Jobvite, a Burlingame, CA-based maker of “social recruiting” software for companies looking to hire new workers, said today that it has raised $15 million in Series C financing. New investor Trident Capital led the round, which was joined by existing investors CMEA Capital and ATA Ventures. Jobvite said the funding would go to support continued “rapid growth” for the company, which has sextupled in size since 2009; the startup says its applications are used by over 500 customers, including Groupon, Shuttefly, Starbucks, Tivo Twitter, Whole Foods, Yelp, and Zappos.

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Chelmsford, MA-based Brooks Automation (NASDAQ: BRKS), which makes robotic equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, storage media, and flat panel displays, said today that a restructuring plan initiated as a response to deteriorating sales resulted in about 200 layoffs in the final quarter of 2008, and will lead to another 350 layoffs in the coming months. Combined, the two rounds of layoffs will shrinkg the company’s global head count by about 30 percent. We’ve updated the Boston Tech Layoff Tracker with these latest figures.

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