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Humanly Bought CareerArc. The Staffing Business Is Next.
Posted on October 15, 2026 Leave a Comment
Humanly is building a technology-enabled staffing business, with AI doing more of the work and employers buying access to qualified, engaged candidates.
CareerArc gives Humanly another way to find those people. The immediate target is job advertising spend, but the longer term ambition is to compete for staffing budgets.
Video Interviews Evolve: Zoom’s Strategic Move with BrightHire
Posted on November 18, 2025 Leave a Comment
On the surface, this looks like a clean story: Zoom wants to deepen its hiring workflows, and BrightHire has already built a strong interview-intelligence layer on top of Zoom’s infrastructure.
Under the surface, it’s a survival strategy for a meeting platform that knows the meeting itself has become a commodity.
Glassdoor: An M&A Which Will Live in Infamy.
Posted on May 10, 2018 10 Comments
There are a lot of companies out there that actually walk the walk. Glassdoor, for a long time, was one of the good guys; they practiced the same sort of radical transparency they preached and were the rare company to actually champion the employee over the employer. Of course, when you’re a startup, it’s pretty easy to […]
Stoned Raiders: A Blunt Look at Randstad’s Monster Hit.
Posted on August 16, 2016 1 Comment
If you think Randstad bought Monster for its technology, think again. Here are some blunt thoughts on what it means for recruiting.