CodeSignal secures $50M for its tech hiring platform

The company’s technical assessment technology is a “flight simulator for developers,” that gives candidates a score based on a simulated evaluation of their skills. Continue reading CodeSignal secures $50M for its tech hiring platform

Fin names former Twilio exec Evan Cummack as CEO, raises $20M

Fin’s software captures employee workflow data from across applications and turns it into productivity insights to improve the way enterprise teams work and remain engaged. Continue reading Fin names former Twilio exec Evan Cummack as CEO, raises $20M

SmartRecruiters raises $110M at a $1.5B valuation to expand its end-to-end recruitment platform

The global Covid-19 pandemic had a chilling effect on a number of industries and their workforces, resulting in mass furloughs and layoffs. But now, with countries now taking steps back to “normal”, that has been leading, in many cases, back to a hiring surge. Today, SmartRecruiters, one of the companies that has built software to […] Continue reading SmartRecruiters raises $110M at a $1.5B valuation to expand its end-to-end recruitment platform

Dover raises $20M to bring the concept of ‘orchestration’ to recruitment

Despite being one of the earliest adopters of using the world wide web to disrupt how its business is done and connect with more potential customers, the recruitment industry ironically remains one of the more fragmented and behind the times when it comes to using new, cloud based services to work more efficiently. A new […] Continue reading Dover raises $20M to bring the concept of ‘orchestration’ to recruitment

Remote raises $150M on a $1B+ valuation to manage payroll and more for organizations’ global workforces

For many of us, going to work these days no longer means going into a specific office like it used to; and today one of the startups that’s built a platform to help cater for that new, bigger world of employment — wherever talent might be — is announcing a major round of funding on […] Continue reading Remote raises $150M on a $1B+ valuation to manage payroll and more for organizations’ global workforces

Pequity, a compensation platform designed for more equitable pay, raises $19M

Diversity and inclusion have become central topics in the world of work. In the best considerations, improving them is a holistic effort, involving not just conceiving of products with this in mind, but hiring and managing talent in a diverse and inclusive way, too. A new startup called Pequity that has built a product to […] Continue reading Pequity, a compensation platform designed for more equitable pay, raises $19M

Beamery raises $138M at an $800M valuation for its ‘operating system for recruitment’

Online job listings were one of the first things to catch on in the first generation of the internet. But that has, ironically, also meant that some of the most-used digital recruitment services around today are also some of the least evolved in terms of tapping into all of the developments that tech has to […] Continue reading Beamery raises $138M at an $800M valuation for its ‘operating system for recruitment’

The Future of Application Security

At the beginning of 2020, digital transformation was already on the agenda of IT executives and organizations in all industries. However, when the pandemic hit, any plan of a slow and easy transition went out the window as IT and security professional… Continue reading The Future of Application Security

Ahead of Dell’s spin out, VMware appoints longtime exec Raghu Raghuram as its new CEO

Five months after it was announced that Pal Gelsinger would be stepping down as CEO of VMware to take the top job at Intel, the virtualization giant has finally appointed a permanent successor. Raghu Raghuram — a longtime employee of the company — has been appointed the new CEO. He will be taking on the […] Continue reading Ahead of Dell’s spin out, VMware appoints longtime exec Raghu Raghuram as its new CEO

Blind raises $37M to double down on workplace gossip and career advice

Blind has carved out a unique niche in the social-networking world. It’s an app of verified, pseudonymous employees talking to each other about what’s going on at their employers, trading notes on everything from layoffs, to promotions, to policies. Part LinkedIn, part Reddit, part Slack — it’s become widely popular among tech workers at Silicon […] Continue reading Blind raises $37M to double down on workplace gossip and career advice