Joel Cheesman
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Microsoft Introduces Slack Killer, and Slack Should be Crapping Themselves
Microsoft Teams launched this week. It’s Microsoft’s new office chat platform, which is a bit odd, because Yammer, a business they bought a few years ago, is also an office chat… Read more
HireVue Goes Beyond Video Interviews to Tackle Artificial Intelligence
Trovix was my first contact with what I envisioned A.I., or artificial intelligence, to be when it came to recruitment. It was 10 years ago and vendors claiming to be… Read more
Do Employers Care That Twitter is Killing Vine?
Twitter announced yesterday that it was shutting down Vine, the once-popular video recording and sharing app that carved out a brand by creating 6-second spots for users to publish. Launched and… Read more
Craigslist Says No More Free Job Postings for You
If you recruit in the U.S. and parts of Canada, say buh-bye to all your free job postings on Craigslist. The popular classifieds site that’s been giving newspapers fits since 1995 is… Read more
Corporations are the New Job Boards, Just Ask This Retail Behemoth
You’re already familiar with Amazon as an online retailer, and most of you remember the days when Amazon only sold books. They’ve evolved, of course, and a lot of you… Read more
Here’s Why a Growing Number of HR Tech Vendors are Down Wit’ O.P.P. (Other People’s Platforms)
O.P.P., how can I explain it? Ten years ago, if you wanted to launch a digital business, you likely bought a domain name, paid a designer to develop a web… Read more
Espresa Hopes to Bring Google-like Employee Perks to Every Company
Google has been the inspiration for many vendors in our industry. I could argue, for example, that Indeed mirrored Google’s business model and user interface to achieve their success. The… Read more
Here’s the No. 1 Reason to be Bullish on A.I. for Recruitment
If you attended the HR Technology Conference in Chicago earlier this month, there were two buzzwords you heard more than once if you visited the expo hall: Engagement and A.I…. Read more
For Employers Drowning in Their Own ‘Big Data,’ This Company Might Be a Lifesaver
“Big data” is more than a pair of buzzwords. For employers with, say, a resume database full of candidates, “big data” ends up being a headache at best, and an unused… Read more
What Should a Nurse Applicant in Chicago Cost? This Company Can Tell You
We’ve come a long way since the mainstream introduction of paying for clicks to get candidate traffic. I can remember a presentation by Indeed‘s Paul Forster back in 2006, educating… Read more
Here’s How Bonus.ly Empowers Workers to Reward Each Other
Next to “artificial intelligence,” “engagement” was all the rage at this year’s HR Technology Conference in Chicago last week. Evolution in technology and mobility has made interacting with employees in new… Read more
HR Tech Conference Voters Say This is “The Next Great Technology Company”
The HR Technology Conference is heating up in Chicago, and vendors are looking to make a splash. Eight of these companies got a leg-up during Tuesday’s session entitled “Discovering the Next… Read more
Should Employers Care About Facebook Marketplace?
Facebook officially launched Marketplace this week. It’s about what you’d think: Post an item for sale via your Facebook account and potential buyers contact you via Messenger. The buyer and… Read more
Here’s My HR Technology Conference Playbook
I sat down for lunch yesterday and took out my phone and dialed-up the web site for the HR Technology Conference, which is going down in Chicago next week. Surprisingly,… Read more
Here’s Why Slack Needs to Sell Itself As Soon As Possible
Many of the rumors around Microsoft buying LinkedIn for as much as it did was speculation that Salesforce was driving up the price by making it well known they wanted the professional… Read more
