The ongoing pandemic has not only shifted the way that businesses operate, but it’s also changed the way they recruit. Learn more about this in our latest blog post.

The ongoing pandemic has now spread across at least 188 countries and territories, with over 30 million confirmed cases and at least 957,000 deaths. The primary precautionary measures taken to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus are essentially characterized by limiting the number of public gatherings, which is why governments have issued lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and social distancing measures.

Now that the world has had to adjust to a new reality, businesses have had to change the way they operate. But it’s also changing the ways they recruit. We’ve dedicated this piece to exploring the latter, so let’s get right into it.

Increase in Video Interviews

If we weren’t fully leveraging the awesome power of technology when it comes to communication, we certainly are now! Zoom meetings, company chat groups, and phone calls have replaced in-person professional interactions. Since companies have reduced the number of in-person interviews, video interviews have grown in popularity. Virtual recruitment is now a thing in 2020 and may even become a norm in the coming years.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Recruitment

Companies have been supplementing the recruitment process with artificial intelligence in 2020 more so than they were before. AI helps reduce preconceived notions and unconscious biases in order to provide candidates with a better experience, reduce the time to hire and improve cost-effectiveness.

AI systems are particularly good at filtering out high-quality talent from a large talent pool, especially when it comes to hiring graduates. However, it’s important to understand that AI systems are only as good as the data entered into the systems. This means that working with bad data sets can harm recruitment processes instead of making them better.

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