Podcasts about seekout

In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Managing Director Soma Somasegar sits down with Anoop Gupta, co-founder and CEO of  @SeekOut    — an AI-first company transforming how organizations discover, hire, and manage talent. They explore: 1) SeekOut's evolution from LLM-powered workflows to the launch of SeekOut Spot, their agentic AI solution that delivers hires in as little as 3 days. 2) Why "service as software" is the future of recruiting. 3) How founders and talent leaders can reimagine hiring in the age of AI agents. 4) Lessons from building an AI-native company through market shifts. 5) The real business model shift from tools to outcomes. With customers like Discord, 1Password, HP, and even Madrona itself, SeekOut is redefining what fast, high-quality hiring looks like. Transcript: https://madrona.com/rise-of-agentic-ai-in-recruiting-seekout-anoop-gupta Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:56) SeekOut Background and AI Evolution (03:55) The Role of Agentic AI in Recruiting (07:59) Business Model and Flexibility (12:59) Recruiting Process and Efficiency (16:49) Navigating Challenges and Product-Market Fit (20:29) Focus on Outcomes not on Hype  (22:25) Do you Need a Data Moat? (23:45) Don't build a recruiting org too early (25:50) The biggest hiring mistakes (29:15) Agentic AI for recruiting is here

Autonomous Agentic AI Recruiters: Here, Now?   If 2025 is going to be year of the Agentic AI, then companies like SeekOut are going to be one of the tech companies at the frontier of building them. We have already reviewed what Agentic AI is (see Ep293!) - and discussed how close and how far we are away from seeing them in production. Can product builders shed more light on where we currently stand - can we even see some of these agents in action?   I challenged SeekOut CEO Anoop Gupta to show us what is on the roadmap, and of course Anoop was up for the challenge! Not only will we see the next evolution of one of the most popular recruiting tools on the market, but in doing so better understand how this will shape the contours of future recruiting work.   Expectations are high: lets see whether Agentic AI is here, now!     We are on Friday 7th March, 1pm PT   Register by clicking the green button and follow the channel here (recommended)     Ep295 is sponsored by our friends SeekOut   SeekOut is one of the world's most popular recruitment technology platforms. Trusted by 1000's of employers worldwide to provide exceptional AI-enhanced candidate sourcing and personalising messaging services. Help your team hire the best talent by using SeekOut.

What does it take to become an elite recruiter? In this conversation, Benjamin Mena discusses the importance of building deeper relationships and connections in the recruiting industry. He emphasizes the value of face-to-face interactions and spending more time with clients and candidates. The conversation also touches on the use of technology and automation in recruiting, including tools like Woodpecker for email automation and SeekOut for finding top talent. Benjamin highlights the need for recruiters to be mission-driven and to focus on making a difference in the lives of candidates and organizations. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the future of recruiting, including the increasing use of automation and the importance of personalization and clean data. 02:10 The Importance of Planning and Time Management 06:30 The Power of Being a Content Creator 09:13 Pivoting to New Niches and Industries 12:31 Building Deep Relationships with Hiring Managers 27:38 The Role of Technology and Automation 34:22 Being Mission-Driven in the Recruiting Industry 37:46 The Future of Recruiting: Automation and Personalization Smart Ideas 4: Smart ideas from the smartest minds in staffing. 7 hours. 14 speed talks. Save Your Seat: https://www.haleymarketing.com/smarti... Need more job orders? Struggling to find qualified candidates? Book 30 minutes of FREE strategic marketing consultation with Brad Bialy: https://bit.ly/stageoffer The Elite Recruiter Podcast is the top recruiting podcast for recruiters, providing insights and advice on how to find, hire, and retain top talent (https://www.eliterecruiterpodcast.com/)

Are you struggling to find top-tier candidates with security clearances for government contracting roles? Welcome to a vital episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast, where we tackle one of the most challenging aspects of the recruiting world: sourcing cleared professionals for government contracts. In this episode, your hosts James Dyson and Benjamin Mena dive deep into strategies for effectively recruiting individuals with high-security clearances. Whether you're a recruiter facing high attrition or a company needing specialized talent for a mission-critical project, this episode is packed with actionable advice you can't afford to miss. 1. **Gain Insight into Unique Benefits that Differentiate You from Competitors:** Learn why standard benefits packages are no longer enough to attract top talent and discover unique perks such as flexible work arrangements that will set your organization apart. 2. **Understand the Importance of a Mission-Driven Approach:** Discover how emphasizing your organization's mission can resonate with candidates, ensuring you attract passionate professionals who are in it for the long haul. 3. **Effective Recruitment Strategies for Obtaining Cleared Talent:** From leveraging AI tools like SeekOut to creative outreach methods such as postcards and business cards, uncover various techniques to build and nurture a robust pipeline of highly cleared professionals. **Action:** Play this episode now to unlock expert tips on recruiting cleared professionals and elevate your hiring strategy to new heights! **Episode Breakdown:** - **Mission-Driven Recruitment:** Understand the value of articulating your mission to attract candidates whose values align with your organization's objectives. - **Unique Benefits Beyond Salary:** Explore innovative benefits to differentiate your organization, like flexible work arrangements that can captivate premium talent. - **Honesty and Communication:** Learn why upfront communication about job stability and role suitability is crucial to build trust and ensure long-term retention. - **Navigating Job Instability in Govcon:** Gain insights into the cyclical nature of government contracts and how to prepare candidates for potential job changes. - **Finding Highly Cleared Professionals:** Discover creative methods for reaching candidates who are often in secure environments and not easily reachable during work hours. - **Leveraging AI and Networking:** Utilize AI tools and develop personal networks to effectively identify and recruit top-tier cleared candidates. Join James Dyson and Benjamin Mena as they explore these topics and more, providing you with the tools you need to succeed in the niche but critical field of cleared recruiting. Don't merely fill seats—bring real value to government agencies and ensure your candidates are in roles where they can thrive and contribute meaningfully. Tune in now for an episode that could transform your approach to recruiting! Listen to the full episode now and stay ahead in the ever-competitive field of government contracting recruitment.  Signup for future emails from The Elite Recruiter Podcast: https://eliterecruiterpodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe  YouTube: https://youtu.be/xkWD4o-Hggk James Dyson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdysonjr/ With your Host Benjamin Mena with Select Source Solutions: http://www.selectsourcesolutions.com/  Benjamin Mena LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminmena/  Benjamin Mena Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benlmena/  Benjamin Mena TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benjaminlmena

In this episode of the Chad and Cheese Podcast, the boys discuss their experiences in Scotland, including trying haggis and visiting distilleries. They also give shoutouts to Jobs on Google and Workplace by Facebook. The hosts talk about upcoming events and the differences between Glasgow and Edinburgh. They also share their visit to Glenkinchie distillery and their tasting experience. The conversation covers their experiences in Scotland, the Glasgow event, and insights from the event. Plus, they discuss the layoffs at Seekout and the challenges the company is facing. They also talk about Indeed's decision to prioritize paid postings over organic traffic, increasing the "dumb tax" on lazy employers. 00:00 - Exploring Scotland: Haggis and Distilleries 12:26 - Glasgow vs. Edinburgh: Contrasting Cities 15:33 - Tasting Experience at Glenkinchie Distillery 16:29 - Experiences in Scotland 23:08 - Challenges at Seekout: A Go-to-Market Problem 31:59 - Indeed's Shift to Paid Postings 35:38 - Reducing Reliance on External Platforms

This week on TRF we cover: Shelley enters the exclusive club, 60 is the new 50! Countdown to TATech June 4-6 in Washington DC.  In the News ChatGPT4o has some impressive upgrades. Check out the Tutor function ZipRecruiter has bad news and good news, earnings are down but free cash flow is healthy. The backlash was swift when Shopper's Drug Mart posted a job ad looking for volunteers to stock shelves - unpaid!  SeekOut lays off 30% of its workforce to reduce costs after spending $2 to make $1.  HireEZ launches their Sourcing Hub as a one-stop-shop for Sourcers that will leverage job board partners. Tip of the Week Your company career page is a window into your organization and its time to clean the windows. Its part of the candidate journey and pretty important to keep fresh. Recruiting Insights Bias against Entrepreneurs; former business owners were 35% less likely to get an interview.  Dell takes a sharp turn from supporting work flexibility to color-coded rating based on your attendance under the veiled threat of getting on the lay off list.  Plus is GenZ responsible for return to office mandates

This week on TRF we cover: Shelley enters the exclusive club, 60 is the new 50! Countdown to TATech June 4-6 in Washington DC.  In the News ChatGPT4o has some impressive upgrades. Check out the Tutor function ZipRecruiter has bad news and good news, earnings are down but free cash flow is healthy. The backlash was swift when Shopper's Drug Mart posted a job ad looking for volunteers to stock shelves - unpaid!  SeekOut lays off 30% of its workforce to reduce costs after spending $2 to make $1.  HireEZ launches their Sourcing Hub as a one-stop-shop for Sourcers that will leverage job board partners. Tip of the Week Your company career page is a window into your organization and its time to clean the windows. Its part of the candidate journey and pretty important to keep fresh. Recruiting Insights Bias against Entrepreneurs; former business owners were 35% less likely to get an interview.  Dell takes a sharp turn from supporting work flexibility to color-coded rating based on your attendance under the veiled threat of getting on the lay off list.  Plus is GenZ responsible for return to office mandates

In this episode of the Chad and Cheese Podcast, the boys discuss their experiences in Scotland, including trying haggis and visiting distilleries. They also give shoutouts to Jobs on Google and Workplace by Facebook. The hosts talk about upcoming events and the differences between Glasgow and Edinburgh. They also share their visit to Glenkinchie distillery and their tasting experience. The conversation covers their experiences in Scotland, the Glasgow event, and insights from the event. Plus, they discuss the layoffs at Seekout and the challenges the company is facing. They also talk about Indeed's decision to prioritize paid postings over organic traffic, increasing the "dumb tax" on lazy employers. 00:00 - Exploring Scotland: Haggis and Distilleries 12:26 - Glasgow vs. Edinburgh: Contrasting Cities 15:33 - Tasting Experience at Glenkinchie Distillery 16:29 - Experiences in Scotland 23:08 - Challenges at Seekout: A Go-to-Market Problem 31:59 - Indeed's Shift to Paid Postings 35:38 - Reducing Reliance on External Platforms

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HCM platform Dayforce, Inc. (NYSE: DAY); announced the award-winning Dayforce® Flex Work is available to organizations in the United States. Flex Work is an on-demand marketplace that helps organizations augment their workforce with flexible talent – quickly, simply, and compliantly – to address fluctuating labor demands. https://hrtechfeed.com/dayforce-launches-on-demand-flex-work-marketplace/ Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in Workforce Agility solutions, today announced the acquisition of workforce skills intelligence capabilities and a team of highly specialized domain experts from SkyHive Technologies Holdings Inc.. SkyHive's AI-powered skills intelligence platform and services help customers build skills-based organizations, providing visibility into the capabilities of employees and enabling organizations in their transformation efforts. https://hrtechfeed.com/cornerstone-acquires-skyhive/ hireEZ, the only sourcing and candidate relationship management (CRM) platform built for recruiters by recruiters, today announced new partnerships with job boards Monster, Resume-Library, and CV-Library and the release of a new platform feature, Sourcing Hub. https://hrtechfeed.com/hireez-partners-with-leading-job-boards-to-source-their-databases/ PowerToFly, a leader in connecting diverse professionals with jobs since 2014, just acquired Skillcrush, an online platform that teaches tech skills to underrepresented groups. This merger gives both job seekers and employers new ways to build modern workforces. https://hrtechfeed.com/powertofly-acquires-upskilling-platform-skillcrush/ SeekOut, an eight-year-old recruiting startup that uses AI to find candidates, cut about 30% of its workforce this past Thursday, TechCrunch has learned. https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/seekout-layoffs-30percent-talent-search-tigerglobal/  

In Episode 87 of Aarna's News, host Aarna Sahu sits down with Abigayle Peterson, Product Manager at SeekOut and founder of Magnify Wellness, to explore how to "Google Your Next Career." Abigayle shares her inspiring journey from launching an iOS app to leading a globally recognized nonprofit. Tune in to learn practical tips on leveraging online resources, the role of a product manager in creating delightful user experiences, and the importance of mentorship in career development. Whether you're breaking into tech, seeking career growth, or looking for inspiration, this episode is packed with valuable insights for every professional. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aarna-sahu/support

Techcrunch is reporting that Checkr, a 10-year-old employee background check company  which was last valued at $5 billion has laid off 382 employees as companies are not significantly hiring talent. https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/checkr-layoffs/ Tech company Multiverse has acquired Searchlight, a talent intelligence and skills assessment platform that uses AI to help companies close their skills gaps. https://hrtechfeed.com/multiverse-acquires-ai-talent-software-company-searchlight/ NEW YORK – Cadient, a leading provider of talent acquisition solutions in the hourly hiring sector, has been acquired by Basis Vectors Capital, a private equity and technology investment firm that focuses on the B2B sass space https://hrtechfeed.com/cadient-ats-acquired-by-private-equity-firm/ SeekOut, the Talent Intelligence Platform, announced the release of conversational search as part of its SeekOut Assist generative AI product portfolio. The new feature expands the capabilities of SeekOut Assist, enabling recruiters to use their own language in sourcing. This makes powerful AI-assisted searches accessible to all recruiters, allowing for simple descriptions instead of complex Boolean queries. https://hrtechfeed.com/seekout-adds-conversational-search-to-its-platform/ ReadySetHire, powered by Talroo, is a new recruiting platform built from the ground-up exclusively for small businesses that lack the tools and insight needed to follow recruiting best practices to attract new hires.  https://hrtechfeed.com/talroo-launches-readysethire/  

Anoop Gupta is the CEO and Co-Founder of SeekOut, an AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform helping organizations recruit, retain, and grow talent. Anoop started SeekOut after an 18-year career at Microsoft. During his tenure, Anoop was the Corporate Vice-President of the multibillion-dollar Unified Communications Group (Skype + Exchange). He was TA to Bill Gates, advising on technology and product strategy, and as a Distinguished Scientist at MSR, he led work on AI, Natural User Interfaces, and Telepresence. Prior to Microsoft, Anoop was a tenured professor at Stanford University and he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on TRF we cover: Riots in the streets of Calgary! The little bylaw was not very well thought out. In the News Remote workers face the cold facts, they are 35% higher risk of being laid off. Salesforce joins the flood of tech industry lay offs UPS cuts management and contractors in a bid to save $1BB in costs, that is out of the $100BB in sales in 2022 In happier news, the global online recruitment market is set to reach $49.2 BB by 2030 Tip of the Week 3 simple things to improve your job ads.  Shorten your sentences 3 bullet points max! Pay attention to the words you use. “Demonstrated ability” means different things to older workers than it does to younger workers Recruiting Insights  Linked In XRay search options, including key fields like job title will have an impact on sourcing tools. SeekOut and hireEZ have a work around. More on skills based hiring. When 46% of workers say their formal qualifications are not relevant to what they are doing in their current job. You need to ask yourself why the fixation on that bachelor's degree. Bigger isn't better. 85% of mid-sized companies reported ZERO layoffs last year. 

This week on TRF we cover: Riots in the streets of Calgary! The little bylaw was not very well thought out. In the News Remote workers face the cold facts, they are 35% higher risk of being laid off. Salesforce joins the flood of tech industry lay offs UPS cuts management and contractors in a bid to save $1BB in costs, that is out of the $100BB in sales in 2022 In happier news, the global online recruitment market is set to reach $49.2 BB by 2030 Tip of the Week 3 simple things to improve your job ads.  Shorten your sentences 3 bullet points max! Pay attention to the words you use. “Demonstrated ability” means different things to older workers than it does to younger workers Recruiting Insights  Linked In XRay search options, including key fields like job title will have an impact on sourcing tools. SeekOut and hireEZ have a work around. More on skills based hiring. When 46% of workers say their formal qualifications are not relevant to what they are doing in their current job. You need to ask yourself why the fixation on that bachelor's degree. Bigger isn't better. 85% of mid-sized companies reported ZERO layoffs last year. 

Recruiting Sourcing Secrets with Ed Pedini from SeekOut In this exciting episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast, your host Benjamin Mena welcomes Ed Pedini, an expert in talent acquisition from SeekOut. Ed shares the inside scoop on their innovative use of machine learning to uncover hidden talent in industries like aerospace, defense, and healthcare. With platforms like LinkedIn, GitHub, and Stack Overflow, SeekOut's engineering and data team has tapped into the power of inferring skills and experience to identify candidates with security clearance. This groundbreaking solution is revolutionizing the recruitment process and ensuring that no stone is left unturned in the search for the best talent. Ed Pedini's journey into the world of recruiting is an accidental one. Coming from a technical sales background, he initially joined the industry for interview practice. Little did he know that his expertise in building teams and working with startups was a perfect fit for the recruiting world. Ed emphasizes the importance of talent pools, especially in challenging markets like the healthcare industry, where finding physicians and nurses has become increasingly difficult due to burnout and COVID-related departures. Ed sheds light on the unique challenges of recruiting in different industries and the need for empathy and understanding to effectively navigate the hiring process. The current job market presents challenges for both job seekers and recruiters. The influx of applications puts recruiters in a tough spot, making it difficult to review and select the best candidates. On the other hand, job seekers struggle to stand out in the sea of competition. SeekOut's insights offer hope for improving the situation, with their advanced techniques and expertise providing a deeper understanding of talent pools and industry nuances. From the a and d space to healthcare, SeekOut's solutions are driving meaningful change. Join Benjamin Mena and Ed Pedini as they delve into the world of sourcing secrets in this eye-opening episode. Discover how SeekOut's unique approach is revitalizing the recruiting landscape with its machine learning capabilities and expertise in uncovering talent across industries. Don't miss out on the valuable tips, advice, and insights that will help you navigate the job market and supercharge your recruitment efforts. Tune in to The Elite Recruiter Podcast and be inspired by Ed Pedini's expertise in sourcing top talent. Plus, don't forget to mark your calendars for the launch of the Elite Recruiter Community on November 1st, and get ready to connect with like-minded professionals! Signup for future emails from The Elite Recruiter Podcast: https://eliterecruiterpodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe Ed Pedini, Head of Customer Advocacy at SeekOut LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epedini/ SeeKout: https://www.seekout.com/  YouTube: https://youtu.be/nutAcn7ZgiE With your Host Benjamin Mena with Select Source Solutions: http://www.selectsourcesolutions.com/ Benjamin Mena LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminmena/ Benjamin Mena Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benlmena/ Benjamin Mena TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benjaminlmena

One Model, a people analytics software company, announced the successful completion of its growth funding round, securing a $41 million investment led by Riverwood Capital, a leading global investor in high-growth technology companies. https://hrtechfeed.com/people-analytics-software-raises-41-million/ SeekOut, the Talent Intelligence Platform, announced two new innovations to help recruiters achieve better results. First, the company made SeekOut Assist, GPT-powered recruiting, publicly available to customers following a brief early access period. SeekOut Assist is a new generative AI technology that enables recruiters to go from a job description to initial contact with qualified candidates in a matter of moments. https://hrtechfeed.com/seekout-announces-general-availability-of-gpt-powered-assist/ Ziprecruiter and indeed both reported earnings, lets start with Zip Ziprecruiter... Quarterly revenue $170.4 million, down 29% y/y Net income of $14.4 million, or net income margin of 8% Adjusted EBITDA of $43.3 million, or Adjusted EBITDA margin of 25% https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiter-revenue-down-29-yoy/ Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. today reported the first quarter financial results for FY2023. This includes the HR Tech Segment comprised of Indeed and Glassdoor. Revenue for Q1 FY2023 decreased 9.1%. On a US dollar basis, revenue decreased 14.2%. The supply and demand mismatch between job seekers and employers continued to ease, with global labor markets normalizing, particularly in the US. https://hrtechfeed.com/q1-fy2023-financial-results-newsroom-recruit-holdings/  

Seekout co-founder John Tippet describes how their new ChatGPT integration works.

In the latest episode of A Seat, our guest reminds us that the “beautiful thing about progress is that we're constantly reinventing every facet of life.” Listen in as Jennifer Armstrong-Owen, VP of People at talent platform SeekOut, shares why understanding that progress is perfection, DEIB must be part of a company's DNA, the importance of aligning values and company culture, as well as why leaders should get comfortable with being uncomfortable, and more.

On this week's episode I'm joined by Quincy "Queen of Chatbots" Valencia as Joel continues his aspirations to be more like his idol, Clark Griswold, with a family Vegas vacation. I got nothin' man, seriously. Any who, this week's episode is packed with goodies like: Radancy acquiring Ascendify LeapXpert gives creepy a run for its money Kelly Fusion launches DIGITAL WORKERS! 300 million jobs to be replaced by automation Everybody gonna ChatGPT - Hireology, Beamery, Seekout, Phenom, who else?!?! Is GDPR Europe's secret weapon? ... and your office mates say that you talk too much, you never shut up! It's another tech-packed episode and The Queen of Chatbots is holding court! You're welcome!

On this week's episode I'm joined by Quincy "Queen of Chatbots" Valencia as Joel continues his aspirations to be more like his idol, Clark Griswold, with a family Vegas vacation. I got nothin' man, seriously. Any who, this week's episode is packed with goodies like: Radancy acquiring Ascendify LeapXpert gives creepy a run for its money Kelly Fusion launches DIGITAL WORKERS! 300 million jobs to be replaced by automation Everybody gonna ChatGPT - Hireology, Beamery, Seekout, Phenom, who else?!?! Is GDPR Europe's secret weapon? ... and your office mates say that you talk too much, you never shut up! It's another tech-packed episode and The Queen of Chatbots is holding court! You're welcome!

It's been a while since we've had the chance to catch up with SeekOut's CEO & Co-Founder, Anoop Gupta. Join us as we learn what he's up to these days and what he's hearing around talent trends & optimization, ChatGPT, and the hype around skills-based organizations.

Have you used SeekOut before? Have you attended virtual conferences to network for potential leads? Do you use Instant Data Scraper? Have you ever sourced from Microsoft's Research website? In the latest entertaining episode of Dueling Sourcers, Carrie Collier and Mike Chuidian discuss these different tips and suggestions for sourcing talent. Carrie is a Senior Technical Sourcer and Talent Engagement Specialist for Appian. She has more than a decade of successful experience recruiting and sourcing engineering professionals. As a Senior Technical Sourcer, she's responsible for building relationships with internal stakeholders, talent market research, prioritizing business needs, and creatively identifying and engaging with potential candidates. She's passionate about sourcing, automation tools, personal branding, coffee, mentorship, continuous learning, and wine. Mike Chuidian is a Sr. Executive Talent Sourcer at ServiceNow. He has 16 years of sourcing and recruiting in various industries. He's a wannabe data science and machine learning geek and his everyday sourcing and recruiting consists of leveraging his expertise in mining social data and utilizing various information retrieval methods to build profile lists and find awesome talent. Dueling Sourcers is the monthly show from TechRecruit, hosted by TechRecruit CEO Stacey Broadwell, that proves there is more than one way to source for talent. To find out more about Carrie and Mike's ideas and tips, check out the entire Dueling Sourcers episode in the TechRecruit Members Hub.

In this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Robyn Thornton, Director of Talent Acquisition at SeekOut.Robyn has over 20 years of TA experience. She was previously the Director of Talent Acquisition at Big Fish Games, and has managed recruiting teams at Nordstrom.Listen in as Robyn discusses her unique experiences transitioning between in-house and agency roles through her career. She shares her best lessons learned when it comes to building a great company culture, and how to continue doing so in a world where remote work has become more commonplace.Robyn speaks on the importance of brand recognition in the recruitment world and how to enhance the candidate experience and forge a long-term relationship even when telling candidates that they are not right for the job.Finally, Robyn talks about SeekOut's unique platform for sourcing clients outside the LinkedIn ecosystem.What You'll Learn in This Episode:●      [01:38] Transitioning from in-house to agency and back again●      [07:02] The importance of company culture●      [11:44] Building a culture remotely●      [18:12] Maximizing candidate experience●      [24:39] Leaving a great lasting impression even when giving a rejection●      [29:12] SeekOut's mission●      [30:48] Sourcing outside LinkedIn●      [33:42] Rapid-fire questionsKey quotes:●      “Company culture is about how you treat people internally. How do you value them? How do you show compassion and empathy, and make sure that people can bring their best selves to work?”●      “A company that does it right is one which embraces the fact that anyone, regardless of where they are, is part of the same team.”●      “Candidate experience is everything. It's king.”

Julie and Torin welcome Anoop Gupta to talk start-ups, Microsoft, "Academic types" and how we use data to successfully drive incredible, underrepresented talent into our organizations, and Julie throws in a challenge to wrap us up. Anoop Gupta is the CEO and Co-Founder of SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform. Anoop started SeekOut after a 20-year career at Microsoft, which began with the acquisition of his first startup, VXtreme, in 1997. During his tenure, Anoop was the Corporate Vice-President of the multibillion-dollar Unified Communications group. He was TA to Bill Gates, advising on technology and product strategy as a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research, leading work on Telepresence and Natural User Interfaces. Prior to Microsoft, Anoop was a tenured professor at Stanford University and he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Jim Wink of Okta joins host James Mackey to break down talent sourcing best practices on a highly tactical level. This episode features tips on how to effectively use specific tools, best practices to produce talent acquisition outcomes., and much more!00:25 Who is Jim Wink?02:03 How an agency-recruitment background can influence your talent acquisition career path04:00 Importance of having a proactive mindset05:35 Tools for sourcing08:30 Using LinkedIn free search tool to produce talent sourcing outcomes11:15 Impact of brand name on talent sourcing outcomes12:15 LinkedIn jail15:30 Okta's sourcing tech stack17:30 Email response rates18:45 SeekOut vs hireEZ20:15 Volatility with tech hiring & layoffs23:00 How a recruiter can differentiate with their outreach27:05 What are the benefits and perks to attract top talent in today's market29:40 Sourcing process31:30 Sourcing partner to recruiter ratios35:10 Globally distributed teams and how cultural difference impact recruiting42:15 How to contact Jim

This week on Founded and Funded, we spotlight our next IA40 winner – SeekOut. Investor Ishani Ummat talks to SeekOut Co-founder and CEO Anoop Gupta and VP of People Jenny Armstrong-Owen about their AI-powered intelligence platform, the importance of not only finding and recruiting new hires but also developing and retaining employees within a company, and maintaining SeekOut's own culture while seeing significant growth over the last year. 

Building a company culture where both your people and business thrive Company culture can make or break a business. Growing that culture can be difficult, but it can also be the key to success. When your people thrive, so does your business. That's exactly what our new Beyond the Blue Badge podcast will dive into. Host, T.A. McCann, sits down with Anoop Gupta, co-founder and CEO at SeekOut, an AI-powered talent optimization platform aiming to help companies recruit and retain talent. Recently named CEO of the Year by GeekWire, Anoop discusses what he learned as Bill Gate's technology assistant, the pivotal decisions that led to SeekOut's success and why being kind remains a foundational principle of his company.

In this episode of JobBoardGeek, Jeff Dickey-Chasins (JobBoardDoctor) and Steven Rothberg (College Recruiter) talk with Jennifer Johansson  of Placed, a mobile-first recruiting site that targets the hospitality, retail, and care sectors in the U.K. Jennifer talks about how her background in hospitality helped in designing an app that focuses on soft skills and candidate engagement. Finding candidates in the hospitality sector has been very difficult over the past 2 years, but Placed has seen high adoption from both employers and candidates by...thinking like candidates and employers! Jeff and Steven discuss the recent 'unicorn' status of SeekOut, and - as always - end up with two different viewpoints (although Steven somehow sounds more convincing).

Anoop Gupta had his first startup acquired by Microsoft, just 18 months after launching. He has now raised nearly $200M for his current company. The venture, SeekOut has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Tiger Global Management, Madrona Venture Group, Mayfield Fund, and Founders Circle Capital.

Anoop Gupta had his first startup acquired by Microsoft, just 18 months after launching. He has now raised nearly $200M for his current company. The venture, SeekOut has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Tiger Global Management, Madrona Venture Group, Mayfield Fund, and Founders Circle Capital.

Anoop Gupta is the CEO and Co-Founder of SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform. Anoop started SeekOut after a 20-year career at Microsoft, which began with the acquisition of his first startup, VXtreme, in 1997. During his tenure, Anoop was the Corporate Vice-President of the multibillion-dollar Unified Communications group. He was TA to Bill Gates, advising on technology and product strategy as a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research, leading work on Telepresence and Natural User Interfaces. Prior to Microsoft, Anoop was a tenured professor at Stanford University and he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Anoop Gupta (@anoopxgupta), CEO and Co-Founder of SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform. SeekOut provides companies with a comprehensive view of internal employees and external talent with analytics, predictive insights, and action recommendations to provide a competitive advantage in recruiting, retaining and developing their talent base.Anoop started SeekOut after a 20-year career at Microsoft, which began with the acquisition of his first startup, VXtreme, in 1997. During his tenure, Anoop was the Corporate Vice-President of the multibillion-dollar Unified Communications group. He was TA to Bill Gates, advising on technology and product strategy as a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research, leading work on Telepresence and Natural User Interfaces. Prior to Microsoft, Anoop was a tenured professor at Stanford University and he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.Website: SeekOutLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/guptaanoopTwitter: @anoopxguptaShow Notes: What SeekOut is and their incredible growth, including 3X-ing their revenue over the last year Anoop's journey from professor at Stanford, to a 20 year career at Microsoft, to startup founder How founding a series of other companies and the resulting pivots led Anoop and his team to start SeekOut How their company has evolved to focus on retention and the digital transformation during COVID How SeekOut's recruitment platform is helping companies put DEI into action  How they've approached the in-person versus virtual work question as a high growth company How SeekOut is investing in their own team and their focus on positive mindset and gratitude How Anoop views the future of work What he has loved about the transition from big tech to startup founder Building great company culture What's next for SeekOut More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/

This week's HR tech roundup: SeekOut raise $115 million in Series C funding; meQuilibrium adds biometrics, and more.

This week's HR tech roundup: SeekOut raise $115 million in Series C funding; meQuilibrium adds biometrics, and more.

One of these topics is not like other podcast topics. A new unicorn. An acquisition. A startup getting funded. Google ticks off their workers. Pay transparency. Selling farts on TikTok for $1,000 a bottle. If you guessed bottled farts, congrats. Now listen to this episode, covering all the above, and featuring Seekout, FactoryFix, ZipRecuiter, Bullhorn, and more. 

Diversity Job Marketplace Canvas.com which rebranded itself last year from Jumpstart, was recently ordered to stop using the Canvas.com domain by a judge. Canvas is currently leasing the domain. This is according to a story by BleepingComputer. In the article, “Learning management platform Instructure claims the domain name Canvas.com and its logo contain elements that conflict with Instructure's Canvas product and line of business.“ Canvas says they are appealing the ruling. https://hrtechfeed.com/canvas-com-facing-legal-dispute-over-domain-name-trademark/ SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform, has just raised a $115 million Series C investment round led by Tiger Global Management. The round values the company at more than $1.2 billion in just four years, reflecting a 2.6x increase in valuation since its Series B in March 2021. The news comes on the heels of the business increasing ARR by more than 3x in the past year. https://hrtechfeed.com/seekout-raises-115-million/ HealthGigJobs Services, Inc., announces the launch of HealthGigJobs Marketplace which matches verified healthcare businesses with verified and licensed healthcare professionals for on-demand gigs. HealthGigJobs has launched the first order-driven exchange where businesses can simultaneously negotiate prices and terms with multiple matched healthcare professionals, while healthcare professionals can at the same time bid and negotiate on multiple engagements. Professionals are engaged as independent contractors working for themselves, and have the ability to utilize the platform to scale their own businesses. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-healthcare-gigs-marketplace-launches/ Vangst, the cannabis industry's leading hiring platform, announced the completion of its $19 million Series B financing.  Vangst's latest round of financing highlights the company's growth over the last three years alongside the maturing cannabis industry. In the past 12 months, the sector reported a 25% increase in full-time employees and currently employs over 400,000 individuals. https://hrtechfeed.com/vangst-talent-platform-gets-19-million-for-cannabis-hiring/ Bullhorn® has acquired Able, a longstanding Bullhorn Marketplace partner and the provider of market-leading candidate engagement and onboarding solutions. This acquisition is the latest major investment by Bullhorn in helping staffing agencies around the world to transform their businesses in an era of continued digitization. The combination of Able's candidate engagement and onboarding solutions with Bullhorn enables agencies to efficiently meet complex onboarding requirements, reduce candidate drop-out, and get candidates on assignment faster, all while delivering an incredible candidate onboarding experience. https://hrtechfeed.com/bullhorn-acquires-onboarding-solution/

One of these topics is not like other podcast topics. A new unicorn. An acquisition. A startup getting funded. Google ticks off their workers. Pay transparency. Selling farts on TikTok for $1,000 a bottle. If you guessed bottled farts, congrats. Now listen to this episode, covering all the above, and featuring Seekout, FactoryFix, ZipRecuiter, Bullhorn, and more. 

Happily this week, we did not talk about NFTs, and I don't think that we even said “token” a single time.Instead, Mary Ann and Natasha and Alex got back to what we might consider the roots of Equity. Here's what we got into: We started with a look at the recent Fertilis round. Fertilis is an Australian startup working to make the IVF process more reliable. We are big fans of the concept, though the startup has lots of work ahead of it before it moves the needle for couples hoping to conceive.  Mary Ann brought together two very Equity topics: Fintech and SaaS, but more interestingly, fintech that only wants to serve SaaS startups. Even though we tried to define Arc's relationship with the startups it serves, Alex landed on it being a friends with benefits for the financial world. Speaking of fintech, Brex made headlines (again) with its new raise and new executive – thanks to Meta.We keep returning to the hiring conversation, and that's for good reason. Career Karma (news here) and SeekOut (news here) have two different strategies when it comes to empowering employees at companies -- and all of us agreed that retention, versus placement, is the future of hiring tech. We ended with a conversation on accelerators thanks to Y Combinator's news, and venture reaction thereof. Plus, new AngelList and Dorm Room Fund remind us that staying niche in strategy continues to be the way that early-stage venture operations are winning deals. A big hug to you all for surviving the start to the working year during a COVID surge. We can do this! We'll get through it as a big team, ok? 

CEO and Co-Founder of Seekout, Anoop Gupta sits down with Chris as the discuss DE&I Intent vs Impact and what corporations can be doing better

Tim Streeter is the classic example of Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind, living out the power of using both left brain and right brain simultaneously in his Global Talent Acquisition leadership roles at Whirlpool and Accenture, and in the rest of his life. Where does he find the time and energy to flex into both realms in everything he does? That's Tim's secret, which he gladly shares in his book, The Contentment Commitment, and on Episode 38 of Big Fish in the Talent Pool. With degrees in Economics and Math, we could expect him to be all quantitative analysis and data, on which he does rely heavily. But he's also a great communicator, a strong people leader, a competitive soccer player, an author, and a musician, having made 9 albums over the past 10 years. Tim is creating his own legacy one purposeful decision at a time. Listen and be inspired! We hope you enjoy the fast-paced chat on Big Fish in the Talent Pool on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you access podcasts. And when you do, please be sure to rate and review us. We'd love your feedback and it will help others find us. Erin McDermott Peterson is a Partner with PeopleResults helping clients as a Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon. She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions. Follow her on Twitter @ErinMcPeterson, connect via linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson or email at epeterson@people-results.com. Thanks to our Sponsors! Paradox/Olivia: www.paradox.ai ATAP www.ATAPglobal.org RPOA www.RPOAssociation.org Topics Discussed: Finding the best ideas through experimentation and data Leveraging key resources to find the best TA Technology for you The power of data and metrics in making the case for change Work-Life Balance & what it means to say “yes” to the things that matter most The Six Dimensions of Contentment in your personal & professional life Additional Resources: TopFunnel: https://www.topfunnel.com/ TechLabs: https://www.techlabs.org Plum: https://www.plum.io Handshake: https://joinhandshake.com SeekOut: https://seekout.com Connect with Tim Streeter: Website: https://www.contentmentcommitment.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothycstreeter/ Additional Resources: Contentment Commitment (Book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097YYDJWP T Street Players (Music): https://www.tstreetplayers.com Connect with Erin Peterson: Erin is a Talent Acquisition Consultant, Interim Leader, and RPO Advisor with PeopleResults. She has led TA and RPO globally for some of the most successful organizations in the world including Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Amazon. She translates her unique global experience to help clients with TA strategy, employment branding, onboarding, candidate experience, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) decisions. Connect on Social: Website: https://www.people-results.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erinpeterson Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinMcPeterson

This week we have storytelling about Seekout with Anoop Gupta. During this episode, Anoop and I talk about how practitioners make the business case or the use case for purchasing Seekout.Anoop is an expert in talent acquisition. His passion to provide customers a competitive edge in recruiting hard-to-find and diverse talent really comes through during the podcast.Give the show a listen and please let me know what you think.

We've made significant progress making our workplaces more equitable, diverse, and inclusive, right? Not so fast, says Jackye Clayton, DEI strategist at Seekout and cohost of the Inclusive AF podcast. The industry vet joins the boys for a reality check and a deep dive into what's wrong with the current infrastructure of corporate America.  This podcast is power by Sovren's AI, it's so human you'll want to take it to dinner.

The CandEs Shop Talk Podcast welcomes Anoop Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO at SeekOut, an AI-powered talent search engine that enables talent acquisition teams to understand any talent pool and quickly find the talent they need — with a focus on diversity, technical expertise, and other hard-to-find skillsets — and a proud CandE sponsor. Listen in on how improving candidate experience impacts recruiting and the business bottom line. https://seekout.com/

Cha-ching! Seekout, Jobandtalent open the vault! Let's just cut to the chase. This episode has everything our listeners crave: Mad investment dollars going into TA tech startups, international intrigue, recruiting robots in your pocket, Indeed, CareerBuilder, Monster and Amazon bashing, women worshipping, and yes, even Burger King. So throw that into your iPod Classic and smoke it! Special thanks to Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite for powering this monstrosity. 

Criteria, a market-leading SaaS people analytics platform, announced that it has acquired Australian-based Alcami Interactive, an on-demand video interviewing platform.  There has been a substantial increase in demand for advanced video interviewing since the beginning of 2020, and Criteria will offer its 4000+ customers Alcami’s video interviewing service through its platform. Alcami will also offer Criteria’s portfolio of assessments to its APAC customers. Criteria plans to fully integrate the companies in 2022. “It’s no secret that the rise of remote work has created increased demand for video interviewing tools,” said Josh Millet, founder and CEO of Criteria. “Our own benchmark report identified a 159% increase in video interviewing after COVID-19 hit, and many of our customers have asked us for a video interviewing solution. After an extensive market review, we are confident that we’ve selected the best video interviewing solution in the market today. What we love about Alcami is that they built their technology with priorities that mirror ours: creating a user-friendly interface that caters to an outstanding candidate experience, and building advanced functionality around diversity and inclusion. We believe Alcami will complement our pre-hire assessment portfolio and will enable us to add even more value to our customers’ hiring process by enabling structured interviews, which research shows work much better than unstructured ones.” Alcami has a unique technology that drives an outstanding customer and candidate user experience, advanced functionality around diversity and inclusion, and the ability to cater for both pre-recorded and live structured video interviews. The company was founded on the belief that the hiring process could be made much better for both the employer and the candidate, and that smart technology could help employers make smart hiring decisions. https://hrtechfeed.com/criteria-acquires-video-interviewing-platform-alcami-interactive/   Job site Indeed announced the launch of Indeed Hiring Platform, a new solution that allows employers to manage the hiring process – from posting through interview – directly on Indeed, with no additional software.    With Indeed Hiring Platform, employers can reach 80% of US job seekers through the combined networks of Indeed and its sister company Glassdoor. In one integrated experience, employers can automate the process of sourcing, screening and scheduling interviews with quality candidates into Indeed’s video interviewing technology, Indeed Interview.   “At Indeed, our mission is to help people get jobs, and this past year that mission has been more vital than ever,” said Chris Hyams, CEO of Indeed. “In response to the pandemic, last year we launched Indeed Interview to make it safe and effective for job seekers to interview over video. Now we’ve connected the dots from job search directly to interview, making hiring simpler, faster, and more human. Our vision is to make getting a job as easy as pushing a button, and Indeed Hiring Platform gets us one step closer.”   https://hrtechfeed.com/indeed-is-ready-to-help-companies-ramp-up-hiring-with-new-indeed-hiring-platform/   SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform, today announced $65 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from existing investors Madrona Venture Group and Mayfield. This capital raise brings SeekOut’s total funding to $73 million and reflects 10X growth in the 21 months since the company’s Series A round, while still being profitable. This funding round values SeekOut at close to half a billion dollars. With this Series B funding, SeekOut will continue to innovate and build the team to deliver more value to our customers. SeekOut will expand its Talent 360 platform to encompass internal and external talent – helping companies better retain employees, enable development & growth through internal mobility, and improve diversity and inclusion efforts. SeekOut will also invest in sales, marketing, and customer success to reach new customers. “Talent acquisition professionals and hiring managers are looking to go beyond the outdated resume when they do a candidate search. They are seeking a deeper and broader view of skills, experiences, and diversity,” says Lisa Rowan, VP HR, talent, and learning research for IDC. “SeekOut’s Talent 360 solution offers a compelling set of capabilities that is supporting hiring organizations with a fresh, modern approach to candidate search.” https://hrtechfeed.com/seekout-raises-65-million-in-series-b-funding/   ProvenBase is a new sourcing platform built solely to address the business need for diverse talent, is announcing their launch at Sourcecon Digital 2.0 on March 9th, 2021.  “ProvenBase’s unique approach ensures candidates are contacted based on their skills and experiences, which ensures under represented groups are not just part of a recruiter’s pipeline, but they are actually contacted.” said Ravi Tandra – ProvenBase Founder & CEO. “Our templates have been created by experts leveraging powerful analytics around diversity and candidate communication so users can see what their talent pool is comprised of and what messages and mediums are most effective.” Learn more about ProvenBase’s Sourcing Technology at https://www.provenbase.com/ Jobandtalent – a workforce marketplace that matches workers with temporary roles – announced it secured a €100 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2[1] via its Series D round. In addition, the company has secured €83 million in debt financing from BlackRock. This comes after Jobandtalent closed a successful €88 million round in December. The funding will accelerate Jobandtalent’s expansion into new markets, including the US, and the consolidation of its leadership position in existing territories. Jobandtalent has developed technology to provide tailored matches between workers and companies in a range of sectors including logistics, e-commerce, warehousing, and manufacturing. As the marketplace grows, the technology is able to learn and make even better matches – meaning more workers in good jobs, and happy companies. The goal is to make it easy for people to find regular, dependable work and have the security and perks typically associated with full time employment – including pensions, sick and holiday pay, health insurance in some markets, and training courses. Workers can apply for roles, submit paperwork, and sign contracts entirely within the Jobandtalent app. In the past year alone, more than 80,000 workers have used Jobandtalent to find temporary roles.  More than 850 companies – including XPO, Ceva Logistics, eBay, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Bayer, and Santander – use the Jobandtalent platform to easily and efficiently match temporary roles with the right workers. Jobandtalent employs the workers directly and manages all of the back-end administrative processes including payroll, timesheets, and legal compliance. Through the platform, companies can monitor worker satisfaction, which helps reduce attrition, and follow metrics like absences or late arrivals.  https://hrtechfeed.com/madrid-based-jobandtalent-secures-e100m-for-expansion/

In this episode, we talk with long-time recruitment legend and analytics messiah Eric Jaquith.If you struggle with diversity sourcing, understanding data, its meaning, and how to leverage what your mama gave you.... then listen cause Jake takes us deep.Here's what we cover:Diversity sourcing, filters, projects, and common senseData, what it is, what it means, and whyHow to extract data from your searches so that you can be the best recruiter in the roomCodeSignal Tech Screen: A better way to evaluate your candidate skills fairly and consistently.

Lance Thompson, Sales Operations Manager at SeekOut, joins the Sales Ops Demystified Podcast to share the skillset he gained through working in different roles, how to use correlated factors to forecast accurately and his priority tech stack to streamline operations.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you're in-the-know, even if you're on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

Kathleen Steffey is back again! On this episode of The Relevant Recruiter Show, Kathleen Steffey will be joining me again. I had the pleasure of interviewing Kathleen a few months back and she is going to join the show again. Kathleen Steffey is the Founder & Chief Talent Officer of Naviga Recruiting & Executive Search. For over 19 years, Naviga has been helping domestic and global business leaders achieve revenue growth by recruiting top-performing sales and marketing professionals. Kathleen's background has given her unique insight into the corporate talent acquisition world, agency recruiting, and what it takes to manage and lead a team of recruiters. Today, we are going to be discussing diversifying outside of LinkedIn with other sourcing tools and how LinkedIn doesn't have to be the monopoly recruiter's think it is. 

In today's episode, we rap with Jackye Clayton, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist with Seekout. We dig deep into the world of communication, emails, messaging, and cadence.The conversation was colorful but packed with an insane amount of knowledge that as a recruiter or sourcer you need to hear to take your comms game to the next level.Here's what we talk about: Out of Office ResponsesThe cadence of 3 - How to crush 68% response ratesYour Signatureand... the Boolean Bar?CodeSignal Tech Screen: A better way to evaluate your candidate skills fairly and consistently.

Today we cover SeekOut, an AI-powered search engine built for recruiters and sourcers.Their mission..."Providing customers a competitive edge in recruiting hard-to-find and diverse talent for Digital Transformation"SeekOut's story..."We built SeekOut after feeling the pain of trying to hire passive candidates in a competitive market. After experiencing the clunky tools, expensive licenses and terrible response rates, we knew we could do better. Our background working in search, messaging, machine learning/AI and natural language processing gives us a unique perspective in the space. SeekOut was built for sourcers, not to replace them, and we’re confident you’ll find it the most recruiter-friendly tool on the market."

Jonathan Kidder - the "Wizard Sourcer" is back! He's published two books since we last spoke - "Top Talent Sourcing Tools for Recruiters" and "A Guide to Diversity Talent Sourcing”In this episode of Recruiting Trailblazers - Marcus quizzes Jonathan on Top Talent Sourcing Tools for Recruiters - the tools he recommends for different aspects of the job.Episode Highlights1:25- Introduction2:07- The inspiration and reason behind Jonathan’s book4:08- Evernote as a great tool for LinkedIn 5:30- Evernote and its integration on LinkedIn6:32- Top few ATS tools recommended for an agency or in house6:39- Loxo and its different integrating features 7:23- Airtable, a great personal ATS tool for in-house, plus Greenhouse, Jobvite and Salesforce8:57- People search engines - PeoplePro, Spokeo, ZoomInfo 11.30- Free tools: Free People Search Intellus Peoplesmart 12.00- Contact finding extensions: Hiretual, Seekout purchase from PeoplePro and Spokeo13.00 Lusha, Nymeria, Improver, Swordfish (get the book - there are loads!)14:20- LinkedIn and how they view these tools15.25 - Connectifier, TalentBin16:43- Candidate outreach tools and email automation - primer on outreach18:00- Take the time to personalize emails!19.50- What percentage of messages are personalized?21:43- Gem and its features as a top candidate outreach tools22:19- Intersellar and its integration24:34- Sourcewhale and its integration25:03- The power of InMails - great for follow ups.27:35- Recommendations of things for people to automate in order to save time and remain safe on LinkedIn28:44- Tools to reach 1st degree connections MyRobot.works, Machinesourcer, PhantomBuster)30:20- PhantomBuster and the meaning of web scraping and how it works32:01- Recommended Boolean Generators-Recruitin.net33:39- Email tracking tools- Saleshandy35:00- Writing tools -Textio, Joblint, Gender Decoder, Graammarly36:50- Scheduling tools -Calendly, Mytime, Setmore, Appointlet38:44- How to get the book (Top Talent Sourcing Tools for Recruiters)40:00- An overview of the second book “A Guide to Diversity Talent Sourcing”42:26- Conclusion

Looking for tools and sites to make your hiring more diverse? This is the episode for you. African Americans: BlackJobs.com, Black Tech Pipeline, BlackTechJobs, HBCU 20x20, HBCU Career Center, HBCU Connect, Mathison Criminal Histories: 70MillionJobs, 70 MillionStaffing, HonestJobs.      Disabled Persons: AbilityJobs, GettingHired Diverse Professionals (general): Americas Job Exchange, Blendoor, Circa, Diversityjobs.com, DiversityInc, EmployDiversity, Entelo Diversity, eQuest, Hiretual, HRdiversifyd, Incluzion, Jobwriter, Joonko, Jopwell, Mathison, Professional Diversity Network, Seekout, Talvista, The Diversity Dashboard, Unbias Me, WorkplaceDiversity, TapRecruit, Textio. Latin/Hispanic: LatPro, Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) LGBT: Include.io, LGBTconnect, OutProNet. Veterans: VetJobs, RecruitMilitary, Military.com        Native Americans: NativeAmericanJobs.com Women: CareerContessa, FairyGodBoss, InHerSight, International Association for Women, The MOM Project, Women For Hire, Hire Tech Ladies, Power to Fly, Women Who Code Sponsored by Adzuna and Emissary Download the ebook of diversity hiring tools here: https://www.rectechmedia.com/ebooks/diversity-hiring-tools-spreadsheet

Jonathan Kidder: The Wizard SourcerIn this episode, Marcus Edwardes speaks with Jonathan Kidder, otherwise known as the “Wizard Sourcer”. He is currently working as a tech recruiter for Amazon, and his blog, Wizard Sourcer, has become one of the leading knowledge resources for recruiters online.Listen in as Jonathan unloads a treasure trove of advice on the current sourcing and recruiting landscape, including best practices to keep in mind when reaching out to potential candidates. He also gives us his favorite tools and platforms for prospect databases, customer engagement, and automation, as well as a primer on his own free browser extension, Recruiter Wand.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:● [1:49] How sourcing has evolved over the past five years● [3:45] Looking for candidates versus engaging with candidates● [4:52] Do all good recruiters make good sourcers, and vice versa?● [5:44] Is automation disadvantageous to the recruiting process?● [8:43] Jonathan’s process as a technical recruiter at Amazon● [15:30] What are some alternatives to LinkedIn?● [21:24] Why InMail is losing steam● [22:59] The best way to utilize texting● [26:00] Using video to connect with prospects● [27:26] Examples of candidate engagement platforms● [31:28] How Jonathan built his brand with Wizard Sourcer● [33:48] Jonathan’s other favorite platforms● [38:36] The four levels of automation and examples of automation tools● [40:39] What is Jonathan’s browser extension, Recruiter Wand?Key quotes:● “Sourcing, as a whole, when it first started, was focused on lead generation. It’s changed in recent years as some teams do the full cycle process while others have sourcers and as well as recruiters to take over at some point in the process. More than ever, sourcers do now communicate and engage candidates and start them on the process.”Resources Mentioned:● The most complete database of tech people: Human Predictions● Build better business relationships with video messaging: BombBomb● Candidate engagement platforms: Hiretual, SeekOut, Lusha, Gem, Lemlist, Interstellar, Sense● A new candidate interviewing platform: Honeit● Get matched directly with active talent: Hired, Vetterly, AmazingHiring● Automation tools: Phantombuster, IFTTT, Zapier● Jonathan’s free browser extension to create auto-filled emails: Recruiter Wand

This week we welcome Ed Pedini to the podcast. Ed has worn numerous hats in the HR space, from practice director at an RPO helping start-ups scale their workforces, to Co-Founder of All2.io, an employee experience solution, to his current role as Director of Customer Success at Seekout, an AI-powered sourcing tool for recruiters. Topics include: how establishing recruiting processes is different for start-ups than for established organizations, the "oil tanker effect" larger companies face, the value of data and analytics, why candidate experience remains low priority for many organizations, the importance of seeing the emotional dimension of job applications from the candidate's POV, how to provide great candidate experiences even for applicants who are not offered a job, how to move past the "cost-center" mindset surrounding recruiting, the ways in which job boards have become victims of their own successes, the distinction between EVP's that "repel" talent vs. encourage talent to "self-select" into an organization, how legacy ATS's have failed to adapt to modern recruiting practices, and why pre-hire technology often fails to understand the workflows of its core users.

Jenn, Andrea, special guest Keith Kolkow, and producer Andy taste the new SeekOut Seltzers from 2 Towns Cider.

Anoop Gupta is the co-founder and CEO of SeekOut, a recruitment tool that empowers companies to go beyond LinkedIn when searching for hard-to-find and diverse talent. But that’s not all he’s done.  Prior to SeekOut, Anoop spent 18 years at Microsoft where he was a Distinguished Scientist in Microsoft Research and directly reported to Bill Gates as his technology advisor. He headed enterprise communications products (Exchange, Skype) as Corporate Vice President (CVP) of Unified Communications and was CVP for Global Technology Policy for Microsoft. Anoop was also a tenured professor of Computer Science at Stanford, where he founded one of the earliest companies in streaming media that was acquired by Microsoft in 1997. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon University, holds over 85 issued US patents, and has authored 100+ published research papers. What can’t he do? In this episode… In today's digital era, data and data analytics are very crucial in the recruitment process. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more popular and there are many recruitment tools in the market designed to help recruiters find the best candidates for their companies. However, there are things AI can and can’t do: enter, human intervention. In this week’s episode of Elevate Hire, Greg Toroosian interviews Anoop Gupta about his artificial intelligence (AI) tool for quality recruitment, SeekOut. SeekOut’s comprehensive database of whole person profiles, intuitive AI search, and personalized messaging gives companies the ability to find, engage, and hire in-demand professionals faster. Together, they talk about the power of AI as well as its limitations, Anoop's philosophies in building teams, and how his recruitment tool works. Stay tuned.

In this environment, Sales and Go to Market for enterprise companies has changed, sometimes drastically. We sat down with sales leaders from early, mid and later stage venture funded enterprise SaaS companies to talk about how they are addressing the challenge of sales and GTM in the COVID19 time. Tune into hear some creative ideas for building team work, strengthening customer relationships and continuing to grow your business. Hear from Snowflake, Clari and Seekout.io

If you are just getting started in recruiting/sourcing, or are a seasoned vet, you may or may not know about Chrome extensions. This is an introduction to these wonderful time savers and why you should use them in recruiting. We go over a few free products here to get you started. 

Craig Fisher chats with Mike "Batman" Cohen about some of the sourcing tools in his utility belt. His recent research compares some of today's top sourcing, A.I. (artificial intelligence), and recruiting tools like HireTual, HiringSolved, EngageTalent, Seekout, ZapInfo, HumanPredictions, and more. You can view the video version of this podcast on our Youtube channel at https://youtu.be/4dGRWkCKfnE

Blythe and Diane get together to talk about the 3 LETTER word that makes a lot of us cringe. What did sobriety look like in the beginning and do we still turn it over to HE/SHE/IT, the HP, the universe.

Blythe and Diane get together to talk about the 3 LETTER word that makes a lot of us cringe. What did sobriety look like in the beginning and do we still turn it over to HE/SHE/IT, the HP, the universe.

CHICAGO—humanpredictions.io, a machine learning technology company whose product helps recruiting companies and enterprises identify and build relationships with tech talent, today announced a $1.16 million funding round led by Network Ventures with additional investment from Hyde Park Angels, SaaS Ventures, and M25. This capital will help humanpredictions further grow and invest in its team of engineers and data scientists. The firm says it has a database of more than 44 million profiles of tech workers around the world. Recruiting for tech roles can be difficult. Because of the competitive nature of tech, it is often challenging for recruiters to find people who both have the right skills the company needs and are ready to pursue a new job opportunity. Once they have identified people of interest, recruiters may struggle to start the conversation in terms that prospects will respond to.   To address those problems, humanpredictions provides organized data-search tools and gathers public data to create profiles of people in the tech industry, specifically Technology Leaders, Software Engineers, DevOps, Data Science, Product, iOS/Android, Designers/UI/UX, and QA. The platform then uses machine learning to predict which individuals are more likely to leave their current roles. In addition, humanpredictions facilitates the conversation with people by indicating when and how to reach out. By accessing these insights, recruiters can better target their outreach, find the right matches more easily, and improve the flow of the interviewing process. https://recruitingheadlines.com/tech-recruiting-database-secures-1-million-in-funding/ CHARLESTON, S.C.– MAY 15, 2019 — ENGAGE Talent has raised $3.5 million to accelerate the innovation and scaling of its groundbreaking AI Talent Intelligence technology that powers both the recruitment and retention of key talent.   High Alpha Capital and Grand Ventures led the raise, with participation from other existing investors, new strategic investor Engage venture fund, and Silicon Valley Bank. The funds come from a mix of equity and debt. With this recent raise, the total investment in the company has reached $10M.   “We’re thrilled to support ENGAGE Talent’s continued growth and innovation,” High Alpha partner Eric Tobias said. “Employers everywhere know that their ability to recruit and retain talent in today’s extraordinarily competitive labor market directly impacts their ability to be successful as businesses.”   ENGAGE Talent listens to more than 30,000 data sources and processes more than a billion data points monthly to map and predict people movement–empowering it to provide unrivaled talent acquisition and retention insights and recommendations. Customers like Allstate, Dell, Transamerica, and Harris Healthcare experience quantifiable improvements, such as 200 to 700 percent increases in candidate engagement rates. https://recruitingheadlines.com/engage-talent-raises-3-5m/ SEATTLE, May 15, 2019 — Karat, the leader in conducting technical interviews on behalf of companies, today announced that it has raised $28 million in funding led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and 8VC. Karat will deploy the Series “B” financing to globally to scale its category-defining solution and its community of Interview Engineers. The company will also invest in R&D to leverage its robust body of structured-interview intelligence to continuously improve its highly predictive and fair technical interviews for hiring software engineers. “Tiger’s investment in Karat is a watershed moment for the profession and science of Interview Engineering,” said Mohit Bhende, co-founder of Karat. “Just like Back-End engineers do Back-End work and Front-End engineers do Front-End work, companies need Interview Engineers who focus on interviewing with consistency, rigor, and empathy.   As every company becomes software-driven, we are seeing the demand for Interview Engineering grow exponentially. Karat is uniquely positioned to address this universal trend and set the gold standard for technical interviewing. In 2019 alone, Karat’s clients will gain over one million engineering hours by accelerating hiring and unlocking developer productivity.”   https://recruitingheadlines.com/technical-interview-platforms-nabs-28-million/ SEATTLE—SeekOut today announced Series A funding of $6 million led by Madrona Venture Group, with participation from existing investor Mayfield. As the world becomes increasingly digital, companies in every industry have an urgent need to find tech talent to thrive. SeekOut offers companies a competitive edge in hiring tech talent and to support their diversity goals. Launched in early 2018, the company has quickly gained ground with more than 75 enterprise customers spanning multiple industries, including technology, defense, finance, pharma, consumer packaged goods, food & beverage. Tech talent is hard to find because developers, engineers, and scientists don’t bother to keep an updated profile on sites like LinkedIn. Even worse, these sites provide a very narrow view of a candidate’s skills and abilities. Recruiters who limit themselves to traditional talent pools miss out on millions of quality, untapped candidates. SeekOut significantly expands the talent pool available by scouring public data and using natural-language (NLP) and machine-learning (ML) technologies to understand the expertise of each candidate and build a complete 360-degree view of each potential employee. SeekOut’s AI-powered search engine gives recruiters the tools to find the best fit matches in the talent pool. By automating the candidate search and understanding past hiring patterns, SeekOut makes every recruiter a search expert and simplifies the task of zeroing in on the right candidate. https://recruitingheadlines.com/seekout-gets-6-million-for-its-sourcing-platform/   Upwork ($UPWK), the largest freelancing website, today released its newest quarterly index of the hottest skills in the U.S. freelance job market. The Upwork Skills Index ranks the site’s 20 fastest-growing skills in a quarterly series. It sheds light on new and emerging skills and provides real-time validation of current trends in the labor market and tech industry. The top 20 fastest-growing skills, Q1 2019: U.S. Taxation Hadoop Robotic process automation Explainer videos Computer aided manufacturing Financial planning Urban design Software documentation Salesforce Commerce Cloud Geospatial Julia development Kubernetes Magento Employee training Shopify templates Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Vue.js framework Leadership development Architectural rendering Podcasting https://recruitingheadlines.com/upwork-names-the-20-fastest-growing-skills-for-freelancers/  

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ASK, SEEK AND KNOCK #191: Daily Mentoring with Trevor Crane on GreatnessQuest.com SUMMARY Ask and it shall be given. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it will be open to you. You might have heard this one before? It was published in a pretty popular book? The bible. Matthew 7:7. I want to talk about this phrase, and its relevance (AND POWER) to our daily lives without being all religious. In short: Ask and it will be given is about clarity. Be specific. What specifically do you want? And, ask intelligently. I don’t think it says, BITCH and it will be given. Seek and you shall find is about patience and discipline and hard work. Do you have focus that holds your attention consistently over time. Not aimlessly, glancing about. Knock and the door will be open is about having the courage to ask for that which you seek. What door will you knock on? Who has already been down the path you want to go on? Are you going to ask for their help? Enjoy! GET THE APP: Text: TREVOR To: 36260 #greatnessquest #trevorcrane #unstoppable #idealbusiness #ideallife

It's not everyday you get to talk to someone who was a direct report to Bill Gates, but Chad & Cheese have done it. Meet Anoop Gupta, co-founder and CEO of SeekOut and Microsoft veteran. This is a Nexxt exclusive.

Andrew and Jason give some quick reviews of technology that caught their eye at ERE and Unleash.

Hey kids, this week Joel was in San Diego at ERE and Chad was in San Francisco at a Biddle Consulting Group Institute Summit – swanky right? Luckily between naps Joel was able to get some quick interviews from: VideoMyJob – Kristen Graham, Co-founder YouVisit – Erik Carlson, National Ad Director Seekout – Anoop Gupta, CEO AllyO – Ankit Somani. Co-founder Look for these companies to get in front of the FIRING SQUAD very soon. Give it up for our sponsors. Lots of wallet share love should be bestowed upon America's Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly and JobAdX – only one X. Enjoy!