
Jackye Clayton
Jackye is an acclaimed thought leader and inspirational speaker on recruiting and DEIB topics. She brings years of experience recruiting across a variety of industries including tech, HR, legal, and finance. In her role as VP of Talent Acquisition and DEIB, she leads all related work at Textio, provides critical expertise to customers, and serves as a leading voice in the products Textio creates for the broader ecosystem. Jackye has been named one of the 9 Powerful Women in Business You Should Know by SDHR Consulting, one of the 15 Women in HR Tech to Follow by VidCruiter, and is on the Top 100 list of Human Resources Influencers by Human Resource Executive Magazine.
Content authored by Jackye Clayton
I am a Robot: The Top 5 Disruptive HR Tech Trends for Recruiters. #TCDisrupt
At the conference last week, there were tons of startups trying to get the attention of reporters and Venture Capitalists (VC’s.) Tons of products? Yes. Tons of new ideas? Absolutely…. Read more
Boolean Power Search #3: Searching in First Person
Our Boolean Power Search series has been specifically created to share the best Boolean Searches for Recruiters. For the “Searching in the First Person” search, we are looking for people… Read more
Overheard at #TCDisrupt: #HRTech Startups to Watch
Some of the best technology at #TCDisrupt is not on-stage or on the Expo floor. Some of the best technologies are attending this event to learn from the startups in… Read more
The Art of Woo: Give Candidates What They Want.
There are some really bad recruiters out there. The common myth for recruiters is that all you need to do is match resumes to keywords in your job description. That… Read more
Sourcers are Obsolete: Is Artificial Intelligence taking over? #TCDisrupt
At some point in the future, Sourcers could be replaced by bots. From what I have been observing at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, the most disruptive companies in the HR… Read more
7 Disruptive HR Tech Companies at TechCrunch Disrupt NY
This week RecruitingTools.com will be reporting from TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016. Why? Because this three-day conference and startup competition, gathers the best and brightest minds to talk about (and sometimes debate)… Read more
Boolean Power Search #2: Lists and Associations
Knowing Boolean language is pretty much required for all recruiters. This series was built to help you make sure that your Boolean game is solid. What is Boolean? The Boolean… Read more
The 8 Second Impression: Introducing Beme
The average attention span for a goldfish is 9 seconds. While you may not find that surprising, did you know that the average adult attention span is 8 seconds? Yes, my… Read more
Hunting Season: A Field Guide To Find That Lead
It’s prime hunting season for our industry. Heck, it’s always prime hunting season for sourcing and recruiting. That’s why we’re always looking for new tools that will find contact information…. Read more
Get Candidates to Respond Every Time: Persado
What is your email response rate? Based on the fact that so many recruiting companies send spam email communication, it has to be 80% at least, right? I mean, why would… Read more
Lead Management Just Got More Manageable : LeadIQ
How well do you manage your leads? Let’s be honest here. I have this weird feeling you’re all thinking “lead management? As in…” Let’s face it. In recruiting, lead management… Read more
A Better Prophet
I lied. See, I always say that recruiters love free tools. But I should clarify. Recruiters like free tools that work. Right? Because let’s face the facts here, free doesn’t… Read more
ContextScout: Making LinkedIn more intelligent.
Sometimes, searching for candidate contact information can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. Other days, it’s more like searching a stack of needles to look for a… Read more
Connect6: Hover and Discover a Broken Tool
This product sucks. Really. Yes, I found a product that drives me crazy and wasted my time. It’s Connect6. I get teased a lot because I always seem to like… Read more
Pants on Fire: 5 Tools for Evaluating Technical Candidates. #ThinkGeek Pt 4
In this series, we will focus on sharpening your skills so that you can become a better technical recruiter. It was going to be a 4 part. but we are… Read more