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.

Even as hiring falls and unemployment rises as the coronavirus freezes the world’s economy, many employers are strengthening their talent pipelines and getting used to new technologies in order to prepare for the eventual recovery. “Generally, there has been pretty significant disruption,” said Ben Slater, vice president of marketing for recruiting platform Beamery....
Dice integrated TalentSearch into its job management interface. The company said the move will help employers create short lists of qualified candidates more quickly.  The integration allows recruiters and hiring managers to post jobs, source candidates and manage applications by way of a single workflow, the company said. TalentSearch also provides...
Phenom added new products to its Talent Experience Platform, including one-to-one personalization, a gig-style approach to internal assignments and role-based access. The company, which previously called itself Phenom People, announced the products during its IAMPHENOM conference in Philadelphia. With the products, the company’s trying to reduce the need for multiple platforms in recruiting,...
Updated Beamery signed an exclusive technology, sales and marketing partnership agreement with Ph.Creative, an employer branding agency based in Liverpool. The deal allows both organizations to offer Beamery’s CRM platform and Ph.Creative’s career web site technology, design and employer branding services in a single solution. Although Beamery provides career sites...
PageUp, JazzHR and the caregivers career site myCNAjobs have all announced integrations that provide users with background screening services. All of the companies sent the same message: By partnering with reference-checking services, they’ll make it easier for employers to verify candidate backgrounds without requiring them to switch back and forth between products. In PageUp’s case, Sterling...
CareerBuilder launched a social recruiting tool that lives within its Talent Acquisition Suite to U.S. customers. The company said SocialReferral is available to U.S. clients and will help employees share content and job postings internally and to their own personal networks. SocialReferral is designed to help organizations highlight their culture...
Microbusinesses, those with fewer than 20 employees, are struggling to find candidates and often turn to consultants and technology products to help fill open roles. According to a study of ADP data by Moody’s Analytics and The Wall Street Journal, headcount at these companies was flat in 2019, while businesses...
iCIMS has joined Ceridian’s Dayforce Software Partner Program and plans to build an integration between its talent acquisition platform and Ceridian’s HCM solution. The connection will simplify the exchange of data between the two products, the company said, allowing information to be used throughout the candidate and employee lifecycle. It’s the...
Hireology, a Chicago-based recruiting platform for dispersed businesses, announced an integration with auto dealership technology firm Dealerltrack. Separately, the company said it will release a new mobile app this summer. Hireology said the app is one of several platform enhancements it plans to offer automobile retailers this year. Intended...
A sponsored guest column from Jennifer Thomas, a member of Phenom People’s marketing team. Personalization—it’s everywhere. From what we buy on Amazon to what we watch on Netflix, our activities of daily living are filled with experiences that are instantly personalized to our preferences. In fact, customized content is so...