Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry August 15-22, 2022: • Spinning up data protection for Saas apps: Spin Technology raises $16M for expanding market; • Onboarding candidate search & recruitment marketing capabilities: Silkroad acquires Entelo; • Making talent decisions smarter: Harver acquires pymetrics soft skills assessment solution; • Busting anti-queer bias in text prediction:...Read More
A series of weekly outside-the-box news stories and their unexpected lessons for recruiting People May Pick Friends Who Smell Like Them – Scientific American A recent report in the publication Science Advances described research in Israel that found there’s more to the idea of certain people having chemistry with one another than previously thought. We...Read More
By Peter Weddle, CEO TAtech A recent report found that depending on the job type, somewhere between 92 and 96 percent of all candidates who click on an ad fail to complete an application. Historically, much if not most of the blame for that miserable outcome has been directed at the employer’s application form. The...Read More
By Stephen O’Donnell, Chief Growth Officer TAtech Apologies to Evan Davis for pinching his show title from the latest episode of The Bottom Line business series on BBC Radio 4. It does however, neatly lay out the dichotomy facing business leaders, not only from a commercial and moral standpoint, but also has a direct effect...Read More
TAtech’s Start Smart podcast doesn’t do interviews or commentary. Instead, it explores the facts, the latest research and findings in the field of talent acquisition and their implications for recruiters. So, when you’re looking to step back from the daily grind, when you need a moment to relax and refresh, take a listen to these...Read More
Aptitude Research has found that less than half of all recruiters – just 48% – are satisfied with their company’s recruitment technology. Given recruiters’ growing reliance on technology, that’s not a trivial problem. What’s causing it? More often than not, it’s an institutional issue. Aptitude Research also found that fewer than one third of employers...Read More
