Many of the companies Helios works with were not fully prepared for remote work. You don't need to shake someone's hand to hire them." We've found there are many meaningful ways to engage with people besides face to face.
You can still assess facial expressions and level of engagement when speaking virtually to candidates. Irene DeNigris, chief people officer at recruitment software company iCIMS, said, "You don't lose the human connection with video. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Microsoft is offering a free six-month trial of the premium version of Teams.Īlbarado said that virtual interviewing "is different," but it's not an obstacle and doesn't degrade the interviewing experience. "We've moved those interviews and presentations to video, and we're encouraging our clients to do the same." "As part of our interviewing process for HR and recruiting consultants, we begin with an initial phone screen, then move into in-person interviews and candidate presentations," she said. She said, "All of our internal interviews continue to move forward" using Microsoft Teams, a communication and collaboration platform that combines chat, video meetings, file storage and application integration. Kathy Albarado, the CEO of Reston, Va.-based HR outsourcing and talent acquisition consultancy Helios HR, said that she asked her staff of 40 to work remotely pending further notice because there was reason to believe that her employees' safety was in danger. "In settings where remote work is feasible, job seekers should be prepared to be interviewed via Skype or Zoom instead of in person and should also expect delays in interview scheduling, especially if they are looking for roles in companies with large numbers of employees based in regions that are affected by coronavirus," said Irina Novoselsky, CEO of CareerBuilder. LinkedIn told interested job seekers that they have the option of conducting their interviews virtually via BlueJeans or rescheduling until meeting in person is possible. Google informed its candidates that interviews were to be conducted in Google Hangouts or using videoconferencing service BlueJeans. As employers begin asking employees to work from home to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, virtual interactions are taking the place of in-person job interviews.Įvery day, more and more companies are initiating remote work for at least some staff, while a few of the country's marquee companies-Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft-required employees to work from home beginning in early March, as employees in their Seattle offices began to test positive for COVID-19.Īmazon canceled most in-person interviews and set up virtual interview portals for candidates to connect with recruiters, complete necessary documents and take part in interviews via Amazon Chime, the company's videoconferencing software.
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