InnovateCV innovates the resume, the cover letter, and the application … right out of existence

"Our enemy is the resume," Lewis said. "We want candidates to show their true colors … which you can't do in a black and white resume."

How a fake developer attracted hundreds of emails, bribes, and job offers

Meebo founder Elaine Wherry created a fake JavaScript engineer named Pete London to attract the best recruiters in Silicon Valley.

Oracle acquires SelectMinds, underscoring importance of cloud-based HR

Oracle has snapped up SelectMinds, a provider of recruiting automation tools, to bolster its portfolio of cloud-based employee and HR services.

TribeHR integrates with Facebook and LinkedIn so employees can show off their gold stars (exclusive)

TribeHR, a human resources platform that focuses on the social aspects of personnel management, has announced a new integration with Facebook and LinkedIn.

Analyze this: Talent Analytics quantifies you

Talent Analytics measures people, weighing their preferences and motivations and how those characteristics predict job performance. "Our niche is companies who have employees," jokes founder Greta Roberts.

Gild leads companies to the unicorns of the tech world: talented developers

Talented developers are like white tigers — rare, expensive, and in high demand. Gild, an HR tool that helps companies evaluate developers, has snagged a significant $2 million in seed financing to simplify the tough recruitment process.

The ability of …

TribeHR gets $2.5M to make human resources less tribal, more familial

TribeHR, a human resources platform that focuses on the social aspect of personnel management, announced today that it’s raised $2.5 million in funding.

Human resources departments hold complicated positions within a company. On the one hand, they grant vacation days, …

Zao: The social hiring tool that automates and gamifies referrals … putting cash in your hand

Would you suggest a friend or contact for a job at your company? Most people answer yes, making referrals the most tried and true method of recruiting. Now a new tool in the recruiter’s toolbox will allow hiring managers to …

Tech sector layoffs spike to a 3-year high; HP, Sony lead the way in pink slips

While startups scramble to hire the best engineers, tech workers at many companies this year have received the dreaded — and perhaps unexpected — pink slip.

Survey results show that layoffs at tech companies in the first half of 2012 …

Funding daily: It’s an “Affinity-Driven Network”, stupid

Funding news was rather slow today, but then again, it’s the end of the week. And no one wants to release major news with Google is stealing all the spotlight at this week at its Google I/O conference. However, here …

Job searches suck, but this startup thinks it can make them sexier. And shorter.

Bright is launching today with a tall promise: It wants to find you a job. Not just any job: the job. The right job for you, the perfect match for your abilities and interests.

Ideally, if you’re only looking at …

Recruitment trend we hate: Asking for Facebook passwords during the interview

We’ve come to expect the intimate inspection of our social media profiles by recruiters and hiring managers, but some  are now asking applicants for their Facebook login information during interviews.

A fascinating story from the Associated Press reveals that some …