Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

– Topic: Ford’s TA Process: A Case Study using Kaizen for Data Driving Continuous Improvement – Speakers: Melissa Thompson, Global Head of Talent Acquisition of Ford Motor Company, Leah Daniels, Alex Murphy

Watch our insightful discussion on how Ford leverages the Kaizen approach in talent acquisition process improvement. Learn from industry expert Melissa Thompson, Ford’s Global Talent Leader, as she dissects Ford’s successful turnaround on college hiring, and improvements in Ford’s overall hiring optimization, offering practical insights and strategies for your own recruitment journey.

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TalentXi, a provider of recruitment programmatic marketing, has announced the launch of its new AI beta program. The beta program now offers companies access to our technology, which is already licensed by several other organizations. TalentXi’s innovative employment branding programmatic advertising platform leverages advanced programmatic advertising algorithms to streamline passive candidate talent acquisition while enhancing recruiter productivity and reducing cost.

https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-form-talentxi-peopleperhour/

TalentDesk Group’s flagship marketplace for freelancers – PeoplePerHour.com, which originally launched in 2007 and grew into one of the foremost platforms of its kind – is now reinvented with AI-powered Phoenix driving the experience, negating the need for time-consuming database searches and filtering. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-form-talentxi-peopleperhour/

Cangrade today announced that it has launched two new products: Candidate Matching and Internal Talent Marketplace. Created to drive hiring efficiency and quality, these revolutionary new products arm HR teams with the data-driven tools to meet evolving workforce demands and prepare for the future of hiring and talent management. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/cangrade-launches-matching-internal-talent-features/

Cnect, a leading provider of recruiting software solutions, has announced the appointment of Craig Fisher as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Fisher, a seasoned marketing and recruiting technology expert, joins Cnect with a vision to revolutionize campus recruiting and hourly hiring.

https://hrtechfeed.com/cnect-appoints-craig-fisher-as-chief-marketing-officer-to-drive-innovation-and-growth/

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Gigpro, a leading on-demand labor marketplace for the hospitality industry, announced today that it has closed a $16 million Series A funding round led by Foundry, with participation from Stage 1 Ventures and existing investors Stage 2 Capital and Detroit Venture Partners. This milestone marks a significant step forward in Gigpro’s mission to revolutionize the gig economy by connecting businesses with skilled independent professionals efficiently and seamlessly.

https://hrtechfeed.com/gigpro-secures-16m-to-transform-hospitality-labor-market/

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If you want to hear what the future of recruiting will sound like check out this audio from my conversation with Max Armbruster the CEO at Talkpush.

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Apploi, a leading provider of workforce solutions for the healthcare industry, announced that Will Plourde has joined the team as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Plourde comes with 20+ years of experience in both the healthcare and human capital management space.

https://hrtechfeed.com/apploi-announces-will-plourde-as-new-cto/

Hiring platform Greenhouse,announced its Summer 2024 product releases, including a variety of powerful tools that help companies reduce bias and streamline the hiring process so that they can find great talent even faster.

https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-greenhouse-agilehro/

The upcoming HR Technology Conference & Exposition® announced that disruptive leadership expert and New York Times bestselling author Charlene Li will present this year’s opening keynote. The annual event will take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, September 24 – 26, 2024. Li is scheduled to speak on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 3:45 p.m. PT.

https://hrtechfeed.com/leadership-expert-charlene-li-to-headline-hr-technology-conference-exposition-2024/

Fiverr, launched its new summer product release, commencing its expansion from a services marketplace to a hiring platform.

https://hrtechfeed.com/fiverr-transforming-from-a-services-marketplace-to-hiring-platform-with-its-latest-release/

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An insightful discussion featuring the founding father of Recruiting Operations, author and industry expert James Colino, and Hiring Operations & DEI thought leader and strategist Nona Renfro, on securing funding and hiring your first recruiting operations expert. James leads Recruitment Operations for Sheetz and literally wrote the book on RecOps. Nona has been an executive advisor for critical talent transformation initiatives, adding Recruiting Operations at companies like Amazon and Google Fiber and working with clients like Revolut (Fintech), Rackspace (Tech), Ericsson (Telco), Verifone (Banking), and L3 (Defense).

James and Nona joined the JobSync Recruitment Roundtable to discuss proven strategies to secure initial funding to build a Recruiting Operations function and help us all understand the key factors in making a successful first Rec Ops hire.

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Leading U.S., U.K., and India tech hiring platform hackajob has introduced hackajob intelligence, an end-to-end hiring platform designed to transform the way tech teams are built and managed. The new feature aims to streamline the entire hiring process from a single prompt.

https://hrtechfeed.com/hackajob-launches-end-to-end-ai-assisted-platform-for-tech-hiring/

iCIMS announced availability of its summer release …This release is designed to help organizations worldwide build stronger candidate connections and faster recruiting workflows with AI-powered products and capabilities. 

Sense announced the launch of its Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) platform. This comprehensive solution streamlines the entire talent acquisition process by centralizing candidate data, communications, and engagement in a single, user-friendly platform.

https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-icims-and-sense/

CHICAGO – RiseKit, a purpose-built software platform that enables economic mobility by connecting underrepresented talent with employers seeking to fill critical roles,announced a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The financial support will help RiseKit expand into new markets and improve economic outcomes for local community organizations and job seekers on the RiseKit platform.

https://hrtechfeed.com/risekit-receives-1-5-million-grant-to-advance-opportunity-for-underserved-populations/

LOS ANGELES — Making Space, a B2B SaaS talent acquisition and learning platform for companies to train, access, and retain pre-qualified Disabled talent, is thrilled to announce the successful close of an oversubscribed $2 million pre-seed funding round. Led by Beta Boom, with participation from JFFVentures, FullCircle, American Student Assistance (ASA), ECMC Foundation, SmartJob, Mindshift Capital, Techstars and other notable investors.

https://hrtechfeed.com/making-space-raises-2m-to-scale-talent-acquisition-learning-platform-for-disabled-workers/

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In the last of my SHRM 24 conversations I chatted up Mike Stafiej the CEO of employee referral tool ERIN.

Travel sponsored by Jobcase.com

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In my latest SHRM 24 conversation we’ll talk to Jenifer Dulski the founder of team performance software Rising Team. The company recently raised 8 million in funding and we’ll find out more about this new hr tech startup.

Rec Tech Media travel to SHRM is sponsored by Jobcase.com

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Recorded live at SHRM24 in Chicago, Kahina Ouerdane, Chief People Officer of Workleap. Kahina has been mastering the art of managing people for more than a decade, previously at PwC as a consultant, and now at Workleap.

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At the SHRM 24 expo in Chicago I sat down with Yutaka Takagi, Principal Product Evangelist at isolved along with one of their customers to get her feedback with the HCM platform.

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