At the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas we announced Entelo Stack , our newest product. With Stack it will become commonplace for recruiters to say things like “Sally, I see you just applied 24 minutes ago for our role and you look like an incredible fit for the job. That simply doesn’t happen today in recruiting. Most applicant tracking software systems are only set up to evaluate candidates against the specific job they apply for. This is a big week for Entelo. MORE

20+ Former Zenefits Employees Weigh In (LinkedIn). As Zenefits cuts 17% of its staff in hopes of a fresh start, a look inside the growing pains of a startup that went from 15 employees to 1,400 in less than two years. Zenefits’ dramatic media takedown is no exception. Zenefits Once Told Employees: No Sex in Stairwells,” the Wall Street Journal first reported, followed by aggregated reports from CNBC, Business Insider, Vanity Fair and many, many others. MORE

The former CEO of troubled startup Zenefits made more than $10 million from the company – Business Insider. Zenefits’ founding CEO, Parker Conrad, who resigned in February in a scandal involving selling insurance without proper licensing, started the company when he was pretty much broke but left the company a rich man. Many startups built their culture without the bureaucracy of human resources, but replacing a person with software can lead to problems. MORE

Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. G2 Crowd, Glassdoor for software reviews, gets $30M from Accel, LinkedIn. Sign up for our weekly email summary of the week’s funding, M&A, partnership and other timely news from the HR technology, recruitment, talent management and employee benefits space. Happy Friday. MORE

Each week, with the help of HRmarketer Insight software , our researchers compile a sampling of mergers & acquisition, funding and partnership announcements from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. Military Recruiting Firm Bradley-Morris, Inc. Employee Communications Software PostBeyond Inc. Warburg Pincus Invests In NEOGOV, Talent Management Software Platform For Public Sector. Zenefits Announces Partners at Z2 Conference. MORE

A chatbot is an example of AI that mimics human conversation virtually using voice or text software technology. Yet in a survey of attendees conducted at the 2017 HR Tech Conference and Expo , 99% of respondents said they believe it’s important for workers to be able to find information on company policies such as maternity leave in the evening or non-business hours. Efficient and Effective Recruiting. The post 5 Reasons to Embrace AI appeared first on Zenefits Blog. MORE

Each week, with the help of HRmarketer Insight software , our researchers compile a sampling of mergers & acquisition, funding and partnership announcements from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. WorkForce Software Acquires Workplace, Global Leader in Schedule Optimization. a Leading Healthcare Software-as-a-Service Company. Insurity Acquires Tropics Software Technologies. HR software provider Qimple bags $1.1 MORE