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Beamery closes $28M Series B to stoke support for its ‘talent CRM’

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Beamery, a London-based startup that offers self-styled “talent CRM”– aka ‘candidate relationship management’ — and recruitment marketing software targeted at fast-growing companies, has closed a $28M Series B funding round, led by EQT Ventures. Also participating in the round are M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, and existing investors Index Ventures, Edenred Capital Partners and Angelpad Fund. Beamery last […] Continue reading Beamery closes $28M Series B to stoke support for its ‘talent CRM’→

Army must empower next generation to succeed in cyber, senior official says

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For the armed forces to succeed in cyberspace, the military must avoid “groupthink” by exploring new approaches and empowering junior service members, a senior U.S. Army official says. To quickly develop the Army’s cyber capabilities requires that leadership consider unique options while also adjusting for a different culture brought in by recruits who are inherently digitally savvy, according to Col. Chris Wade, director of the Army’s Task Force Cyber Strong. The program is designed to quickly develop and improve the military’s ability to defend against and launch cyberattacks. “What we want to avoid in the Army is that ‘groupthink,’” Wade said Thursday at the Red Hat Government Symposium presented by FedScoop. “That’s challenging for us as leaders … we got to embrace what’s going on .. giving power to the lowest levels so that guys can think through problems and rapidly react.” Wade, who serves in the Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief […]

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More than two years after historic breach, OPM continues to struggle with cybersecurity

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The Office of Personnel Management continues to struggle with cybersecurity more than two years after the agency first publicly acknowledged they were breached due to poor security practices, according to a newly released Office of the Inspector General report. The report, which focuses on the state of systems during fiscal year 2017, concludes that while OPM has “made improvements in its Security Assessment and Authorization (Authorization) program,” inspectors were nonetheless able to find a “significant deficiency in OPM’s information security management structure.” This translated to a poor overall cybersecurity score, as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, of two out of five for OPM. The score from the OIG is supposed to define the “maturity” level of an organization in relation to the security of information systems. This lackluster rating is due in large part to inaction by the agency regarding prior security recommendations referenced in other audits. “OPM is not […]

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FBI’s recruitment strategy for cybersecurity pros starts early, focuses on high school

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The FBI’s longterm strategy for hiring proficient cybersecurity professionals involves reaching into high schools, helping foster STEM education and perhaps most importantly, encouraging students to enroll in Scholarship for Service programs that eventually guide them toward Quantico, said Howard Marshall, deputy assistant director of the bureau’s cybersecurity division. “[Cyber workforce recruitment] is a huge challenge for us, maybe one of our biggest,” Marshall said Wednesday at CyberTalks in Washington, D.C. “We have a significant portion of our agents and investigators that are not equipped, what you could probably call not tech-savvy, that are not going to be much help when it comes to the technical side of an investigation.” Marshall said the FBI currently has a nationwide pilot program in which agents are working to encourage the study and development of science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses in high school. The idea is to get students engaged in exercises and other activities that […]

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Facebook partners with ZipRecruiter and more aggregators as it ramps up in jobs

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job listing Facebook has made no secret of its wish to do more in the online recruitment market — encroaching on territory today dominated by LinkedIn, the leader in tapping social networking graphs to boost job-hunting. Today, Facebook is taking the next step in that process. Facebook will now integrate with ZipRecruiter — an aggregator that allows those looking to fill jobs to post ads to… Read More Continue reading Facebook partners with ZipRecruiter and more aggregators as it ramps up in jobs→

Recruitment and retention of ‘cyber ninjas’ doesn’t have to be a dark art, report says

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Those on the front lines of the cybersecurity workforce crisis are dogged by one question above all others: how to recruit and retain the highly technically skilled personnel they need. Now, thanks to the SANS Institute, they have some fresh answers — at least in the government contracting sector. The institute, an information-security training provider and research clearinghouse, analyzed a list of the top 100 U.S. government contractors, and identified the eight companies which score highest on two indices reflecting metrics developed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank last year. The eight firms are all major U.S. defense and intelligence  contractors, called systems integrators because they build IT and other business systems for the government by assembling hardware, software and services from multiple vendors. According to the SANS analysis, the eight companies have had “remarkable success” in recruiting and retaining the highly technically skilled individuals that the CSIS report dubbed “cyber […]

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Riminder uses deep learning to better match people to jobs

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 There’s nothing efficient about sorting through 30,000 resumes by hand. Recruiters spend months evaluating applicants only to have great prospective candidates get lost in the pile. At TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield, French startup Riminder made the case for how its deep learning-powered platform could augment recruiters — helping them better surface ideal contenders for… Read More Continue reading Riminder uses deep learning to better match people to jobs→

YC-backed Pilot is building a contractor platform geared for the future of work

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desktop What’s a six year old startup doing entering Y Combinator? Plotting a new growth trajectory after a pivot. Pilot may be a veteran in Silicon Valley startup terms but it reckons the freelance contractor marketplace model it switched to around a year and a half ago is ideally positioned to serve a future of work that’s increasingly fragmented and distributed. Read More Continue reading YC-backed Pilot is building a contractor platform geared for the future of work→

LinkedIn will now let you discreetly signal when you’re looking for a job

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7435061864_9851a35e25_k One of the hallmarks of any social network is how it pushes people to share their experiences with others, but increasingly we’ve seen a lot of moves by social platforms to give people the option to remain very private, if they choose.
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Glassdoor raises $40M, valued around $1B, for a job search platform with peer reviews

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GLASSDOOR THUMBNAIL As the job market becomes more competitive in some industries and unemployment holds steady and even drops in certain regions, job site Glassdoor is reaping some of the rewards. The company — which helps people look for jobs and research companies that interest them based on feedback from others — has raised another $40 million in funding, a Series H round that values the company… Read More Continue reading Glassdoor raises $40M, valued around $1B, for a job search platform with peer reviews→