Recruiting During The Crisis

by | Mar 24, 2020

One of the hiring managers from a large real estate company in California has been reaching out to me over the last few days.

We had met in early January, and I encouraged him to add video interviews to his tool kit. He’s a little set in his ways and resisted until last week.

On Tuesday, he wrote:

Well Ben–you got your wish. I have been banished to work at home and will attempt to do remote/video interviews. So, help me get started. I am leaving the office with my laptop in a few minutes.

Of course, we helped him get set up.

On Thursday, his recruiting coordinator checked in:

This has been a challenge for us all, but it’s going great. We’re setting appointments and candidates are completing interviews! 

On Friday, he wrote:

It has been a learning curve–quite steep for me. But I am enjoying it.

It’s very efficient, and I’m quite busy. I am impressed by the low no-show rate.

Still not an expert, but I am getting better with each interview. People are very forgiving.

Last night he wrote:

Thanks for checking in, Ben. Soon I will be one of your go to experts on this. That is my goal.

I thought it would be so much more difficult of a transition and it hasn’t been.

If you have a laptop and an internet connection, you can be meeting with recruiting prospects.

And many of them want to hear from you—especially if you’re a voice of reason.

 

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