This week, the boys are doing their best Charles Dickens impressions, but instead of two cities, they’re waxing poetic about the tale of two applicant tracking systems: SmartRecruiers and iCIMS. One is making all the right moves, while the other one, well, not-so-much. Then it’s on to Amazon, whose new Amazon Q Technology is taking the world by storm … and possibly putting a lot of developers out of work. Yikes!

Then it’s time for a little Buy-or-Sell, featuring Pangeam, Micro1 and Workpay. More disagreement this time than usual, so hopefully you like fireworks. And if you don’t like fireworks, hopefully you like chicken, becauase Chick-fil-A is back in the news. And speaking of chicken, don’t even get Chad started on Chicken Cock Whiskey … you just need to listen.

Chapters

01:00 – Euro Chad goes deep

03:40 – Chicken Cock Whiskey

05:18 – Oasis, PeralJam and Xers

08:25 – Kelce’s New Heights rein in $100m

12:00 – Fantasy Football

14:15 – CEO Divergence

20:01 – iCIMS: Potential Acquisition Strategy and Layoffs

21:01 – SmartRecruiters: Industry Knowledge and Global Expansion

21:14 – Impact of CEO Changes on Global Growth Strategies

21:30 – Comparing iCIMS and SmartRecruiters

27:36 – The Impact of Amazon Q

34:54 – Recent Funding: Pangem, Micro One, and Workpay

43:32 – Chick-fil-A’s Misadventure in the Streaming Market

Keywords

SmartRecruiters, iCIMS, CEO changes, acquisitions, layoffs, global growth strategy, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, HR tech, AI, software development, Amazon Q, Pangem, Micro One, Workpay, Chick-fil-A, streaming platform

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