Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Sourcing platform Hiretual is now HireEZ and they just received a new influx of $26 million in new funding. The company which is based inMountain view California held a relaunch party this week which I attended.  The funding was led by Conductive Ventures, and the new rebrand reflects their new mission: to make outbound recruiting easy.  https://hrtechfeed.com/hiretual-is-now-hireez-raises-26-million/ SmartRecruiters, the Hiring Success company, today announced the acquisition of Attrax, an industry-leading provider of career site software that lets companies build engaging, personalized career sites. The acquisition will result in an integrated offering, SmartRecruiters Attrax, designed to help customers build data-powered, curated career sites that enhance the candidate experience and improve hiring outcomes. SmartRecruiters Attrax is available immediately for SmartRecruiters customers. https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-acquires-career-site-company/ LumApps, a leading Employee Experience Platform, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire HeyAxel, a powerful no-code HR automation and employee onboarding solution. The acquisition builds upon LumApps’ continued growth and promises to accelerate the delivery of LumApps’ unique vision: an entirely personalized experience for each employee. https://hrtechfeed.com/lumapps-to-expand-its-employee-experience-platform-with-acquisition/  Phenom today announced its acquisition of Tandemploy, a Berlin-based HR tech company focused on solving key problems associated with employee experiences. This addition enhances the capabilities of Phenom’s AI-powered Talent Experience Management (TXM) platform and grows the company’s presence in Europe. https://hrtechfeed.com/phenom-acquires-employee-experience-company-in-berlin/ Bullhorn®, the cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, today announced the launch of Bullhorn Ventures, a dedicated corporate venture capital resource that will invest in and partner with high-potential, early-stage companies focused on helping staffing and recruiting firms improve operational efficiency and boost top-line growth. Bullhorn Ventures will launch initially with $20 million allocated for investments. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-ventures-launches-to-fund-staffing-startups/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laskie is a new matching platform that leverages human sourcers and tech to match talent in remote engineering, product, design, marketing, and sales roles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crosschq, the reference chack platform has announced the launch of Crosschq Recruit, a sourcing tool built specifically to help companies source qualified talent directly from the professional networks of job applicants. https://hrtechfeed.com/crosschq-launches-sourcing-portal/ Otta a platform for matching jobs at tech companies with candidates by aggregating a lot of information about the company (founder bios, employee reviews, salaries, industry) with the roles offered.  Angel investors backing Otta include industry vets such as Indeed’s Paul Forster, Alex Bouaziz of Deel, Ben Herman of Canvas.com, Abakar Saidov of Beamery. https://hrtechfeed.com/tech-jobs-startup-gets-20-million/ Radancy, the global talent technology leader, is pleased to announce its plans to acquire Firstbird, a global leader in SaaS based employee referral programs. Based in Vienna, Austria, Firstbird offers a comprehensive software solution to digitize and streamline the employee referral process. The acquisition of Firstbird is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including certain regulatory approvals. https://hrtechfeed.com/radancy-acquires-firstbird-employee-referrals/ We haven’t seen many new ATS vendors lately but 2022 brings us, Bear Claw. It’s not your father ATS name. The Bear Claw platform caters to small and large businesses and provides a streamlined approach to talent acquisition, automating time-consuming sourcing, data entry, and task management done by recruiters. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-applicant-tracking-system-launches/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her new role at Enboarder, Laura Lee Gentry is responsible for leading their talent and culture functions, focusing on building and investing in employee experience, including learning & development, hiring and retention strategies, that will further accelerate the company’s rapid growth. She brings more than 20 years of operational and organizational experience and a history of building successful talent and culture programs to Enboarder. She previously served as chief people officer at Applied Systems and senior vice president of employee experience for Ultimate Software. Laura, welcome to the podcast. Tell us first about Enboarder what does your software do? I see you guys use SmartRecruiters as your ATS, how do you like them…what other recruiting tech/HR software do you have in place? What do you make of the current hiring climate...Quit rates are up, companies cant hire fast enough...we seem to be in a fundamental shift for how and why people work... What initiatives are you going to focus on in your new role at Enboarder? What do organizations often get wrong when attempting to engage and connect with their employees? How can they improve this process? What has your previous experience building talent and culture programs taught you, and what learnings do you want to bring to Enboarder?   As we’ve moved to more hybrid and remote work since the start of the pandemic, how has companies’ focus on building employee culture changed? As many industries are still feeling the effects of the Great Resignation, how can companies balance the focus of attracting top talent, while also making sure current employees have all the tools they need to succeed? How did you get your job….Are you hiring for your team? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HR technology veteran entrepreneurs Greg Moran and Ira Grossman announced the launch of Evergreen Mountain Founder’s Fund 1. The $20m fund will be focused on early stage investments made in companies addressing changes in the way we work globally https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-technology-veterans-launch-new-investment-fund-focused-on-future-of-work-technologies/ Lattice, the leading people management platform for businesses with people-first cultures, today announced a new valuation of $3 billion after closing a $175 million round of funding from Thrive Capital, Elad Gil, Tiger Global, and Dragoneer. https://hrtechfeed.com/lattice-raises-175m-now-valued-at-3-billion/ Handshake, the largest early career network, today announced a Series F round of $200 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion—more than double its valuation in 2021. The round, led by Coatue Management and Valiant Peregrine Fund with participation from Base10’s Advancement Initiative, among other investors, reflects unprecedented demand amidst a generational shift in the way people start, jump start, or restart their careers. https://hrtechfeed.com/handshake-raises-200m-to-help-gen-z-launch-careers/ Kula, the world’s first recruitment automation platform built to enable hyper-growth companies to build massive talent pipelines on autopilot, today announced $2.7 million funding from Venture Highway, Together Fund, and Global Founders Capital. https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitment-automation-platform-raises-2-7m-in-pre-seed-funding/  HR Technology Conference & Exposition® today announced the return of its popular virtual event from March 1-4, 2022. Presented by HR Tech, free virtual event will feature keynotes from workplace thought leaders, including Josh Bersin, George LaRocque, Stacia Sherman Garr, Mark Stelzner and others. To register, visit www.hrtechnologyconference.com/virtual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded from Jobsync's recent zoom roundtable, this audio features an industry wide discussion about candidate and worker engagement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diversity Job Marketplace Canvas.com which rebranded itself last year from Jumpstart, was recently ordered to stop using the Canvas.com domain by a judge. Canvas is currently leasing the domain. This is according to a story by BleepingComputer. In the article, “Learning management platform Instructure claims the domain name Canvas.com and its logo contain elements that conflict with Instructure’s Canvas product and line of business.“ Canvas says they are appealing the ruling. https://hrtechfeed.com/canvas-com-facing-legal-dispute-over-domain-name-trademark/ SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform, has just raised a $115 million Series C investment round led by Tiger Global Management. The round values the company at more than $1.2 billion in just four years, reflecting a 2.6x increase in valuation since its Series B in March 2021. The news comes on the heels of the business increasing ARR by more than 3x in the past year. https://hrtechfeed.com/seekout-raises-115-million/ HealthGigJobs Services, Inc., announces the launch of HealthGigJobs Marketplace which matches verified healthcare businesses with verified and licensed healthcare professionals for on-demand gigs. HealthGigJobs has launched the first order-driven exchange where businesses can simultaneously negotiate prices and terms with multiple matched healthcare professionals, while healthcare professionals can at the same time bid and negotiate on multiple engagements. Professionals are engaged as independent contractors working for themselves, and have the ability to utilize the platform to scale their own businesses. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-healthcare-gigs-marketplace-launches/ Vangst, the cannabis industry’s leading hiring platform, announced the completion of its $19 million Series B financing.  Vangst’s latest round of financing highlights the company’s growth over the last three years alongside the maturing cannabis industry. In the past 12 months, the sector reported a 25% increase in full-time employees and currently employs over 400,000 individuals. https://hrtechfeed.com/vangst-talent-platform-gets-19-million-for-cannabis-hiring/ Bullhorn® has acquired Able, a longstanding Bullhorn Marketplace partner and the provider of market-leading candidate engagement and onboarding solutions. This acquisition is the latest major investment by Bullhorn in helping staffing agencies around the world to transform their businesses in an era of continued digitization. The combination of Able’s candidate engagement and onboarding solutions with Bullhorn enables agencies to efficiently meet complex onboarding requirements, reduce candidate drop-out, and get candidates on assignment faster, all while delivering an incredible candidate onboarding experience. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-acquires-onboarding-solution/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andela.com is a global marketplace of technical talent. CEO Jeremy Johnson stops by to tell us the origins of this recruitment platform that recently got $200 million in funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PayFit, a leading payroll and HR management solution for SMEs, today announced that it has raised €254M in a Series E funding round, a record-breaking amount for a French human resources (HR) startup. General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, led the round, with participation from existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and Accel Ventures.  Since its founding in 2015, PayFit has gained over 6,000 clients, and has raised €179M to date https://hrtechfeed.com/french-startup-payfit-raises-e254m-for-its-payroll-hr-software/ Runway Growth Capital, a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, today announced the close of a senior secured term loan commitment of $65 million to Snagajob.com, the marketplace for hourly jobs and shifts. The Snagajob deal marks another investment for the expanding Runway venture debt portfolio, which seeks to capitalize on a growing market opportunity in which larger, more established businesses are seeking debt financing in order to avoid dilution and additional equity rounds. The loan enables Snagajob to continue investing in its next-generation technology and drive growth on the tailwinds of an evolving hourly jobs market. https://hrtechfeed.com/snagajob-takes-out-65-million-dollar-loan/ Talent Inc., the leading digital resource and trusted advisor to job seekers worldwide, today announced its acquisition of Interview School, an innovative mock-interview software company that provides job seekers with up-to-date interview questions and AI-assisted feedback. As part of its global expansion strategy, this is Talent’s third transaction in the past eight months, since acquiring FlashRecruit in May 2021, and Imkey Holding B.V. (“Imkey”) and its global property Resume.io, a global subscription-based platform for online resume-building with 13 million customers, in June 2021. Launched in 2018, Interview School offers a suite of tools ranging from mock interviews with AI feedback, live interview coaching, and job tracking, including AI Coach, Live Coach, Performance Analysis, and Job Tracker. https://hrtechfeed.com/talent-inc-acquires-interview-school-to-empower-job-seekers-to-accelerate-their-careers-through-expanded-services/ Justworks expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to buy an additional 1,050,000 shares of its Class A common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The initial public offering price is currently expected to be between $29.00 and $32.00 per share. Justworks intends to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “JW.” https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-software-platform-justworks-files-for-ipo/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook is shuttering its public jobs marketplace. Alex Murphy, CEO of Jobsync stops by to talk about what happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices