Category: Platform Tools

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 »

Under the Microscope: AB-5 is a Mixed Bag

Uber employee benefitting from the gig economy

There’s a whole lot of ruckus going on in the Golden State. California just approved Assembly Bill 5, which specifically targets the gig economy and app-based companies. Under this measure, independent contractors who are working for such companies would be re-classified as employees and become eligible for minimum wage, benefits, pay guarantees, and union memberships… Read more »

The Journey to Innovation In Five Steps

Team exploring the latest in Talent Acquisition Innovation

Innovation in talent has never been more important than it is today. With a noisy space becoming more chaotic, mergers and acquisitions muddying the market, and more competition for top talent than ever before, Talent Acquisition Leaders are not only expected to participate in innovation but to lead it. If you’ve taken our Innovation Cycle… Read more »

Building the Future: A Deeper Look at Blockchain

We recently took a quick look at blockchain uses and its impact on Talent Acquisition and what it could mean for the future of business technology. Though the technology is new, surfacing first in 2009/2010 as the technology behind Bitcoin, investments in it have accumulated in exponential amounts. Last year, $945 million was spent on… Read more »

Blockchain Infographic: A Closer Look at Blockchain Technology

To understand what blockchain is in Talent Acquisition and HR, we first have to grasp the technology as a whole. Unfortunately, with it still being fairly new, there is a lot of room for misunderstanding and misconceptions. This blockchain infographic was created to add a little more clarity to all the confusion. But first, background… Read more »