Recruitment news and trends

Businesses Offering Student Loan Help to Gain Recruitment Edge
Loans // August 30, 2023

Businesses are increasingly hoping to get a leg up in the recruitment of new graduates by offering a relatively rare benefit: paying off student loans. According to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday (Aug. 30), listing for full-time jobs offering student loan repayment has doubled...

Embedded Finance Targets The Small Recruiting Business Niche
B2B Payments // February 24, 2021

Small businesses, which collectively form the foundation of the U.S. economy, continue to wade through market volatility, many with dwindling chances of survival. It’s a saddening scenario that justifies the existence of financial relief initiatives across the private and public sectors, most notably, the Paycheck...

UK Finance Firm Launches £40M Recruitment Fund
B2B Payments // August 20, 2019

Skipton Business Finance is putting up £40 million ($48.5 million) to aid U.K. businesses in the recruitment space, BDaily News reported on Monday (Aug. 19). E-recruitment is a growing segment, but economic uncertainty has recruitment agencies struggling to find the funding necessary to transform. “Skipton...

Stripe: Developers Are The Economy’s Most Precious Resource
Personnel // September 07, 2018

If one were looking at the economy a decade ago, Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson told Karen Webster, the biggest challenge businesses faced in growing was clear: access to capital. Ten years ago, the economy was in the midst of the “Great Financial Crisis,” and businesses were reeling from the...

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Stripe: Developers Are The Economy’s Most Precious Resource

September 07, 2018
If one were looking at the economy a decade ago, Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson told Karen Webster, the biggest challenge businesses faced in growing was clear: access to capital. Ten years ago, the economy was in the midst of the “Great Financial Crisis,” and businesses were reeling from the credit crunch that came along for the ride. The last 10 years […]

Tilr CEO: Why Algorithms Make The Best Recruiters

April 04, 2018
The art and science of using the internet as a tool to recruit employees hasn’t just fundamentally changed once in the last 15 or so years – it has actually...

Quick Reads
LinkedIn Sees 25% Leap in Subscriptions While Adding AI Tools

March 07, 2024
LinkedIn’s premium subscription segment reportedly earned $1.7 billion in revenue in 2023. During the same year, the social networking platform for professionals saw a 25% leap in the number of premium subscribers, Reuters reported Thursday (March 7), citing its interview with LinkedIn Chief Operating Officer Dan Shapero.  LinkedIn, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2016, amassed a total of […]

Businesses Offering Student Loan Help to Gain Recruitment Edge

August 30, 2023
Businesses are increasingly hoping to get a leg up in the recruitment of new graduates by offering a relatively rare benefit: paying off student loans. According to a report by...