What's happening today in the world of automated video interviewing - seen from the heart of Europe.
What's happening today in the world of automated video interviewing - seen from the heart of Europe.
Google attracted plenty of headlines recently when it disclosed what many people have long suspected: that its workforce is 70% male and more than 60% white. Ditto for LinkedIn – its workforce currently 61% male, 53% white. Both companies aspire to achieving greater diversity and inclusion and consider this transparency a major step towards this goal. But given that over the past decade, Google has consistently proved to be one of the S&P’s top performing stocks, its largely white and predominantly male workforce doesn’t appear to be doing it much harm. Why then are companies around the world increasingly concerned with achieving diversity in the workplace?
This month, we celebrate the first anniversary of our partnership with the Czech Republic’s leading job portals, jobs.cz and prace.cz. The use of video interviewing as a candidate screening tool has grown fast in the country during that time and it’s now a standard part of the recruitment process for many of the country’s employers, large and small, local and international.
“We’re delighted that this new product has found its place in the sun”, says portal owner LMC. So much so that the company will be planting one tree for each video interview recorded for their clients in June. As most Czechs love little more than to spend their free time hiking and camping in the forests of their beautiful country, we’re sure they’ll rise to the challenge. So here’s a challenge to both jobseekers and recruiters - let’s see what you can do!
I had an inspiring call recently with one of our US clients that I’d like to share. It’s a story that I hope will put a smile on your face, a spring in your step and encourage you to put video interviewing to the test!
At this time of year across much of Europe, Easter markets fill town squares selling traditional handicrafts and delicacies of the season. Here in the Czech Republic, you’ll find lamb-shaped cakes, decorative palms, willow switches and decorative eggs.
Today we are leading hybrid lives as our traditional boundaries become more and more blurred. We complement our “real” selves with “online” personas for our audiences on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and countless other social channels. The 9-5 working day is becoming a distant memory, thanks to smartphones and tablets that allow us to be in constant contact no matter where we are. And just as work and home, online and offline, increasingly overlap, organisations are realising that their recruitment process is an important part of their marketing strategy.
Since our launch on the Bulgarian market early in 2013, Video Recruit has steadily been winning as clients many national and global household names in professional services, media, telecoms and FMCG. The second leading economy in southeastern Europe, Bulgaria’s strategic location and low operating cost base make it a natural regional headquarters for international companies,
Cosmopolitan magazine was curious to know what jobseekers think about the automated video interview experience. We’re grateful to them for allowing us to translate their article -
It’s a tough world out there for anyone looking for a new job. Most jobseekers face stiff competition. Perhaps they have a 1 in 10 chance of success. Or 1 in 100 and frequently worse. But putting aside the state of their local job market, a key reason jobseekers are facing odds like these is down to the internet and the way it’s being used today.
It’s that time of year when soothsayers convene to clog our twitter feeds and block our inboxes with newsletters predicting the ups, downs and developments of the year to come. So I too will take a crystal ball and hurl it from my 5th story office window to see if the shards, like tea leaves, will also offer enlightenment.
We all like to think of ourselves as being open to change and new ideas, but when it comes down to it, reality can be very different. After all, change requires energy, and with our home and work lives seemingly busier by the day, that energy can often be in short supply. Somehow it seems easier to stick with what we know.