Criteria Corporation Raises $56 Million for Employment Assessments
$56 million to Criteria Corp, which by all accounts is a very traditional assessment company with very traditional assessment deployment. From VentureBeat: Criteria Corp, a market leading SaaS based employment analytics platform, today announced that Sumeru...
Freelancer Marketplace Fiverr Files for IPO
52% of the private workforce is forcasted to have worked as an "independent worker" (freelancer or contracter for all, or some of, their career. Currently 47% of the workforce is working, or has worked, as a freelancer or contractor. That market momentum has created...
Karat Raises $28M Series B To Outsource Technical Interviews
Karat conducts what they call "highly predictive technical interviews" on behalf of their clients. Technical skills assessments are nothing new. This feels more like packaging of an assessment to me. Disclosure: We have not been briefed on Karat yet. ...
SeekOut Raises $6M for its Tech Candidate Sourcing Tool
SeekOut is the latest tech candidate sourcing tool to get some VC funding. They happen to be here at the UNLEASH conference in Las Vegas where I'm speaking, so I stopped by their stand and grabbed a demo. It's a pretty standard-fare tech sourcing tool. It searches...
HRWins eBook: Harnessing Tech to Power Your 2019 Campus Recruiting Program
Just in time for campus recruiting season comes the latest HRWins eBook. In this report you'll learn: Why 2019 may be the most competitive campus recruiting season EVER Which capabilities you need for an effective campus recruiting tech stack The three prime areas to...
Tech Recruiting Database humanpredictions Raises $1.16M
humanpredictions aggregates available public data then claims to use it to identify talent, tell you when it's best to contact them, and what message to deliver. Largely focused on tech, they apply data science and machine learning to help identify talent and predict...
Germany-based HeyJobs Raises $12 Million USD Series A for “Predictable Hiring”
Germany produces the latest AI-based recruiting platform promising "predictable hiring." They're website positions them as a panacea: "Never struggle to find skilled talent again." "Find only qualified candidates." "Get the most out of your budget." "Make sure...
France-based Brigad Raises $6.7 Million USD for Its On Demand Interim Workforce Marketplace
Brigad raises $6.7 million to expand its on demand interim workforce job board/marketplace beyond the restaurant and hospitality sector. From FrenchWeb: In a hotel and restaurant sector where work often rhymes with precariousness, Brigad continues to strengthen...
India-based Skillenza raises $1m “pre-series” A for Challenge-based Job Marketplace
We know, Skillenza sounds like something you catch during cold and flu season. Where did you find that job? "In Skillenza." If they come the U.S. they may need to rebrand, but that doesn't take away from the fact that challenge-based job board marketplaces have had a...
Pana Raises $10 Million for its Interview Travel Coordination App
Pana raised $10 million to help coordinate travel for interviews. Seems like a feature in a larger corporate travel solution to us. From TechCrunch: Your last 10 emails with a recruiter before an onsite interview probably shouldn’t be about rebooking your canceled...
Duco Closes $1.7 Million Seed Round for Its Human Cloud for High-end Consultants
Duco Raised a $1.7 million Seed round to connect high-end consultants to businesses. From Duco's announcement: Duco Advisors, Inc., a software-as-a-service marketplace reinventing the way enterprises hire high-end consultants for high-value projects, has successfully...
Sense Raises $13.5 Million Series B for Its Messaging Platform Focused on Contingent Workers, Staffing Firms, and Employers – TREND NOTE
Sense raised $13.5 million for its messaging platform that, to date, has been focused on connecting staffing firms to contractors/contingent workers. With this funding announcement, their messaging seems to be shifting to include employers directly. VentureBeat quoted...