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Background screening provider Checkr agreed to buy Inflection’s Goodhire, another screening firm that uses automation and advanced data engineering to help small businesses in their hiring. The acquisition, the company’s… Read more

Remote closed a $300 million Series C round, led by SoftBank. The investment brings the company’s value to just about $300 million. CEO Job van der Voort said Remote will… Read more

Are traditional recruiting practices up to the challenge of the Great Resignation? It’s not clear. New research by industry analyst firm the Josh Bersin Company found that over-reliance on old-style… Read more

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. companies, some 63%, are either investing or planning to invest in artificial intelligence during 2022 to aid their talent acquisition efforts. That’s up from the 42%… Read more

Joblist unveiled a new job posting solution meant to address a number of the difficulties involved in hiring. The self-service product allows employers to promote their job openings to Joblist’s… Read more

Billions of dollars poured into the high-end recruiting sector in 2021, the result of pent-up demand for executives and their key reports. Hunt Scanlon Media said 48 of the 50… Read more

iCIMS acquired Candidate.ID, a Glasgow, Scotland-based recruitment technology startup. Candidate.ID’s software automates repetitive candidate-engagement tasks and allows talent acquisition professionals to personalize and manage engagement workflows with customizable multi-channel campaigns…. Read more

Nearly three-quarters of managers, or 73%, said productivity and engagement had either improved or stayed the same with remote work. Only 27% said it worsened. But 60% either agree or… Read more

While salary is still a priority for candidates, flexible and remote scheduling options play an outsized role in their decision-making, according to FlexJobs. But, the company found, many job seekers… Read more

Since the pandemic’s start in 2020, more than half, 52%, of U.S. employers have added an average of six new voluntary benefits to demonstrate their support for employees’ physical, social,… Read more

Hired said it’s expanding its recruiting platform to align with employers’ needs in a world of increasing remote work. It aims to help organizations find talent “from anywhere” and assist… Read more

As a buzzword, “artificial intelligence” is lobbed freely around the technology business, used to describe both streamlined workflows with less human interaction, and the application of large datasets to specific… Read more

Talent acquisition platform Findem raised $30 million in a Series B round. Led Four Rivers and Quarry Capital Management, the investment brings the company’s funding to $37.3 million. The funding… Read more

High-volume ATS Fountain released Fountain Source, a collection of sourcing tools and services. Among other features, the suite includes a new direct integration with Indeed. Combined with its existing ATS,… Read more

The need to improve efficiency drives the decision-making of many employers as they consider which new technologies to incorporate into their talent acquisition efforts. A study of TA trends by… Read more