Savvy Recruiting Firm Using Video to Market Candidates

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, right?  A recruiting firm based in New Jersey is taking full advantage of this adage by using video interviews to market their candidates.  Recruiters interview hundreds of candidates but only find jobs for a select few.  Some estimates state that over 90% of candidates interviewed are never placed! 

A recruiting firm based in New Jersey decided to use TalentRooster technology to their advantage and improve these grim statistics.  Each week their internal recruiting team meets to discuss the best candidates that are still available.  Then they created this powerful marketing piece and send it out to every client and prospect in their database.  The response has been overwhelming as clients can immediately identify candidates that might be a fit for their needs.  What a powerful tool to help job seekers find employment and ensure your business is maximizing every candidates opportunity for employment. 

Skype Changing The Job Interview Process

This week Time magazine published an article touting the virtues of video interviewing - Yea!!  While we couldn't agree more that video is a phenomenal idea for HR / Recruiting professionals, we think the fine people at Time missed a couple crucial points....  Following are some thoughts to consider before live streaming with a candidate. 

1.  You are trapped!  If you Skype and the candidate isn't a fit - too bad.  There's at least 20 minutes you'll never get back.  With TalentRooster candidates create pre-recorded videos, answering questions specific to your needs.  Video interview can be viewed 24/7 and turned off at any time without hurt feelings.

2.  Time.  With live streaming you have to pick a mutual time that works, which is more complicated than it sounds.  Plus you have to hope that neither party is relying on a wireless network our you'll risk the connection timing out. Video interviews are HD and pre-recorded, which means they are bullet proof.  Watch them at your leisure.

3.  Quality.  Remember Max Headroom from the Pepsi ads?  With live streaming the videos are often not in real time - they lag, have audio visual sync issues and in general are hard to watch.  TalentRooster pre-recorded videos do not have any of these issues. 

Video is a great thing for HR / Recruiting professionals eager to find significant savings within their recruiting budgets.  Contact TalentRooster to learn more about this powerful tool.
Time Article

Entrepreneurial Client!

I absolutely love it when a client takes initiative! So many people go through life talking about what they are going to do - it is so refreshing when someone actually follows through! Our client in Dallas created a great video to market their services to candidates - how cool is that? No question this will help them find new candidates and help differentiate their firm in Dallas / Ft. Worth. Kudos to Julie at Cornerstone!

HR On Board with Video?

If you are every curious as to the future of technology, the people "in the know" are the technology firms that develop and implement for businesses. I've had those conversations and all agree that bandwidth is being increased to accomodate the push for video. Demand is exceptionally high as companies have figured out that in today's world, few people will read but virtually all are willing to watch a video. Granted this piece is satirical, but it makes several solid points that viewers will take away. I've got a very short attention span, but took the time to watch and learn. The same holds true for professional video resumes.

Bloggers and others continue to write about the importance of social networking sites for candidates in search of employment. As younger recruiters enter the workforce, they are completely breaking with tradition and becoming more and more savvy. Few will take the time to read a comprehensive resume, but all will view a social networking site or video resume.... Increase your chances for hire by 30% or more by creating a professional video resume!

TalentRooster pomo from North Carolina Staffing Conference

So I've got a face for radio - such is life.... However we are pretty excited about this promotional piece from the North Carolina staffing conference.

The Future of The Hiring Process - Video

The future or recruiting belongs to video content. http://tinyurl.com/2dwm784