Here’s Looking at You, Kid!

Crushing That Next Video-Streamed Job Interview Means Job Seekers Should Follow A Common-Sense Formula Employers, looking to save time (and time is money), are taking advantage of today’s much-improved video streaming technology in search of top talent. Video-streamed recruiting interviews have arrived. Several surveys report, in fact, that about 60 percent of HR professionals take advantage of video interviews.   Gone are the days of shaky, unreliable video streaming. Broadband internet has changed the video interview landscape. Today’s video interviews are so close to the real thing. Job applicants need to give them the same rapt attention that they place on in-person interviews.   For instance, while in the past I might have hired people in 19 out of 20 telephone interviews, just 1 of my 5 recent video interviews with candidates resulted in an offer. My clients want the best candidates to rise to the next hiring level. Yet,…read more...