Salesforce has no desire to enter the staffing software vertical
Ted Elliott · 1043 HR Tech CEO: I accidently raised $3m! · Jun 2, 2018 · at 15:56
Ted Elliott, founder and CEO of Jobscience (a recruiting platform built on Salesforce), explains why Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff would not acquire Jobscience.
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“This is not a space Salesforce wants to be in. And it's a subspace within the space. They don't want to be in the staffing industry. We have new corporate and staffing, but it's still not a space they want to be in.”
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