Month: October 2019

A Quick & Dirty Guide to Ecosystem 8.0

The 8th edition of the Talent Acquisition Technology Ecosystem highlights the latest, most innovative, and influential companies in the industry today. TAXONOMY The Tech Ecosystem is organized by Hiring Stage, sub-vertical, and whether the tools are more focused on the employer or the candidate. In each stage –Source, Engage, Select and Hire–the Talent Acquisition market… Read more »

Under the Microscope: SHL Acquires AspiringMinds – We Told You It’d Happen

Last week US-based SHL, the largest provider of psychometric and cognitive talent assessments, announced it would acquire its competitor, India-based AspiringMinds, a provider of employability evaluations and certifications with over 3,000 clients across the US and Asia-Pacific. The HRtech start-up relies on artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for talent assessments and “through this acquisition… Read more »

The Mom Project: Bringing Moms Back to Work

Author: Allison Robinson, Founder & CEO, The Mom Project Three years ago while I was at home with my newborn son on maternity leave, I vividly remember reading that more than 40% of American women leave the workforce after having children. Having just had a child myself, this statistic struck a nerve. It was a… Read more »

Candidate Relationship Management for Staffing Firms

Companies spend billions of dollars on software that helps them better track, market, and sell to their customers, and continue to buy it because the software works. Now firms can apply similar technology and techniques to help them engage and attract candidates; this technology is called Candidate Relationship Management software. Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) is… Read more »

Talent Acquisition Founder Spotlight: Liz Wessel at WayUp

Liz Wessel loves helping people get hired. She is a Talent Acquisition Leader and the Co-Founder and CEO of WayUp, the go-to platform used by millions of early-career professionals to get hired, and by thousands of employers to scale their early career recruiting without scaling their recruiting teams–all with an emphasis on diversity and candidate… Read more »

Talent Tech Labs Announces Partnership with Sixcel Inc.

Talent Tech Labs Announces New Partnership New York, NY, October 16, 2019 – Talent Tech Labs (TTL) –the preeminent research firm for leaders in talent acquisition, headquartered in New York City — is excited to announce a partnership with Boston-based Sixcel to enable staffing firms to better adopt and implement new technology. “Sixcel has emerged… Read more »