Brennan Delsing, Ripplematch

RecTech Podcast

RippleMatch recently announced the launch of its AI-Talent Marketplace, a skills-based hiring engine built to meet the realities of a job market transformed by AI. The new platform replaces resumes and proxies with verified skill signals showcasing AI fluency, interpersonal skills, and technical proficiencies. Designed to serve the next generation of talent and companies building the modern teams of tomorrow, this product marks a “shift in how early-career hiring happens”.

Here to discuss the new features and the state of early career recruiting is their COO Brennan Delsing.

TOPICS

1. Give us a brief history of Ripplematch and tell the audience what you do?

2. Your announcement places a huge emphasis on "AI fluency" as the new critical skill. This is a new and abstract concept for many. How does your platform practically and verifiably measure a candidate's ability to "wield AI tools," beyond just them listing it as a skill?

3. The releases notes that AI has amplified hiring problems by enabling "bot-like behavior and inflated qualifications." How does your marketplace technically differentiate between a candidate who truly possesses a skill versus one who simply used AI to generate a polished-but-empty application?

4. Demo …

5. With AI automating so many traditional entry-level tasks, many young professionals are anxious. How does your platform actively guide a candidate to identify their specific skill gaps and become what you call "AI-ready"?

6. This platform is built on "verified skill signals" instead of "outdated resumes." Five years from now, do you see this as the beginning of the end for the traditional resume? And what impact will that shift have on the broader early-career ecosystem, from universities to the "AI-native" students themselves?

7. Got a favorite feature?

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In this episode you will hear from a variety of TA and Employer Brand execs tell you what’s in store for 2026, how AI is affecting their jobs and more!

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• Rachel Duran, HP Enterprise

• Tractor Supply TA team

• Dan Lockhart, Sondermind

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• JCK, GBS Worldwide

• Kylie Denk, Index Exchange

• Michael Glenn, Agility Hire

• Nick Russell Advisor360

• Kara Yarnot, Author

Around 2,000 folks hit the Fairgrounds in Nashville for the annual two day RecFest event.

Melissa King, Paylocity

HR Tech Conversations

Melissa King is the SVP of Product & Technology for Paylocity. We chatted at the recent HR tech Conference in Las Vegas.

• How long have you been at Paylocity and describe your role?

• Myth you do more than payroll…All the payroll companies seem to be HCM suites at this point, correct?

• How Paylocity is weaving AI into its platform to power smarter navigation and real assistance across the HR functions? AI assistant

• Is the future of HR systems agentic?

• Whats your fav new AI feature in the product?

• What is HR software like in 10 years? Describe a couple use cases

• What do you think of all the M&A going on…?

HR Tech Conversations

Phenom's John Deal

John Deal, Phenom’s Sr Director of Product Marketing stops by to catch us up on their Agentic AI rollout.

• You announced your Ai agents back in March give us an update on where the rollout stands.

• Any new features since the spring?

• Whats your favorite feature?

• Thoughts on all the acquisitions?

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Heidi Barnett

HR Tech Conversations

isolved’s Heidi Barnett stops by at the HR Tech show to detail their new partnership with Indeed. Along with Workable, isolved is one of only two hand-selected partners worldwide to seamlessly integrate  with Indeed Talent Scout, a new intelligent conversational artificial intelligence (AI) agent  designed to improve how employers find, engage and hire talent.

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Vamsee Tirukkala from Draup

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Shiran Yaroslavsky

SVP, SmartRecruiters

Shiran Yaroslavsky is the SVP of Product for SmartRecruiters, the newly acquired ATS for SAP. We talked about the merger, AI and where they are headed with Winston their AI component. Recorded live on the expo floor at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas.

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Bastien Botella

Head of Growth & Marketing

Bastien Botella leads Growth & Marketing for Fountain the frontline worker hiring software. We talked about marketing in the HR tech space and where Fountain is heading.

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Anil Dharni and I sat down to discuss what this years buzzwords are, how their voice AI recruiter platform is progressing and his thoughts on the future of Ai and recruiting. (15 min)

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Recorded live from the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas here are 5 conversations from various starts in the Pavilion area that I chatted up. They are;

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