By George Markakis, Managing Partner at Venero Capital Advisors The next 5 years will be some of the best that HR Tech and WorkTech have ever seen! Here is my take, from 1000+ conversations this year with M&A acquirers, PE firms, PE-backed companies, VCs, growth stage startups, and established HR Tech vendors. HR technology has […]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry December 30, 2024 – January 5, 2025: • Being honest and dishonest at the same time: Klarna CEO says AI ‘can already do all of the jobs’; • Starting out with eyes open: The future of recruitment technology & talent acquisition in 2025; • Pushing for more H1-Bs: […]

Conversion Rates are a key metric of the health of your overall hiring operations—they are indicators that something has changed—good or bad. Intentional changes in your conversion rate can significantly impact your hiring velocity, cost of hire, and ability to meet your hiring goals. For recruitment marketers, tracking key conversion rates is crucial for optimizing […]

By Stephen O’Donnell, Chief Growth Officer TAtech In the rapidly evolving landscape of talent acquisition, 2025 is poised to be a year of significant transformation. With technology advancing at an unprecedented pace, recruiters, candidates, and tech buyers are all grappling with the implications and opportunities these changes bring. The themes of impatience for technological solutions, […]

10 individuals who have made a huge difference in talent acquisition Each year, TAtech celebrates 40 individuals who have had, throughout their career, an extraordinary impact on both the practice of talent acquisition and the application of talent technology. Known as the TAtech Honors, this recognition cites men and women around the world who have [...]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry December 9-15, 2024: • Sprouting international growth: HiringBranch raises C$5 million for scaling soft skills AI platform; • Getting real results ain’t easy: Start your genAI reset-Rewiring to turn potential into value; • Giving talent a reason to leave: Job hopping, not promotion, drives career growth, study finds; […]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry December 2-8, 2024: • Gazing into the crystal ball: Post-election hiring trends – what history can tell TA leaders. • Racing ahead regardless of the unknowns: OpenAI hits 300 million weekly active users; • Okaying employers’ abuse of personal time: SHRM challenges NJ’s ‘right to disconnect’ bill; • […]

You’re probably knee-deep in 2025 budgeting right now, which means you’re trying to solve the seemingly impossible challenge of doing more with less. More hires. More initiatives. Less budget. How do you run a more efficient operation than last year with less money? How do you consolidate resources and improve processes? This sort of thing […]

Each week, TAtech publishes TA Tech Business NewZ, a curated summary of the most important news and commentary in the job board and talent technology industry. Out of the 250+ articles and announcements we highlighted in 2024, we’re pleased to present our picks for the single most important of each month. January Recognizing human creativity: […]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry November 25-December 1, 2024: • Terminating cybersecurity threats: Twine raises $12M in funding to deploy AI cyber workers; • Searching for an end to monopoly: US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale; • Distinguishing creativity from execution: If you can’t tell the difference, there is […]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry November 18-24, 2024: • Expanding in North America & Europe: Adzuna acquires social recruitment platform Seiza; • Entering new markets for its AI solution: Viterbit to raise up to $10.3M for international growth; • Scaling strategic intelligence offering: GlobalData buys job data provider LinkUp to fuel growth; • […]

By Peter Weddle, CEO TAtech Read the commentary on social media these days, and you’ll see plenty of posts about the harm being done to talent acquisition professionals. One recent commentator noted the staggering number of TA leaders who are out-of-work, but the damage is occurring at every level. It is only slightly hyperbolic to […]

By Peter Weddle, Founder & CEO TAtech According to the American Psychological Association, 40 percent of workers worry about AI taking over some or all of their job.  I’d wager the figure is significantly higher among recruiters. This “AI anxiety” has been around for years, but the rapidly escalating capabilities of generative AI have pushed it […]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry November 4-10, 2024: • Flouting international law: Brand of the Ukrainian Job Board Jooble used illegally in Russia & Belarus; • Urging caution in product development: AI safety advocates tell founders to slow down; • Making data more accessible: Public Insight releases Talent Market Intelligence widgets/reports; • Surprising […]

By Peter Weddle, Founder & CEO TAtech The Great Stay has become the term du jour in TA and HR circles, and with good reason. In an era of low unemployment, the best source of new hires is the talent working for other employers, and that source has all but dried up. This year, there’s […]

It’s true, TAtech was originally founded in 2007 as the International Association of Employment Websites (IAEWS). Ten of the largest and best known job boards at the time contributed the funds to support the launch of a trade association for their fledgling industry. Ten years’ later, the IAEWS did a survey of its Members and […]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry October 28-November 3, 2024: • Going to court: Judge says a jury may decide whether SHRM conducted sham bias investigation; • Gagging on crumbs: As workers get laid off, CEOs & shareholders gobble up billions in profits; • Lending recruiters a hand: LinkedIn introduces Hiring Assistant to help […]

By Peter Weddle, Founder & CEO TAtech The futurist Daniel Burrus has opined that legacy thinking is as much an organizational challenge as legacy technology. I think he’s right and wrong. Legacy thinking can prevent a company from seeing and adapting to changes underway among its customers, product and internal technology and competitors. Now, more […]

Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry October 21-27, 2024: • Hinting at how to improve shopping for jobs: TechCrunch lists investments in AI shopping bots; • Linking AI to tragedy: Florida mother sues AI company over allegedly causing death of teen son; • Taking charge of their careers: Tech talent say they’re job hunting […]

By Peter Weddle, Founder & CEO TAtech This year’s WNBA season was an off-the-charts success. Although a handful of standout players added special sizzle to the games, the caliber of talent was high across the board. Despite that success and the corresponding growth in attendance and merchandise sales, the compensation of the women on the […]

ChatGPT has the potential to create a whole new type of worker: the Centaur. How will ChatGPT affect the U.S. labor market in 2024 and beyond? The explosively popular generative AI chatbot was launched about 14 months ago (in November 2022). Below, I stand on the shoulders of academic research that has empirically assessed ChatGPT’s […]