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.
