Spirence’s Laura Kunz on Life After Pitchfest, Selling a New Category, and a Fortune 50 Pilot Renewal

A year after placing second at HR Tech's Pitchfest, Spirence has a customer that came straight from the stage, more than half a million covered lives in its pipeline, and an enterprise sales cycle that demands patience. A year after Spirence placed second at HR Tech's...

Gotham Growth CEO David Hain on HCM M&A: Why Buyers Are Buying, What Deals Are Worth, and What to Expect in 2027

Four to six times ARR for a good company, seven to eight for a great one, and a clear message for sellers who want a 2027 exit: start the conversations now. Deals in HCM are closing at one to three times ARR, a range David Hain says was rare outside of fire sales...

The Compliance Deadline Moved. The Lawsuits Didn’t.

Salary.com Enters the Platform Race

Salary.com launched SalaryTalent on September 28, its move from single-category compensation provider to full talent management platform. Five products ship at once: Recruiting, Candidate Sourcing, Performance Management, Workforce Management, and HR Agent...

Investors Are Cold on Talent Acquisition Right Now. BoomerangHR Just Raised $12.7M Anyway

I run the Investor Experience at HR Tech, which means most of my days right now are spent talking to angels, VCs, private equity, and corp dev about what they're looking for. There's a phrase I hear more than I'd like: "not really interested in talent acquisition...

Left of the Application. Harver Just Made Its Move, Acquires Symphony Talent.

Harver announced it's acquiring Symphony Talent. Backed by Rubicon Technology Partners, the deal pairs Harver's IO psychology, cognitive and personality science, and anti-fraud candidate assessment infrastructure with Symphony Talent's recruitment marketing, career...

Stadium Acquires Confetti

The deal pairs Stadium's swag, recognition, and gifting business with Confetti's live-hosted team experiences. Stadium, the company behind Snackmagic and Swagmagic, has acquired Confetti, a virtual and hybrid team experience platform. The deal brings Stadium's...

hackajob CEO Mark Chaffey on Archer, Pre-Apply Compliance, and $3M in ARR in Nine Months

Application volume at large enterprise employers is running three to four times higher than a couple of years ago, and the same AI tools driving that volume are erasing any signal recruiters could use to sort it. That's the noise Mark Chaffey, CEO and co-founder of...

The Campus Recruiting Platform You’re Depending On Is Looking for Something Else to Be

Handshake built the dominant campus recruiting network in the United States. Most major universities are on it. Most large enterprise employers have subscriptions. For the better part of a decade, if you wanted early career talent at scale, Handshake was the default...

Early Career Is Being Reinvented. The Incumbents Are Not Ready.

The early career market is in its pre-ACA-like moment. The regulatory deadline is real. The platform gap is wide open. The incumbents aren't building toward it. That combination doesn't last long. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) set a mandatory compliance deadline that...