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Platform-as-a-Service might very well be the key to unlocking the inherent power of big data for recruiters, hiring managers and all of the internal teams they serve.

Portfolium, an 18-person start-up based in San Diego has raised $6.6 million in a first round of venture capital funding, led by SJF Ventures. The company was launched in 2014 by… Read more

Take your most challenging niche, tech role and slap a clearance on it. One that requires bi-annual updates and isn’t listed on any public site, because that’s a national security threat. That’s what clearance recruiting is all about.

The number of herculean success stories in the online classifieds space as it pertains to job postings over the past 10 years are few and far between. Two obvious medal… Read more

Have you ever heard of the paradox of value? If not, let me catch you up on that lesson from Philosophy 101. The paradox of value describes the discrepancy of… Read more

The last time they counted, there were 53 million people doing freelance work in the U.S., which is roughly 34 percent of the entire workforce. People who freelance contribute an estimated… Read more

Claiming one recruiting method or tool is better than any other is like debating whether bell bottoms, skorts or cargo shorts are best.

When you’re going to a town you’ve never been to before, where do you go to find advice and help on what to eat? Yelp, of course. You want to… Read more

Keyword stuffing is the act of, well, stuffing a web page with keywords, hoping to get found online. It’s commonly referred to as spam. And before Google got pretty good at… Read more

 No Drama Demo: Jobvite Do any of these sound familiar: Is your time to hire taking up way too much time? Are your referral rates dismal? Has reporting become a… Read more

We all have resume bias – errors and mistakes that are deal breakers and will stop you from ever getting an interview.

The bias behind being called a feminist is rampant. To this day, just saying the word feminist strikes fear in most men’s eyes. They look shocked and scared by the mental… Read more

 Sourcing Niche Tech Talent: Tools Breakdown No one knows recruiting tools better than veteran RecruitingTools.com writer, Dean Da Costa. As technology roles become more niche and nuanced, standard recruiting tools just… Read more

Forget what I said about CareerBuilder circling the wagons. Turns out, Tegna, the company that was spun off from Gannett last year and 53 percent stakeholder in CareerBuilder, has other ideas. Announced today, Tegna,… Read more

Millennial themed content is kind of like the minstrel show of the new Millennium. It’s blatantly offensive to a protected class through sweeping stereotypes for the purposes of entertaining the… Read more