CareerBuilder acquired Textkernel, an Amsterdam-based company focused on AI, machine learning and semantic technology designed for matching candidates to jobs. The company said the purchase was part of a wider investment in AI and machine learning.
However, the company will also apply its new tools to candidate-facing products. Careerbuilder said...
They say diversity & inclusion is good business. That’s increasingly true for HR tech companies that build tools to help companies reach their D&I goals.
In a new report, RedThread Research and Mercer say that the market for D&I solutions is growing—it’s now worth about $100 million—but fragmented. Most of...
Career marketplace Hired.com has acquired Py, a Y Combinator company whose suite of assessment and screening tools helps employers evaluate engineering talent. Py’s staff will join Hired immediately and its products—Py for Work and the Py app—will be incorporated into Hired’s platform.
Several new products have emerged from the acquisition....
JobVite received a $200 million investment from K1 Investment Management, then turned around to announce three acquisitions: recruitment marketing firm Talemetry, internal hiring and referral platform provider RolePoint and the interviewing-chatbot company Canvas.
By wrapping these services into its own, JobVite said it will be able to deliver a unified...
LinkedIn said it will move LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Jobs and Pipeline Builder to a single platform to create what it calls, “the new intelligent hiring experience.” The idea is to simplify the recruiter’s toolkit by putting the products into one place and providing access through a single, revamped interface.
Separately,...
Infor and Montage have partnered to provide predictive
analytics and interviewing technology to employers. The companies will leverage
their platforms to offer candidates with an improved interviewing and
assessment experience while helping companies move quickly between scheduling,
assessment and interviews during the hiring process.
The companies said the partnership is meant to help...
HCM Technology Report’s Weekly Round-up via PODCAST. Seriously written by Mark Feffer. Gleefully shredded by Chad Sowash. This week: LinkedIn, JobVite & AI.
Welcome to the HCM Technology Report’s Weekly Round-up via PODCAST… It’s HR Tech, a blast of Rock N Roll and more EXPLICIT words than editors can count....
Phenom People has struck a deal with Digi-Me, which produces 60-second video job ads, to offer video recruiting tools on its platform.
Digi-Me’s products are built on the idea that the challenge of recruiting today can be overcome by “showing” a story as well as “telling” it. Its brief video...
Leoforce released Arya 3.0, a new version of its AI-based
recruiting product. The company said Arya is now the first recruiting platform to
combine AI sourcing from internal databases, job boards and social networks
with phone, text, email and bot-driven engagement.
Arya’s new iteration includes an interface designed to simplify access to its...
In this Point of View Vivian Maza, chief people officer at Ultimate Software, looks at how cultural fit helps ensure new hires will be long-lasting, valuable members of your organization.
Hiring is one of the most important — and challenging — roles of HR, and there are many important criteria...
