Great original research on the benefits of Video-Enabled Talent Acquisition, provided by the Aberdeen group. “As firms seek to maximize their reach into an increasingly geographically dispersed talent pool, the importance of visual communication has increased. Not only are organizations looking at the possibility of hiring individuals from other geographic locations who will relocate for [...]
Companies are looking to be cost-efficient while they search for new hires. That’s why webcam interviews are taking off. “You’re having social cues. You’re making eye contact. You’re laughing. You’re interacting with the person in the same way that you would face to-face,” said Meghan Cavanaugh, HR Manager for LaunchSquad Read more: http://www.king5.com/news/business/Interview-for-your-next-job-via-webcam-93156954.html
As technology gets better and better, more and more employers are turning to webcam interviews for initial interviews. This allows for something approximating a face-to-face interview, but without having to do much more than would be necessary for a telephone interview. There are a few things to watch out for if you do a webcam [...]
Video interviewing is a cost effective alternative employers can use to meet with prospective candidates, particularly in our current economic situation. A good quality video interview can be as effective as an in-person interview and there are several benefits to conducting interviews via video conferencing. In addition to saving travel expenses, the company will also [...]
With an average cost of $1,000 for an in-person interview (air fare, hotel, meals, etc.), more and more companies are interviewing applicants by webcam. Although it might not be as good as having the prospective employee sitting in the company office, it’s better than a telephone interview, since body language, facial expressions, etc., in a webcam [...]
We’re lucky that employers frequently carve out time (and budget) to make visits to campus to conduct interviews, attend job fairs, and get to know students face-to-face. Realistically, there are many organizations where travel is not a possibility. And vice versa, you probably don’t want to spend money or your free time to travel for [...]
For several decades, employers have been utilizing video conferencing in order to communicate with their internal staff orclients without having to fly people around the country. Video interviewing can help employers to assess from the interview the skill and confidence of the candidates by reviewing all the video interviews held. Read more: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-conduct-successful
The pain of sifting through stacks of similar looking resumes and then coordinating follow up phone or face to face interviews leaves much to be desired. This process takes up so much time, and in the end, we can’t even be sure whether we are interviewing the most outstanding candidates, or the ones who only [...]
What webapps are available to help conduct video interview online?
To save on interviewing costs, companies are turning to their computers instead of phones and offices to conduct interviews, including using programs like Skype to conduct long-distance or even international initial interviews. Read more: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/jobinterviewtypes/a/skypevideo.htm
