Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast
Hosted by Chris Russell, online recruiting's mad scientist, the RecTech podcast covers all aspects of recruiting technology and recruitment marketing including interesting new tools & vendors. You'll also hear how recruiters leverage technology to find talent. A great listen for HR tech vendors, HR professionals and recruiters everywhere. CONTACT: chris@rectechmedia.com
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Prem Kumar, CEO of Humanly
<p>The CEO of Humanly which just raised $25M for its AI hiring software stops by to talk about the new funding, what's next and how they are using AI to help you hire.</p> <p>LINK: https://www.hrtechnologywire.com/press-releases/humanly-raises-25m-series-b-to-help-companies-hire-faster-retain-and-stay-fully-staffed</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p>
Humanly Lands $25 Million
<p>THIS WEEK IN REC TECH is sponsored by https://www.dalia.co/ </p> <p>SEATTLE — May 21, 2026 — Humanly, the AI hiring platform for hourly, frontline, and high-volume recruiting, today announced $25 million in Series B funding. </p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/humanly-raises-25m-series-b-to-help-companies-hire-faster-retain-and-stay-fully-staffed/</p> <p>NEW YORK — Saile, a physician-founded workforce platform targeting the bureaucratic bottlenecks of healthcare staffing, has emerged from stealth mode with $2.2 million in pre-seed funding.</p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/healthcare-staffing-platform-lands-2-2m/</p> <p>LONDON — RemotePass, the global employment, payroll, and spend platform, has raised $17.4 million in Series B funding led by the EBRD Venture Capital, with part...
Ashby Launches AI Interviews, Upwork Layoffs
<p>Ashby, the all-in-one recruiting platform, today announced the upcoming launch of its AI Interviewer at its annual Ashby One conference. The product builds on the acquisition of Talent Llama late last year, a startup focused on AI-powered interviewing technology.</p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/asby-acquires-talent-llama/</p> <p>Upwork’s First Quarter 2026 earnings report shows a company in the middle of a major transition. While they are making more money per client and seeing a surge in AI-related work, they are also significantly cutting costs—including a large layoff—to deal with a slowdown in overall growth. </p> <p>https://hrtechfe...
The Greenhouse Benchmark Report: Hiring is Harder
<p>Sharawn Tipton, the new CPO at Greenhouse stops by to share her thoughts on the numbers coming out of the Greenhouse Benchmark Report available here:</p> <p>https://www.greenhouse.com/recruiting-benchmarks</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p>
Phenom buys Plum, Greenhouse buys Ezra AI
<p>Busy week with 3 acquisitions by Deel, Ohenom and Greenhouse. A new CEO at ICims and Built In launches an AI Search enhancement for employers.</p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/</p> <p>Sponsored by our friends at Dalia.co</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p>
Jobsync Roundtable: Candidate Fraud in Hiring
<p>In 2026, candidate fraud has evolved from simple resume padding to a sophisticated, AI-driven operational risk. From deepfake video interviews and real-time AI coaching to “identity kits” sold on the dark web, bad actors are infiltrating hiring funnels at an unprecedented scale.</p> <p>The cost? Data breaches, compliance penalties, and thousands of hours in wasted recruiter productivity.</p> <p>Join us for an intensive deep dive into the 2026 fraud landscape. We’ll move beyond the “red flags” and provide a technical and tactical playbook for protecting your organization without compromising the candidate experience.</p> <p> </p><p> </p><p>Learn more...
Phenom Buys Plum
<p>This episode is sponsored by Dalia—</p> <p>Is your career site delivering the conversion you need? Dalia’s plug-and-play tech turns any employer career site into a high-performance candidate conversion engine — no replatforming required, live in days.Visit dalia.co to learn more.</p> <p>Alright rec techies…..here’s what's happening this week. </p> <p>Windmill describes itself as the “context graph for your people.” While most companies have sophisticated systems of record for their finances (ERP) and customers (CRM), the startup argues that the most critical asset—the workforce—is often managed via guesswork and fragmented data. </p> <p>They...
The New AI Search Rules for Your Career Site
<p>“If someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or Google’s AI features, “Where are great places to work in Chicago if I’m an engineer?” your company does not get considered because you have nice values copy.</p> <p>You get considered because the system can find you, understand you, and trust what it finds.”</p> <p>That was written by employer brand expert James Ellis and he joins me now on the show to talk about how employers should be crafting their career sites to be found inside the new AI ecosystem.</p> <p>Questions</p> <p>Its a new age Jame...
Social Recruiting Ad Company Acquired
<p>NEW YORK — Symphony Talent, announced the launch of Career Finder, a new capability within its SFX Career Website platform that transforms job search into AI-powered discovery — helping job seekers quickly find roles that fit</p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/symphony-talent-replacing-traditional-career-site-job-search-with-ai-powered-discovery/</p> <p>GAIA acquires SocialJobs</p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/gaia-acquires-socialjobs-as-it-eyes-u-s-expansion/</p> <p>AUSTIN, Texas, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LumApps, the connected AI employee hub, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Comeen, the workplace experience platform specializing in space management, digital signage and visitor services.</p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/lumapps-acquires-workplace-experience-platform/</p> <p>UKG Layoffs</p> <p>https://hrexecutive.com/ukg-cuts-950-jobs-in-lat...
Worki Raises $2.75 Million in Pre Seed Funding
<p>SAN FRANCISCO – Worki, a healthcare technology startup, announced today that it has raised $2.75 million in pre-seed funding to solve one of the most persistent headaches in modern medicine: the fragmented and overwhelming administrative burden of workforce operations.</p> <p>https://hrtechfeed.com/worki-raises-2-75-million-to-power-ai-healthcare-workforce-operations/</p> <p>Accurate, a leading provider of global compliant background checks and monitoring solutions, today announced the launch of AccurateWatch, its new Continuous Monitoring solution that is designed to help organizations manage workforce risk and maintain compliance after employees are hired. </p> <p>–</p> <p> Asymbl, the workforce orchestration company redefining hybrid workforce orchestration across...
