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Charles Hipps and the problem of the perfect CV
Charles Hipps started building recruitment software in 1995. Three decades later, the Oleeo founder is asking what happens when every application looks impressive - and who should make the decision that follows.
Daniel Shapero and the advantage of starting over
Before he became LinkedIn’s CEO, Daniel Shapero traded a sales leadership job for a beginner’s place in product. His career makes a case for taking your ambition seriously enough to change direction.
System Soft Technologies and the art of getting unstuck
An old freight system. A stalled hiring pipeline. A pile of unused software licenses. System Soft Technologies works where the grand technology plan meets the Tuesday morning backlog.
AgileOne and the work between the jobs
Hiring gets complicated between the job request and the final invoice. AgileOne has built a business managing those handoffs - and the suppliers, software, and decisions inside them.
Industry wants to end the hiring waiting game
First came video résumés for bartenders and chefs. Now Industry sells AI interviews with a human check - and a bet that the slowest part of hiring is everything between applying and meeting.
Andres Blank and the trouble with finding people
Before he built Fetcher, Andres Blank sold lumber in Venezuela and helped turn scattered photographs into Pixable. Hiring for his own companies gave him the problem he would spend the next decade trying to solve.
Recruiter.com sells you a hiring team. By the month.
When hiring comes in bursts, a permanent recruiting team can be an awkward fit. Recruiter.com sells capacity by the month - and its own history reveals the price of that flexibility.
Hire the team behind the storefront.
eCommerce Placement recruits the people who make online retail work. Its most useful lesson is that a growth team can begin with the people who keep customers, before the people who buy more traffic.
TMP Worldwide closes the gap between click and hire.
A recruitment ad agency became Radancy by following the candidate beyond the advertisement. Its real product is the connection between all the steps that usually fall apart.
Ceipal wants those five minutes back.
A résumé submission should not take five minutes. Ceipal built a business around removing the small delays that make staffing expensive.
Appcast makes every hiring dollar answerable.
A job ad can win a click and still lose a hire. Appcast built its business in that gap - then bought a century-old agency to follow the money further.
Built In sells the story before the job.
A Chicago tech community discovered that company stories could bring in candidates. Now Built In is taking that idea into the answers AI gives about employers.
Nexxt sold its name. Kept its future.
Before it helped employers find their next hire, Nexxt found an unusual way to keep its own team together: sell the name, keep the business. Today, its bet is that recruiting works better when you think like a marketer.
Greer Stevenson and the conversation that became a career move
A grand jury term brought Greer Stevenson and a future Figma colleague together. Now Clay’s Founding Sourcer is building a sourcing engine after four years of recruiting at Figma.
Storm3 starts the search before the job exists
The HealthTech recruiter bets that the person you need next is already busy elsewhere. Its business is knowing them before you need an introduction.
Take2 AI found a hiring problem hiding in the clock
Healthcare runs all night. Recruiting usually does not. Take2 AI is building a business in the hours between a clinician’s application and a recruiter’s first coffee.
Storm2 and the art of knowing fewer people better
The fintech recruiter built its business on a small proposition: know one market deeply enough to make the right introduction. Its move toward America reveals both the power of that idea and the limits of expansion.
Russell Tobin and the art of hiring at scale
A recruiter inside your team. A sourcing network outside it. Russell Tobin’s answer to a crowded hiring market is to make a large operation feel surprisingly personal.
PowerToFly found the people. Now AI needs them.
A hiring platform built around overlooked professionals is turning its community toward AI training and evaluation. Its wager: the people who know the work should help judge the machines doing it.
Yello and the expensive art of keeping candidates waiting
A recruiter’s calendar can become a company’s hiring problem. Yello has built a business around the small delays that decide who gets hired - and who gives up.
Qualified Recruiter sells the team behind the hire
A Pune-born recruiting business pairs offshore sourcing with U.S. account management. Its wager: a dedicated recruiter becomes more useful when the training, tools, and quality checks arrive with them.
Veritone wants your archive to earn its keep
A forgotten clip can become a licensing deal. A body-camera recording can become a records backlog. Veritone sells the machinery that helps organizations tell the difference - and put their stored media to work.
DHI Group and the price of a better shortlist
Dice knows technology talent. ClearanceJobs knows the cleared workforce. Their parent, DHI Group, is discovering how differently two specialist hiring markets can behave.
HRMC would rather see your work than your resume
A blueprint, a few pointed questions, and an interview slot: HRMC Acclaim turns the front end of hiring into one continuous encounter. Its wager is that employers lose good people long before they get to meet them.
Springworks and the art of being noticed
A background check, a thank-you, a survey: Springworks puts the small transactions of working life where people will actually complete them. Its wager is that better timing can make a better workplace.
Metaview wants your recruiters to stop doing the paperwork
The interview notetaker has become a recruiting platform with $110 million in backing. Its wager: the conversation you were too busy typing to hear can teach the rest of the hiring process what to do.
Applicantz and the art of making engineering happen
AI has acquired a taste for engineering talent. Applicantz, a Houston company founded in 2001, is selling the people, coordination, and accountability that turn a technical ambition into working capacity.
Federal Soft’s $15 million turn toward talking trees
An IT services company put a reported $15 million price on a move into technology products. Its classroom mat and robotic tree make the strategy easier to understand than any digital transformation slogan.
Rival and the expensive art of passing a PDF
A new hire can be ready while the paperwork is still wandering. Rival has built its business around the awkward handoffs between HR systems - and is now giving AI a job in the middle.
ConsultNet and the Trouble With One More Hire
A technology project can have plenty of people and still have nobody in charge. ConsultNet sells a way to close that gap, from a single specialist to a team in Guadalajara.