Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

“If someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or Google’s AI features, “Where are great places to work in Chicago if I’m an engineer?” your company does not get considered because you have nice values copy.

You get considered because the system can find you, understand you, and trust what it finds.”

That was written by employer brand expert James Ellis and he joins me now on the show to talk about how employers should be crafting their career sites to be found inside the new AI ecosystem.

Questions

Its a new age James when it comes to career site SEO set the stage on where we came from and where we are in 2026?

Lets run through your recent post starting with #1 Give your company a real entity home page, what do you mean by that?

Where can people go to learn more about you and your services?

LINK:

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NEW YORK — Symphony Talent, announced the launch of Career Finder, a new capability within its SFX Career Website platform that transforms job search into AI-powered discovery — helping job seekers quickly find roles that fit

⁠https://hrtechfeed.com/symphony-talent-replacing-traditional-career-site-job-search-with-ai-powered-discovery/⁠

GAIA acquires SocialJobs

⁠https://hrtechfeed.com/gaia-acquires-socialjobs-as-it-eyes-u-s-expansion/⁠

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ⁠LumApps⁠, the connected AI employee hub, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ⁠Comeen⁠, the workplace experience platform specializing in space management, digital signage and visitor services.

⁠https://hrtechfeed.com/lumapps-acquires-workplace-experience-platform/⁠

UKG Layoffs

⁠https://hrexecutive.com/ukg-cuts-950-jobs-in-latest-round-of-restructuring/⁠

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NEW YORK — Symphony Talent, announced the launch of Career Finder, a new capability within its SFX Career Website platform that transforms job search into AI-powered discovery — helping job seekers quickly find roles that fit

https://hrtechfeed.com/symphony-talent-replacing-traditional-career-site-job-search-with-ai-powered-discovery/

GAIA acquires SocialJobs

https://hrtechfeed.com/gaia-acquires-socialjobs-as-it-eyes-u-s-expansion/

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LumApps, the connected AI employee hub, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Comeen, the workplace experience platform specializing in space management, digital signage and visitor services.

https://hrtechfeed.com/lumapps-acquires-workplace-experience-platform/

UKG Layoffs

https://hrexecutive.com/ukg-cuts-950-jobs-in-latest-round-of-restructuring/

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SAN FRANCISCO – Worki, a healthcare technology startup, announced today that it has raised $2.75 million in pre-seed funding to solve one of the most persistent headaches in modern medicine: the fragmented and overwhelming administrative burden of workforce operations.

https://hrtechfeed.com/worki-raises-2-75-million-to-power-ai-healthcare-workforce-operations/

Accurate, a leading provider of global compliant background checks and monitoring solutions, today announced the launch of AccurateWatch, its new Continuous Monitoring solution that is designed to help organizations manage workforce risk and maintain compliance after employees are hired. 

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 Asymbl, the workforce orchestration company redefining hybrid workforce orchestration across human and digital workers, is announcing the launch of Talent Intelligence and general availability of Recruiter Agent, built on Salesforce Agentforce. Together these products are advancing their Workforce Applications to the next level to deliver unified talent relationship management that will empower recruiters caught between outdated platforms and the pressure of today’s fast-paced and expensive talent market. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-tech-news-from-accurate-asymbl/

My friends at phenom are having a virtual event next week on april 22 at 10am ET

Every HR leader is being asked to use AI, but few have the technology to do it. The result? Projects fail, data remains siloed, and the task-level intelligence needed to actually reskill, automate, or redeploy talent doesn’t exist. 

That changes April 22. Join Phenom’s HR Innovation Showcase to see how AI and AI agents empower global enterprises to redesign work operations, hire faster, develop better, and retain longer.

https://info.phenom.com/hr-innovation-showcase/?utm_source=Rectechmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fy27_innovation_showcase

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In an April 2nd community call hosted by Chris Hoyt of CareerXroads, Indeed detailed significant policy changes aimed at transitioning the platform toward a more controlled "pay-to-play" marketplace. The key shift involves the sunsetting of traditional XML feed support, requiring employers to integrate their Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) directly or post manually, which effectively ends the "single source" free visibility many companies relied on.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-indeed-told-us-summary-april-2nd-community-call-chris-hoyt-r37dc/

Oracle today announced Fusion Agentic Applications for HR. The new agentic applications are powered by coordinated teams of specialized AI agents that are outcome-driven, proactive, reasoning-based, and engineered for enterprise execution. Built into Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Fusion Agentic Applications for HR can make and execute decisions within business processes by securely accessing unified enterprise data, workflows, policies, approval hierarchies, permissions, and transactional context.

https://hrtechfeed.com/oracle-introduces-fusion-agentic-applications-for-hr/

https://hrtechfeed.com/ai-agents-now-have-their-own-job-board/

Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY), a leading provider of HCM, Finance, and IT solutions, today announced the acquisition of Grayscale Labs, Inc. (“Grayscale”), an AI-powered recruiting automation company that helps businesses hiring at scale move faster without compromising quality.

Grayscale expands Paylocity’s recruiting capabilities with AI-powered recruiting automation that helps employers engage candidates earlier and move faster through time-sensitive hiring workflows—while keeping hiring decisions firmly in the hands of recruiters and hiring managers. The platform helps organizations keep pace with the ongoing hiring demands of high‑volume, high‑turnover workforces without sacrificing quality or control.

https://hrtechfeed.com/paylocity-acquires-grayscale-to-expand-ai-powered-recruiting-capabilities/

Wizehire, the leading hiring platform for small and growing businesses, announced the launch of Jobs by Wizehire, a new app available in ChatGPT to help job seekers easily find and apply to local jobs through conversations.

https://hrtechfeed.com/wizehire-launches-jobs-app-in-chatgpt/

In a move that signals a fundamental shift in how corporations view their workforce, monday.com (NASDAQ: MNDY) has officially launched Agentalent.ai, a first-of-its-kind managed marketplace designed specifically for “hiring” enterprise AI agents.

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Ben Mones on Workplace Misconduct and Social Media Screening

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Guest: Ben Mones, CEO of Fama Technologies

In this episode, Ben discusses the rising tide of workplace misconduct and why modern screening practices need to evolve with the workforce. With six generations now in the workplace—most of them digital natives—traditional background checks are no longer enough.

Key Takeaways:

Misconduct is surging: Fama's latest report shows a 34% year-over-year increase in online misconduct signals, including trolling, violence, threats, and drug references 08:55

LinkedIn is becoming problematic: The platform has seen the biggest explosion of misconduct, with users migrating from Twitter and other platforms bringing problematic behavior with them 11:30

Screening strategy must match your workforce: With half the workplace now being Gen Z and millennials with extensive social media histories, employers need to adapt their screening sources and methods 03:30

AI enables nuanced evaluation: Modern AI can distinguish between casual language and genuine threats, allowing for more sophisticated screening than simple keyword matching 14:00

Transparency builds trust: When employers openly communicate their screening practices and values, candidates actually appreciate it—most want to work somewhere that screens for intolerance and harassment 18:38

The Future: Expect more explainable, behavior-based AI systems that track candidates over time and provide longitudinal insights—moving beyond binary "pass/fail" evaluations to more nuanced talent assessment.

Learn more at Fama.io

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SAN FRANCISCO — Crosschq today announced the acquisition of Traitify, a leading assessment platform for frontline and high-volume hiring, advancing its mission to build the industry’s first outcome-trained foundation model for hiring.

https://hrtechfeed.com/crosschq-announces-acquisition-of-traitify/

SAN FRANCISCO — Lattice, the HCM platform announced the acquisition of Mandala’s AI-native coaching technology and the addition of its founder, Tarun Galagali.

https://hrtechfeed.com/lattice-acquires-ai-coaching-platform/

NEW YORK — Sona, the AI platform powering scheduling, HR, payroll and other business-critical workflows, has raised $45 million in Series B funding led by N47, with participation from existing investors … this brings its total funding to over $100 million. The round will accelerate Sona’s US expansion and bring forward a decade of planned platform capabilities into customers’ hands within a matter of months.

https://hrtechfeed.com/sona-raises-45m-series-b/

https://hrtechfeed.com/salary-com-unveils-max-ai-to-automate-compensation-management-and-real-time-market-intelligence/

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Tracker, the AI-native ATS and CRM platform built for staffing and recruiting agencies, today announced that it is among the first applicant tracking systems to go live with LinkedIn’s RSC+ integration, enabling Connected Projects for LinkedIn Hiring Assistant customers.

https://hrtechfeed.com/tracker-ats-integrates-with-linkedin-hiring-assistant/

Salary.com, a pioneer in the compensation data industry for over 25 years, announced a major evolution in its platform this week with the launch of Max, a purpose-built AI designed to revolutionize how HR departments handle pay decisions.

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The landscape for federal contractors has changed overnight. With the revocation of Executive Order 11246, the dramatic restructuring of the OFCCP, and the finalized 2026 federal budget, the “old way” of managing affirmative action is officially obsolete.

Is your organization prepared for the new enforcement era?

Join Jobsync for an exclusive virtual briefing led by a premier employment law attorney and compliance consultant. We’ll cut through the noise of the recent agency downsizing to show you exactly where the Department of Labor is shifting its focus—and where your greatest legal risks now lie.

Speakers:

Amanda Bowman is Director and Principal Consultant at DCI Consulting Group in the Workforce Analytics and Compliance Strategy team. Amanda joined DCI as an Analyst in September 2010. Amanda provides clients with guidance on EEO and affirmative action statutes and regulations to meet the OFCCP compliance requirements. Amanda’s primary focus is to provide support for clients on affirmative action planning, compensation equity analyses, audits, and employment discrimination. She also is involved in testing and selection projects, including job analyses, test validation, and validity generalization research. 

Sheila Abron is a partner at Fisher Phillips, LLP. Certified as a Specialist in Employment and Labor Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court, Sheila represents companies and educational institutions—large and small—as they navigate employment issues related to hiring, discipline, investigations, employment discrimination, unemployment, and other related issues. As Chair of the Firm’s Government Contracting, Compliance, and Reporting practice group, she has extensive experience providing compliance advice to federal contractors on affirmative action and OFCCP regulations and audits. Sheila also has a wealth of experience working on collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and class actions under wage and hour state laws. She is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA).

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Adzuna, the global job search platform, today announced the acquisition of the jobs businesses of Trovit and Mitula, two market-leading search engines operated by the Lifull Connect group. The acquisition marks Adzuna’s third acquisition in four years, further strengthening its position as one of the world’s leading global job search platforms.

https://hrtechfeed.com/adzuna-acquires-2-job-search-engines/

SILICON VALLEY, Calif. — Today, Novaworks, the AI-native Human Capital Management (HCM) operating system for the enterprise built on the ServiceNow platform, announced its launch in conjunction with $8M in seed funding led by Stalwart Ventures, with strategic participation from ServiceNow Ventures and Bell Ventures. The Company also introduced the first agentic operating system for Total Workforce Management (TWM)

https://hrtechfeed.com/workforce-management-platform-lands-8m/

Following an intensive build phase with early customers, Deel announced the general availability of its fully integrated ATS. Unlike standalone recruiting tools that stop at the offer stage, Deel’s ATS is built directly on top of Deel’s HRIS. This drives quicker hiring and productivity with ATS and HR on a single platform. 

https://hrtechfeed.com/big-deel-eor-platform-adds-ats/

Healthcare workforce platform Carefam has emerged from stealth mode, announcing $14.5 million in funding led by Pitango HealthTech with participation from Emerge.

https://hrtechfeed.com/healthcare-recruiting-platform-lands-14-5m/

SAN FRANCISCO — Ezra, a voice AI interviewing platform built for recruiting teams looking for reliable signals to assess talent, and candidates who want to be heard, announced today that it has raised a $3.2 million seed round 

https://hrtechfeed.com/voice-ai-interview-platform-lands-3-2m-seed-round/

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Recruiting platform Paraform has raised $40 million in Series B funding,...

https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiting-platform-paraform-has-raised-40-million-in-series-b/

Findem, the AI platform for talent outcomes, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Glider AI, a skills validation platform. Together, the companies will deliver an AI-powered hiring solution that produces hire-ready candidates—candidates who are discovered, assessed and verified before they reach hiring managers.

https://hrtechfeed.com/findem-to-acquire-glider-ai/

Workable announced the launch of Workable Agent, an AI recruiting agent built directly into its ATS. More than an add-on or isolated feature, Workable Agent brings agency-level recruiting capability directly inside the hiring platform. It acts as a full-cycle hiring teammate that helps teams define the job, source candidates, engage talent, and deliver qualified candidates ready for interview.

https://hrtechfeed.com/workable-launches-agentic-ai-features/

iCIMS, announced its Spring 2026 product release this week, headlined by the launch of iCIMS Frontline AI. The new suite of tools is specifically engineered to help enterprises overcome the unique hurdles of high-volume hiring, such as candidate drop-off and the administrative burden on hiring managers.

https://hrtechfeed.com/icims-unveils-ai-powered-spring-release-to-tackle-frontline-hiring-crisis/

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