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.

Diversity-focused talent acquisition platform PowerToFly added a Candidate Search feature to its PowerPro product. Candidate Search will help customers identify and recruit candidates from underrepresented groups based on specific parameters like gender and ethnicity The tool allows users to find, shortlist and engage potential candidates within a single search function....
CareerBuilder launched a Pay Per Resume pricing option, which the company says will make the hiring process more efficient and cost-effective. The new solution is designed to provide businesses with “an affordable and flexible alternative to traditional recruitment fees.” With it, CareerBuilder will charge companies only for the resumes they...
Crosschq added new DEI features to its TalentWall product, expanding its ability to visualize the entire active and historical candidate pool in order to help companies more accurately track diversity-focused sourcing and hiring initiatives. Acquired by Crosschq in 2022, TalentWall created a recruiting analytics platform to help talent acquisition teams...
Beamery launched new features to help employers understand the skillset required for any given role. Unveiled as Dynamic Job Architecture, the module automatically tracks a company’s skills needs by comparing its hiring to external data, so managers can make more informed hiring and workforce decisions. Dynamic Job Architecture is the...
Datapeople launched Datapeople Insights, a recruiting analytics solution that aims to provide data-based insights for talent acquisition teams. The company hopes the product will allow recruiters to better focus their efforts and make more effective hiring decisions by using data. According to the company, the product helps organizations make sense...
ZipRecruiter and UKG partnered with the goal of supporting enterprise hiring. The companies said the partnership will include an integration that will accelerate the time-to-hire and improve the quality of candidates in the pipeline. The integration will give UKG customers access to ZipRecruiter’s marketplace and application process solution. It will...
Harver launched Harver CHAT, its new conversational AI hiring tool which claims to automate the job application process and streamline the candidate experience. With it, the company hopes to help organizations reduce time-to hire while also boosting their employer brand. Harver CHAT uses AI to ask candidate screening questions in...
SeekOut launched two new features intended to help recruiters improve their results. The first, GPT-powered SeekOut Assist, helps recruiters move quickly from job description to initial contact with matching candidates. (SeekOut Assist was initially unveiled in April and has been undergoing a limited customer test since.) The second, Pipeline Insights, offers analytics...
by Ashwin BharathCEO, Revature Across sectors, the pandemic has accelerated the momentum and importance of digital transformation — a buzzword that, writ large, refers to the integration of technology into all aspects of business. In 2025, global spending on digital transformation is slated to top $2.8 trillion. That’s more than...
isolved launched its Compensation Analytics and Talent Intelligence solutions, a follow up to the recent release of Benchmark Insights. The products are designed to help companies of all sizes take advantage of enterprise-grade analytics when making compensation and talent decisions. Where Benchmark Insights provides data on salary, tenure and turnover...