Recruiting in the coronavirus crisis

摘要

The coronavirus crisis means we have hadto adapt quickly to use digital means tosecure talent. We’ve been using digitalfor many clients prior to last week, usually tosupport processes when face-to-face was notpossible.Now, everything has changed. Ratherthan cancel recruitment, most of our clientsmoved quickly, with our support, to run digitalrecruitment programmes. Every single one ofour assignments at final interview over the lasttwo weeks made appointments. Something tobe proud of? Or the new norm?Any organisation can use digital to improvethe candidate/employee experience whenrecruiting and onboarding. We’ve had thefacilities and technological advancement foryears. However, some parts of the process haveadopted technology more readily than others.There is nothing new in using online as partof the process of finding candidates. No selfrespectingrecruiter would neglect digital aspart of the sourcing strategy.