[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]Truly Universal Recruitment with Video[/font]
[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]Video interviewing is the wave of the future for both recruiters and candidates. Imagine having the whole world as your job search landscape. Or, if you are an employer, imagine truly universal recruitment. Recruiter.com has given video interviewing the thumbs up, calling it “one of the hottest HR technology trends in the past few years.”[/font]
[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]U.S. News and World Report has said that video interviews are good news for both candidates and employers, offering employers cost-effective universal recruitment and providing candidates with a worldwide showcase for their skills from the comfort of their own homes. A sure sign that video interviewing has truly arrived can be found in the numerous career websites that offer video interviewing advice.[/font]
[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]The video interview cycle usually begins when all candidates for a particular job record answers to preset questions provided by the employer. For small businesses, it can be as simple as asking the candidate to record a YouTube video. Dedicated tools and systems can provide customized video interviewing technology for larger employers. Do the math: a recruiter can evaluate 10 one-way video screens in the time it takes to do a single phone screen.[/font]
[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]Video interviewing is good news for candidates. Async Interview, a leading provider of cloud-based, real-time video interviewing tools, has produced a white paper: Wow Candidates with Video Technology which cites a 67 percent travel cost savings for candidates. Candidates save time and money and widen their job searches.[/font]
[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]What’s in it for employers? A Harvard study reported that 80% of employee turnover is the result of faults in the hiring process, and recruitment websites have lauded video interviewing for slashing companies’ recruitment budgets and giving businesses extended access to candidates. A range of applicants from all over the country or the world can be screened with one-way videos, followed by two-way, real-time interviews for those who prove most promising. In the time it takes to screen a handful of candidates the traditional way, hundreds can be filtered and interviewed, ensuring the company obtains the widest applicant pool possible. The larger the pool, the more chance you’ll have of hitting the recruiting nail on the head.[/font]
[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]Dedicated tools and systems extend the benefits of video interviewing. These benefits include the ability to involve a number of recruiters or managers in the process by way of adding notations to the video. An added bonus for companies is the opportunity to create carefully thought out branding and marketing presentations, rather than hit and miss face-to-face techniques. Video interviewing gives companies consistency in marketing messages.[/font]
[font=Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif]Think of it another way: video interviewing means candidates from all over the world can apply for a job at little to no cost. Companies can use video interviewing to widen their searches and save time and money on recruitment expenses, which traditionally have cost them thousands of dollars. Video interviewing is a win-win solution for both candidates and employers.[/font]
