A grounded case study on rolling out voice screening without alienating recruiters.
The episode is strongest when it stays on the rollout itself: how voice screening was introduced without losing recruiters, not just why the idea sounded good.

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Hosted by Chris Russell, online recruiting's mad scientist, the RecTech podcast covers all aspects of recruiting technology and recruitment marketing including interesting new tools & vendors. You'll also hear how recruiters leverage technology to find talent. A great listen for HR tech vendors, HR professionals and recruiters everywhere. CONTACT: [email protected]
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rec Tech turns recruiting software debates into practical questions about hiring operations, candidate trust, AI risk and the future of workplace tools.
Chris Russell keeps Rec Tech: the Recruiting Technology Podcast focused on the decisions recruiting software forces employers to make. Vendor interviews and moderated roundtables move from product mechanics to their consequences for hiring teams and candidates, with Russell…
An ATS as hard as a tax return? Chris Russell lets you hear what recruiters could change.
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A grounded case study on rolling out voice screening without alienating recruiters.
The episode is strongest when it stays on the rollout itself: how voice screening was introduced without losing recruiters, not just why the idea sounded good.
Recruiting tech only matters when candidates feel answered, not processed.
This episode treats a common recruiting failure plainly: candidates can move into the process and still feel unseen. Its stronger point is that a career site should work more like a useful first conversation than a static brochure, giving people something timely and human enough…
A practical AI recruiting conversation that keeps coming back to workflow, cost, and recruiter leverage.
The episode is strongest when it stays close to practice. Mike Wolford's AI Recruiter 2.0 lands best in the parts about moving from dabbling to building an app in about five hours on the first try, then getting faster after that, and treating clear ideas plus prompting as a real…
A grounded look at where recruiting tech is headed, and what AI is already changing in the hiring process.
George LaRock maps the hiring-tech moment with a practical eye. He traces the move toward more AI at the application stage, the rise of candidate fraud, and the pressure on recruiters to process more volume without turning decision making into a black box.
Voice AI gets a practical healthcare-hiring frame, with nurse and recruiter use cases both clear.
Incredible Health makes a practical case for voice AI in healthcare hiring. It keeps the focus on speed, confidence, and cost, which helps the pitch feel grounded instead of speculative.
AI hiring gets harder to defend when the scoring has to be explained.
The episode uses the January 2026 class action against Eightfold under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to frame a plain question: how much of hiring software can actually be explained.
Trust, fit, and candidate experience inside a practical ATS pitch.
The episode centers on a familiar ATS tension: whether the system is built for job seekers to participate in, or mainly for recruiters to sort through.
A practical look at how AI rules are landing on recruiting teams.
This episode treats AI compliance as an everyday recruiting problem rather than a slogan. Chris Russell keeps the roundtable steady while Bennett Sung and Martin Redstone walk TA leaders through the issues that matter heading into 2026: fragmented state rules, California's…


Practical HR conversations for changing workplaces.




Chris Russell hosts a JobSync roundtable on “messaging best practices for the candidate experience” with Carrie Noon of Ford Motor Company, Jeff Webb of Organon in Toronto, and Alex Murphy from JobSync.
Chris Russell opens Rec Tech with blue-collar skill matching and brings on VeroSkills to explain its AI-powered staffing platform.
Rec Tech opens a roundtable on AI and compliance for 2026.
Chris Russell opens with a LinkedIn post and uses it to frame a larger question about whether an ATS should treat job seekers as part of its mission.
Rec Tech’s Chris Russell, with JobSync CEO Alex Murphy and COO Leah Daniels, breaks down a January 2026 class action accusing Eightfold of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by creating hidden credit reports on jobseekers.
This episode covers news in recruiting technology, including Indeed's policy changes and a new job board for AI agents.
This episode covers two acquisitions in the recruiting technology space: Crosschq acquiring Tradeify and another story, with sponsor messages from Dahlia and Jobcase.
This episode covers news in recruiting technology, including Adzuna's acquisition of Trovit and Mytula, and discusses tools for talent acquisition.
This episode covers news about ZipRecruiter's ChatGPT integration, a recruiting software startup's funding, and other talent acquisition technology updates.
Voice screening gets a practical case study, minus the shiny AI fog.
This episode covers major funding news in recruiting tech, including Juicebox's $80M Series B, and new product launches from Persona and Phenom.
Doug Berg of Match2 argues that recruiting has spent years building post-apply screening systems that reject candidates after submission, while leaving most career site visitors outside the process.
Mike Wolford joins Chris Russell to talk through his AI Recruiter 2.0 approach to recruiting and AI.
Host Chris Russell outlines five essential types of content that employers must have on their career sites to attract and convert top talent, covering culture definition, employee testimonials, benefits breakdowns, application process transparency, and team-specific details.
Chris Russell hosts a Jobsync roundtable on WorkTech Predictions 2026 with George LaRocque, Leah Daigle, Alex Murphy, and live chat questions.
Incredible Health's CEO joins REC Tech to discuss two new voice AI agents for healthcare hiring.
Host Chris Russell interviews TA leaders at RecFest about AI, internal hiring, and recruiting tech trends.
This episode discusses Indeed's policy change requiring job feeds to come directly from ATS, impacting employers and recruiters.
Chris Russell interviews the founder of warmerjobs.com about a referral platform that combines LinkedIn connections with job searching.
A roundtable discussion on how AI is transforming recruiting operations, featuring expert guests and audience Q&A.
This episode discusses the slowing U.S.