28 RECRUITMENT
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL VIDEO INTERVIEWS by Tammy Smith
Director, AFR Consulting
Since relocating to Yorkshire almost 10 years ago, I have remotely interviewed candidates on a daily basis and due to Covid-19 more and more people have had to do this.
There are many pluses to remote interviewing. Firstly, it can make the recruitment process much quicker.
A candidate could apply to a role, I could interview them, send their details to my client and arrange an interview with them, all in less than 24 hours.
This also means clients can interview from anywhere, and with so many people now working from home, this is a massive advantage.
Remember to put the applicant at ease. In a normal scenario, the candidate would have walked through the building seeing various team members who would have acknowledged them, offered them
a drink and started to break the ice. This is really important, but doesn’t happen when you are remote interviewing.
I tend to make a bit of small talk before starting the actual interview and then ask an open question to get them talking about themselves, then go from there.
My advice to candidates is that though a remote interview can feel informal, it is still an interview. Dress smartly even if you have been working remotely and are dressed casually, and make sure there are no interruptions. Turn all technical equipment off, and ensure the dog and little people are hidden away so that they don’t walk in or make noise.
And a final tip for everyone: try to do a remote interview through wifi and not your phone signal due to breaks in the signal which can cause a number of technical issues.
FAME ATTRACTS AND KEEPS TALENT “Outstanding results
and exceptional returns” — FORBES SOLICITORS
“Amazing results, honest and straight-talking” — NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL
“Positive messages get heard in the right places by the right people” — BNI
So, what’s a PR man doing writing for a recruitment feature?
Well, to quote Key Person of Influence author Daniel Priestley, the number-one way business becomes easier is: “When you are a bit famous - your reputation lubricates the gears of everything. Sales/hiring becomes easier.”
So, just as people prefer to buy from companies they’ve heard of, they also want to work for them too. The better known, the better.
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There’s a feelgood factor to working for a well-known company. Salaries and benefits are one thing, but the impressed eyebrow-raise when you tell people where you work is a whole different matter.
People not only want to join companies they can be proud of, they want to stay working for them too.
If though, like me, you’ve attended a good few networking events and
by Greg Wilson Director, Limitless
regional forums in Lancashire, you may have heard the same thing from panels of local business leaders, when asked what their biggest challenge is.
It’s pretty much always attracting and retaining the right staff. A lot is often said about the bright lights of Manchester and London attracting our talent away, but guess where you’ll find the most PR agencies in the UK? Manchester alone has more than 200 of them.
Perhaps it’s an attitude thing. In Lancashire, we’re not interested in “showing off”. We just want “to get on with it”. And we would, “if them flippin’ show-offs in Manchester and London stopped pinching our staff!”
Could the solution actually be though, to make our own lights brighter, and so help keep our talent here?
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