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myInterview raises $5 million for its video-based job recruitment platform

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Sydney, Australia-based myInterview wants to turn videos into an integral part of recruitment, with a platform that allows candidates to upload video responses to questions. Recruiters also have the option of using myInterview Intelligence, or machine learning-based tools that create shortlists for competitive openings.

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Beware the rise of ‘ghost jobs’ — fake job openings with no intent to hire

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Hunter Ng conducted research based on nearly 270,000 reviews from the “Interviews” section of the popular recruiting platform Glassdoor. Companies can therefore publish ads en masse, regardless of their actual recruitment needs. Why is it so hard to find a job? The low cost of posting ads is important, Ng says.

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Monzo, the British challenger bank nearing 5 million customers, has recruited a new U.S. CEO

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challenger bank with just shy of 5 million customers, has recruited a new U.S ambitions first broke cover in January 2019 (again, thanks to this publication ), and were officially confirmed the following June. Meanwhile, the recruiting of a new U.S. Monzo , the U.K. CEO to head up its efforts states-side, TechCrunch has learned.

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Circular.io is putting a referral spin on tech recruitment

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Demand for talent continues to make tech recruitment a hotbed of startup activity. opening to in-house tech recruiters in London from today). It’s a new recruitment model built on top of existing recommendation based behaviour.” Investors backing the Spanish startup include LocalGlobe, Point Nine and Kibo Ventures.

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Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit $240M in payments processed last year, up 89% from 2019

TechCrunch

When Chijioke Dozie, the CEO, spoke to TechCrunch in 2019, he cited recruitment purposes and clientele trust as reasons why the company made its financials public — an exercise it has done every second quarter for two years. It’s a tradition Dozie hopes the company will keep this year. .

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Dear Sophie: Any suggestions for recruiting international tech talent?

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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie: Startup recruiting strategies for international students and recent grads? More posts by this contributor. Flourishing Founder.

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

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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.