Al Smith, is the Chief Technology Officer for New Jersey based ICIMS….iCIMS is a leading provider of talent acquisition technology that enables organizations everywhere to build winning workforces.  TOPICS What’s a day in the life like for the CTO of a hiring software company? Whats the biggest challenge in your job? Icims is 20 years old now…you've been here about 10….what is the biggest thing you have learned about fostering this kind of software? Winter release, lets talk about it. How many releases do you have each year? Whats something you might be working  for the ..read more

Matt Plummer is the Senior Vice President, Product Strategy & Enterprise Solutions for Ziprecruiter one of the worlds largest job marketplaces. Founded in 2010, the Santa Monica-based company has over 1000 employees in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Israel.  TOPICS 1. What's new at the company? 2. Numbers: what are the latest traffic numbers for Ziprecruiter.com? How many seekers do you have in your resume database? 3. It's been a tough 12-18 months for the job board world with ad spend down, how are you viewing 2024? 4. Hows Phil….talk about that user experience….pre-screening new ..read more

Andre Boulais is a veteran of the HR Tech space with past stints at vendors like Jobvite, Entelo and Silk Road, today he is the new chief revenue officer at Cnect a new hiring software platform. He joins me on today’s podcast to talk about hiring software. Connect with Andre on LinkedIn TOPICS How did you end up a Cnect? Describe what you guys do? Kind of a tough market for software vendors in HR tech what challenges are you faced with right now? Target customer? Coolest part of the platform? Free offer for candidates ..read more

Handshake is the leading network for early career talent. Their mission is to democratize access to opportunity by enabling students and alumni to establish meaningful relationships--no connections, experience, or luck required. The company is about to celebrate its ten year anniversary. CEO/founder Garret Lord Joins the Podcast TOPICS - Give us a quick history of Handshake what drove you to build it? -App first experience? - The company is hitting a decade this spring and you've made some recent product updates, can you tell us about those?  - What's an example of a success story w ..read more

Bas van de Haterd is a professional speaker, consultant and trainer with a particular focus on using technology to improve recruitment. Based in Soest, The Netherlands, he has more than 20 years' experience and his consulting clients include Dutch Rail, Dutch Post and Twente University. His new book, co-authored with Kevin Wheeler is out. Entitled Talent Acquisition Excellence - Using Digital Capabilities and Analytics to Improve Recruitment. https://www.koganpage.com/hr-learning-development/talent-acquisition-technologies-9781398614161 Use code koganpage20 to get 20% off Also available on Am ..read more

A new tech job platform offering tech professionals a complete, autonomous solution to finding their next career move has launched. Called Headhuntable, the site leverages virtual assistants to aid job seekers in their search. Headhuntable.io provides a lifeline for skilled individuals seeking stable employment. The platform combines three crucial elements: an intimate knowledge of the technical marketplace and its hiring practices, Virtual Assistants (VAs) who serve as agents to market your talent to prospective employers, and Mentors/Coaches to help you develop your professional skills and ..read more

Alex Fourlis is the General Manager at Veritone, the parent owner of Pandologic and Broadbean the job distribution platform and he’s here today to talk about AI in the hiring lifecycle. TOPICS DISCUSSED It looks like we’re going to see a lot of movement within the workforce in 2024. We’re already seeing layoffs and recruiters – already inundated with resumes – are going to be getting even more. How can AI help recruiters manage this load and find the right candidates? Now that AI is part of the hiring process, do candidates need to think differently about their resumes, how they fi ..read more

We brought on the CEO and founder of Qualifi to talk about how recruiting is evolving beyond the resume. TOPICS DISCUSSED Opening Question: To kick things off, could you share with our audience why you believe understanding the candidate beyond their resume is crucial in today's evolving recruitment landscape? The Evolution of Recruitment: Question about Industry Trends: How have you seen the recruitment landscape change in recent years, and what role does candidate voice play in this transformation? Holistic and Data-Driven Approach: Exploring the Holistic Approach: Can you delve into how ad ..read more

Director, Technology @ Humareso. Jamie Aquila is an award-winning technologist, designer, architect, and 4x tech startup CTO. His projects have been named a LinkedIn Top 50 Startup in 2018 and a Startup Of The Year “Top 100 Startups” in 2020. Jamie jumps back into the HR space after evolving the NYC restaurant job board Harri.com into a global HRIS for the service industry. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST "Before we dive into the intricacies of HR technology, Jamie, could you share a bit about your journey in the HR tech space? What sparked your interest in this field, and how has your e ..read more

Recruitment marketing company Recruitics recently launched BriON, a new AI-powered conversational analytics experience. Here to demo the new feature is their CEO Adam Stafford. TOPICS What is BriON? In today’s recruitment market, you have more options than ever before to connect with talent. Knowing which solutions work and which don’t, requires data—and there’s a vast amount of it available. But making sense of data, and making it work for you, can be extremely complex. iON allows us to harness real-time data to move dynamically in an ever-changing talent landscape. Aware of the google f ..read more