Talent Acquisition

Despite the wave of new technology being put to use by recruiters, sourcers and applicant tracking systems, many contend that matching the right candidate to the right role still boils down to relationship-building and telephone time. Here we explore the tools involved and how to strike the right balance between machine time and personal touch.

Nearly three-quarters of HR professionals, 72%, say people challenges and talent gaps are the biggest obstacles they currently face. Just 35% believe their people-management functions use relevant digital technologies, and only 30% agree that HR is using data and analytics to anticipate people challenges. The findings were included in a...
Searchlight announced the general availability of its platform TRACY’s version 2.0. The upgraded TRACY – which stands for Talent Recommendation Agent Customized to You – embeds AI into recruiter workflows to analyze candidate data and surface candidates, and provides recommendations and explanations to “streamline manual work.” The company said its...
The Josh Bersin Company’s launch of the generative AI assistant Galileo brings one of the industry’s leading brands directly into the business of HR technology. No longer limited to analysis, commentary and advisory services, Bersin is leveraging his decades of research, industry experience and name recognition to offer direct and...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Mark Chaffey, the CEO of hackajob. The employers and candidates on their platform are all part of the technology business. Their candidates are tech professionals and the employers have some kind of skin...
The answer to the continuing talent shortage may be hiding in plain sight, Forbes says: America’s veterans. In the current landscape, where 81% of hiring professionals are struggling to fill roles -- as was shown in a recent study from Employ --  tapping into the pool of 18 million veterans...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Mahe Bayireddi, the CEO of Phenom. They use AI in their talent acquisition platform of course, but they also talk a lot about data. Mahe says that's because he's seen...
Employee referral platform ERIN unveiled ERIN Connect, an integration engine designed to help companies connect ERIN's referral program and other products into their HR tech stack. Founded in 2018, ERIN – which stands for Employee Referral Invitation Network – automates referral management to encourage employees to make more candidate referrals....
Transcript Mark:Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer.Today I'm talking with Dan Kessler, the president of Energage. They research and analyze employee sentiment with an eye toward its use in employer branding. We're going to talk about how hiring has changed and...
Unlike office-based industries, hiring for frontline work has not normalized since the pandemic, according to research from Fountain. The company’s State of Frontline Hiring study found that frontline industries offered 25% more job openings in July 2023 than they did in July 2019. Meantime, quit rates have risen to...
Appcast launched AppcastOne, an omni-channel recruitment marketing solution that uses programmatic, search, social and traditional media to help optimize candidate acquisition. When using the service, organizations work with Appcast professionals to develop a custom strategy to attract and hire candidates. AppcastOne provides integrated reporting and insights, including tracking activity from...