tool-gets-10-million/ Epoch, an employee experience platform, announced the close of $3.6 million in seed funding. Rally Ventures led the seed round, with participation from Precursor Ventures, and a number of angel investors with deep operational and industry expertise. https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-experience-platform-gets-3-6-million/ Emi, the conversational AI recruiting platform for frontline workers, has secured $11 million in Series A funding, led by Merus Capital and Khosla Ventures. David Rangel, General Partner at Merus Capital and former COO of Iterable, has joined as a Board member. https://hrtechfeed.com/emi-raises-11m-to-help-enterprises-hire-better-frontline-worker/ WorkWhile announced it has raised a $13M Series A finding round , led by Reach Capital The company currently has a presence in 13 major markets across the US, and plans to use the funds to drive growth and hiring, doubling market footprint in 2022. https://hrtechfeed.com/hourly-worker-platform-raises-13-million/ Finally Jobvite, the end-to-end talent acquisition solution provider, today announced the launch of a newly-formed parent company, Employ Inc. The new corporate identity reflects the significant business transformation the Company has undergone since joining forces with JazzHR and NXTThing RPO to create the market leader in talent acquisition solutions. https://hrtechfeed.com/employ-inc-is-the-new-brand-for-jobvite-trio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recruiters and hiring managers are like snowflakes. No, we don’t mean sensitive or egotistical and thinking they need a trophy just for participating. Snowflakes in the fact that no two are exactly alike.  No two recruiters have the same process and no two hiring managers build their teams with the same aspirations – but there are some base level requirements they should all at least TRY to abide by. Jo Weech is our next roundtable guest and we’re going full throttle on coaching, expectations, how candidates prep for interviews, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Staffing software company Mindscope has been acquired by the Univerus group of businesses. After several months as a Mindscope customer, Univerus identified copious synergies between the two organizations, making it clear that a valuable relationship could be established through acquisition. https://hrtechfeed.com/staffing-software-mindscope-acquired-by-univerus/  Alongside, an HR tech startup that helps create a more human connection between employers and job seekers, raised $8 Million CAD in growth financing. Part of the funding was used to strategically acquire one of Canada’s leading job boards, CareerBeacon. Now, the Alongside team is using the funding to modernize, differentiate, and innovate its product to guide and support job seekers through every step of their career journey. This includes finding their first job, levelling up their career, and creating a career path they are excited about. https://hrtechfeed.com/canadian-job-board-careerbeacon-owner-alongside-gets-infusion-of-funding/  Qualifi, an on-demand screening platform allowing recruiting teams to phone interview hundreds of candidates in minutes, today announced that it raised $2.5 million in Series Seed financing. Rally Ventures led the round with participation from repeat investors Techstars, Sixty8 Capital, Elevate Ventures, Debut Capital, and Flywheel Fund, as well as newcomers Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator powered by gener8tor, Converge, Service Provider Capital, and multiple strategic angels. https://hrtechfeed.com/phone-screening-platform-qualifi-raises-2-5m/ A new company called Check, a payroll infrastructure company that lets platforms embed payroll into their products, today announced it has raised a $75 million Series C led by Stripe, with participation from existing investors Bedrock, Thrive and Index. The company will use the funding to continue to make Check the easiest and most robust platform to build, launch, and scale new payroll businesses. https://hrtechfeed.com/payroll-infrastructure-startup-check-announces-75-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karl Wierzbicki the VP of Marketing for InFlight will stop by to discuss his company's recent findings around the state of the job apply flow, a critical component at the heart of the candidate experience. If you are a talent acquisition professional who needs more applies and wants to learn more about optimizing your job applications this is must see web TV! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading off the show today is Enboarder, the People Activation Platform enabling companies to transform their people programs into simple, science-based, human-centric journeys, today announced it has raised $32 million in Series B funding, bringing its total investment to $50 million.  https://hrtechfeed.com/enboarder-raises-32-million-in-to-expand-people-activation-platform/ Checkr, a leading technology company powering the future of work, announced today it has acquired ModoHR Technologies Inc., a Canadian-based background check company. https://hrtechfeed.com/checkr-acquires-modohr/ Woven, a tech interview platform for hiring engineers at software companies, announced that it’s launching “Woven Match” amidst a new round of 8 million in funding. The new service pairs hiring managers with experienced developers based on their Woven assessment results, which gives technical talent a leg up on their job search.  https://hrtechfeed.com/tech-interview-platform-woven-lands-8-million/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alison Kaizer leads Talent at Lunchbox, one of the fastest growing foodtech start-ups in the industry. Lunchbox provides next-gen digital ordering software that helps restaurants drive better guest engagement and stronger sales. https://lunchbox.io/careers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices