Employ Inc. Acquires Lever

Energage Acquires TalentQuest

March 25, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Energage, the HR technology company behind the Top Workplaces employer recognition program, announced its acquisition of TalentQuest, a personalized talent management solutions provider. The deal combines Energage’s engagement and benchmark insights with TalentQuest’s talent development tools to create a more complete employee experience platform.

Employ Acquires Pillar (AI Interview Intelligence Platform)

March 5, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Employ has acquired Pillar, an AI-powered interview intelligence platform, and will integrate Pillar’s capabilities into its ATS portfolio (Lever, Jobvite, JazzHR) to improve interview workflows, candidate experience, and hiring outcomes. The acquisition brings AI-driven structured interviews, automated feedback capture, and sentiment analysis into Employ’s product suite to speed hiring and reduce bias.

Jobtoolz (ISH) Acquires Hirehive

May 21, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Belgian recruitment platform Jobtoolz, part of ISH, has acquired Hirehive, an Ireland-based SaaS applicant tracking system (ATS). The deal expands Jobtoolz/ISH's geographic ATS footprint and brings Hirehive's ~350+ customers across the UK, Ireland and the US into the ISH portfolio.

K1-backed Jobvite Acquires JazzHR and NXTThing RPO

April 26, 2021

Staffing & HR

K1 Investment Management-backed Jobvite has combined with JazzHR and NXTThing RPO to create a market-leading talent acquisition platform that spans SMB to enterprise recruiting technology and services. The deal brings together Jobvite's enterprise suite, JazzHR's SMB recruiting software and NXTThing's RPO capabilities to offer an end-to-end recruiting solution.

Jobvite Acquires Talentegy

September 9, 2020

Software

Jobvite, the end-to-end talent acquisition suite, has acquired Talentegy, an award-winning talent analytics platform. The acquisition adds Talentegy's candidate- and engagement-focused analytics capabilities to Jobvite’s analytics offering to help customers improve candidate experience and hiring outcomes.

Erecruit Acquires Innovantage

April 9, 2019

Data & Analytics

Erecruit has acquired Innovantage, a UK-based provider of recruitment insights and workforce analytics, to add labor-market data and lead-generation capabilities to its staffing software suite. The acquisition will allow Erecruit to offer Innovantage as a standalone product and integrate its analytics into Erecruit and Adapt applications to better serve staffing firms and job boards.