As a student association, an educational institution or a student recruitment organization, the shift to virtual operations has become a blessing in disguise. There are numerous benefits of executing a recruitment drive virtually. Irrespective of the geographical location, one can source talents from different parts of the world only with technological support. Virtual Hiring has, in turn opened doors to new opportunities for job seekers too who were unable to connect with job recruiters from other parts of the world.
What is Virtual Campus Hiring?
Virtual Campus hiring are the online versions of the in-person campus hiring processes conducted by colleges and universities. These hiring processes are much more than basic meetings and online interviews.
Here, formal career platforms are used to hire students, conduct online assessments, technical assessments as well as executing final interviews. One of the topmost benefits of holding virtual campus hiring is the safety concern obviously, cost savings, tracking ROI, improved networking opportunities, and most importantly,
Virtual Recruiters
Virtual Recruiters are like the regular recruiting officers who are involved in the hiring processes. In this form of recruitment, the recruiters’ job includes gathering, identifying and processing candidates suitable for a position within the organization.
Pre – Placement Engagement
It is all about engaging the job seekers, and at the same time ensuring that the organizations are able to gain themselves the right talent required. If you are able to give your attendees a wholesome experience, it will encourage more candidates to participate in the hiring, giving you better choices to select from.
Online Assessment
Before digitization, interview processes included visiting the recruiter’s office and sitting for multiple tests and rounds. However, in an online environment, assessment is done virtually. One can take the assessment virtually anywhere without having to be physically present.
Screening and Final Rounds
All kinds of assessments, be it aptitude, technical, spoken english or personality, all of it can be done via virtual tools. Along with it, the final one-on-one interaction between the recruiter and the candidate is also a process that can be easily taken care of.
In order for the above mentioned to work seamlessly, as a recruiter or as an institution, it is important to choose a Virtual Career Fair platform that can meet your virtual recruitment needs. The right career fair platform will ensure smooth and uninterrupted execution. The platform can also integrate the correct functionalities and tools required for you to conduct a virtual recruitment effortlessly.
Plan & Strategize
For any kind of recruitment to take place successfully, it is essential you have all the assessments, interviews, engaging plans and expenses together. If you are planning a virtual Virtual Campus recruitment, here are the following things, you must consider doing –
- What is goals or how many students are going to sit for the recruitment
- How many organizations are going to be a part of the hiring process
- What will be the cost of the virtual recruitment platform
- What will be the added benefits
- If students have to register
- All and all, a basic timelines of it all
While visiting your campus for recruiting, you must be able to ensure that the process of hiring can be as strict as the companies desire and despite its virtual nature, there will be no setbacks. This assurance will ensure the organizations visit the institution without having to compromise on any grounds. As an institution, you’ll be rest assured that organizations will be a part of your hiring process once they are able to gauge the seriousness of the platform used and your planning.
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