Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast

Hosted by Chris Russell, online recruiting's mad scientist, the RecTech podcast covers all aspects of recruiting technology and recruitment marketing including interesting new tools & vendors. You'll also hear how recruiters leverage technology to find talent. A great listen for HR tech vendors, HR professionals and recruiters everywhere. CONTACT: chris@rectechmedia.com

Episodes

August 8, 2025 7 mins
Employee Navigator, a leading benefits administration & HR software provider, announced it has completed a $100 million funding round from existing investors JMI Equity and Spectrum Equity.  https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-navigator-completes-100-million-funding-round/ Bullhorn, the leader in software for the staffing industry, today announced the acquisition of TargetRecruit, a Houston-based provider of front- and middle-office ...
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Zach Larson from student transportation company First Student stops by to talk about their HR tech stack and how they recruit bus drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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July 31, 2025 8 mins
This podcast is now part of the Purple Acorn Network…a destination where talent meets storytelling, where hiring meets humanity, and where podcasts don’t sound like onboarding videos. Check it out at https://www.purpleacornnetwork.com/ CareerBuilder + Monster (the “Company”) today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the following transactions in connection with the Company’s previous...
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July 24, 2025 9 mins
Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate conversion engine — no replatforming required, live in days.Visit dalia.co to learn more. AND by jobcase, Jobcase is an online community where workers of all kinds – like hourly employees, tradespeople and healthcare technicians – access jobs, make connections, and support each other i...
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July 14, 2025 51 mins
So Indeed is once again making it difficult for customers to work with them. From now on job feeds must come directly  from your ATS …thus forcing recruitment ad agencies who typically create their own feeds to massage the job data and clean it up. This move is yet another example of Indeed throwing its weight around and forcing customer to change their practices yet again…a problem that is continuing to plague the worlds largest ...
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Workleap, a leading Canadian software company building the AI-powered talent management platform teams actually love to use, has acquired Barley, an end-to-end compensation management solution. This acquisition marks a significant step forward in unifying two critical components of talent strategy: performance and compensation. Traditionally managed in isolation through disconnected systems and workflows, these functions are now br...
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I spoke with the founder of warmerjobs.com about his new referral job search tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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July 2, 2025 8 mins
First up…Sapia.ai, the global leader in ethical and explainable AI for hiring, today announced the release of Job Analysis Studio (JAS™) — a next-generation AI product that enables enterprises to design structured, science-based interviews in minutes, for faster, fairer hiring decisions. https://hrtechfeed.com/sapia-lanches-job-analysis-studio/  Joveo, the programmtica ad vendors, announced the launch of its new AI Career Site Bu...
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The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for Recruiting and Hiring Operations. This roundtable will delve into how AI is moving beyond simple automation to fundamentally reshape RecOps, from optimizing efficiency and generating deeper insights to transforming candidate and recruiter experiences. We’ll explore AI’s multifaceted impact on the entire hiring eco...
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June 26, 2025 8 mins
First up…Appcast, the leading recruitment marketing platform powered by programmatic, today announced the launch of Appcast Brand Ads, the recruiting industry’s first brand marketing solution that tracks to the hire. This innovative solution enables employers to engage people on social channels where they spend vast amounts of time. By bringing Appcast’s programmatic technology to social media channels, Appcast Brand Ads allows emp...
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Today, we're diving deep into the latest job numbers, and folks, the U.S. labor market is treading water. While 139,000 jobs in May might sound okay, the reality is, job growth has slowed to its weakest level in over 13 years.  We're talking about the lowest average monthly gains since late 2011. What's driving this slowdown? And what does it mean for our economy, especially with sectors like healthcare and hospitality carrying mo...
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This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and when—to convert those leads into applicants and hires? That’s the hard part. That’s why Dalia is offering a free CRM Audit to help you unlock more value from the systems you’ve already invested in.…. Go to dalia.co/rectechcrm to get your free CRM audit today AND by jobcase, Jobcase is ...
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June 5, 2025 10 mins
This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and when—to convert those leads into applicants and hires? That’s the hard part. That’s why Dalia is offering a free CRM Audit to help you unlock more value from the systems you’ve already invested in.…. Go to dalia.co/rectechcrm to get your free CRM audit today AND by jobcase, Jobcase is ...
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Join JobSync and industry expert Dan Quigg, CEO of Public Insight, where we’ll explore key data points and their implications, including highlights from our recent candidate preferences pulse survey and other market intelligence. Come prepared to discuss the data that matters most and pose your own questions during registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Workday, Inc. announced Workday Rising 2025, the company’s annual flagship conference for finance, HR, and IT professionals, taking place September 15-18 in San Francisco. https://rising.workday.com/ Austin based Talroo, announced a leadership transition: Thad Price has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer, and Bruce Ge, Talroo’s Founder and Chairman of the Board, has been appointed CEO, effective immediately. https://hrtechf...
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This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and when—to convert those leads into applicants and hires? That’s the hard part. That’s why Dalia is offering a free CRM Audit to help you unlock more value from the systems you’ve already invested in.…. Go to dalia.co/rectechcrm to get your free CRM audit today AND by jobcase, Jobcase is ...
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May 19, 2025 27 mins
I asked Phenom to demo a few of their new AI agents for voice screening and chatbots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 15, 2025 8 mins
This episode is sponsored in part by Dalia—Talent teams are sitting on a powerful asset: candidate and lead data in their CRM. But knowing how—and when—to convert those leads into applicants and hires? That’s the hard part. That’s why Dalia is offering a free CRM Audit to help you unlock more value from the systems you’ve already invested in.…. Go to dalia.co/rectechcrm to get your free CRM audit today AND by jobcase, Jobcase is ...
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As I walked the floor at Unlash in Vegas I hit up a few vendors. In order of appearance; iSolved Anthropos Curately Hirebrain HR Bench Nectar Paradox Sense Vizzy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Eightfold announced how agentic AI is enabling the paradigm shift from talent intelligence to talent advantage, enabling workforce productivity—autonomously, continuously, and at scale.  https://hrtechfeed.com/eightfold-announces-agentic-ai-features/ Greenhouse, the hiring platform,announced at the UNLEASH Conference a slate of new products of built-in AI tools to help companies save time on tedious tasks and focus on strategic ...
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