Remote Recruitment Top Tips
Working remotely has become the norm for many of us in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen recruitment become remote as a necessity if you want to continue hiring.
In this blog post, we share some remote recruitment tips on how to recruit remotely. Helping you to innovate and adapt your recruitment process and style, to become leaders in the new era work.
Choose digital over manual
Choosing an agile Recruitment software or Applicant tracking system, will play a key role in making remote recruitment a success. By going digital not only will save you time and money but will ensure your processes are data secure and compliant. Having such software will enable this to be a centralised process, and open communication between all parties involved, without getting lost in e-mail chains. All essential to ensure a success remote recruitment process.
Write an accurate job description
Getting it right at the beginning is vital to your recruitment process. Take time to write an accurate job description to attract the right talent. To ensure a good candidate experience, set out how you will carry out the remote interview, so the potential candidate can prepare from the beginning.
Prepare a solid shortlisting process
It is very important to prepare a solid shortlisting process this will help you secure the right talent for you. With this economic environment unfortunately unemployment for many countries has risen. Therefore, expect a lot of potential candidates applying for positions. To ensure you can pick the correct talent to interview, have a shortlist process in place.
Choose your type of remote interview method
Video is one of the best methods to conduct a remote interview. There are two types of a video interview, one-way and two-way. In a one-way interview, you send the candidate a list of questions, and they record themselves answering them and send it back. In a two-way video interview, both interviewer and interviewee are on at the same time and conduct an interview as the usual method in face-to-face.
Choose your platform
When conducting a video interview, there are several options available, including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and WhatsApp video calls. Some of these also allow for conference interviews, so if required multiple interviewers can speak to a single candidate. However, be mindful that not all candidates will have access to all these tools – therefore contact the candidate when inviting them to an interview and mention which video platform you will be using. Also, state that you will be having the camera on or off. It is best to mention everything do not assume the candidate will already know your process.
Prepare your questions
As with a traditional face-to-face interview, be prepared. Have questions ready and all the people who part of the interview process are informed. You must give a good impression to your potential candidates.
Take notes of each candidate’s answers
When interviewing candidates, it is vital to take note of their answers, so you can make an informed decision at the end.
Conclusion
Remote hiring does not have to be impersonal, with technology at our disposal there are ways to find and secure the right talent for you. The innovation of recruitment is the key to your processes to be successful.
