Welcome to the podcast edition of our blog! Each week a member of the VizCareer family will share a personal insight into the world of video and recruitment - with plenty of top tips, information, and laughs along the way. Subscribe to us for fresh content every Thursday.
You can improve diversity and inclusion by using better colours. Here’s how | Mike Hart
Designing for accessibility is about creating experiences that can be enjoyed by as many people as possible. Picking the right colours means that we can make elements of the user interface (UI) more comfortable to view for the masses. In the UK alone there are almost 2 million people living with sight loss, and approximately 3 million people with colour blindness. Even when we create design systems it’s important to take colour choices seriously because getting it wrong can exclude people who would otherwise become future customers.
20 Aug 2021
Here’s how one game can help you generate new ideas for your business | Mike Hart
Dungeons and Dragons — D&D — is a fantasy role playing game where you assume the persona of a fictional character to drive forward a story. But what has this got to do with generating ideas for your business?
3 Aug 2021
Your pocket guide to filming job specs on a smartphone.
Technology has advanced so much that we are now able to record ourselves easily and — with a bit of practice — at a quality which matches that of a trained camera operator with expensive kit. These days even presenters on the world’s top broadcasters use mobile phones to report live from location.
You too can create video content that is eye-catching and engaging for the candidates you’re aiming to attract. That’s why we’ve listed a few smartphone tips to raise the quality of your footage from silver to gold when filming your video job spec, so you can really bring the opportunity to life and inspire the best talent to apply.
3 Aug 2021
Recruitment Loves Qualifications — but What if You Don’t Have Any?
Today’s one-size-fits-all approach to examining students offers a false sense of fairness. It may be equal, but it’s equity that’s important here — everyone learns and works differently. With its emphasis on the CV, recruitment unfortunately only exacerbates the issue. But great ethic and authenticity are difficult to detect on a bit of paper, and many candidates are never given the opportunity to prove themselves.
12 Jul 2021
Assessment Centres have changed. Here’s everything you need to know | Shannon McKechnie
The dreaded term ‘war for talent’ is one I became very familiar with in my fifteen years working in recruitment. If anything, you hear it even more now.
There are several factors at play here but they all lead to one fundamental issue: a vast skills shortage across many industries. I know hospitality and customer service sectors are really suffering. Be it listening to infuriating hold music when aiming to resolve a minor problem or waiting longer than you would deem acceptable in restaurants; it’s a real issue and I feel for employers who likely know they are short staffed and that their customers are suffering as a result — but feel there’s nothing they can do about it.
If we consider that 73% of candidates are passive candidates — meaning they aren’t actively seeking new opportunities — then you can really start to appreciate the challenge employers are facing when it comes to attracting and hiring the right people. Not to mention the numbers needed to deliver. It becomes even more difficult if hiring managers aren’t seasoned recruiters and have never experienced a candidate driven market.
And this is where I think employers need to do something different to make them stand out. The recruitment process should be as easy and accessible as possible for the candidates. Let’s say a candidate is on-the-fence about making a move, but they are time restricted because of how busy they are in their current job. Employers need to make sure they deploy every tactic in their repertoire to persuade them to apply. Using recruitment technology can help with this.
Take a Customer Service Advisor role for example. A lot of employers will invite a number of candidates along to an Assessment Centre. This format is a brilliant way to determine suitability for a role and allows the employer to see more than one candidate at a time — but it’s time consuming and expensive for you as an employer, and candidates are required to take a full day of annual leave, which just isn’t feasible for many people right now.
That’s where video comes in. Employers can still run their Assessment Centre but it can all be done online. This eliminates travel time for candidates, making it a more convenient and accessible process — but it also removes the need to hire costly venues for the day. It can also be done at any time, so you could run an Assessment Centre in the evening if you wanted to.
Use video in your recruitment process and I guarantee you will attract and subsequently hire more people. You’ll save time whilst being seen by candidates as innovative and flexible. If you think that sounds too good to be true, email me and I can arrange for you to see our platform in action — it is true, and it’s very good.
28 May 2021
Hiring is Marketing
By utilising the link between marketing and recruitment, organisations can more effectively promote their company message. Mike explains how.
25 May 2021
It’s time to shelve your CV and turn on the camera
Have you ever sent a CV and wished you had a better forum to sell yourself? In a world where Instagram Stories, YouTube, and TikTok are all part of our daily lives, extending that habit for video to the interview process doesn’t seem so unnatural. Shannon discusses an alternative which we all have access to: video.
13 May 2021
Looking Back on a Fast and Furious Month
VizCareer’s CEO reflects on a busy and exciting 4 weeks.
7 May 2021
The Workplace Renaissance Is Underway
Will we ever go back to working the way we used to? This week, BBC News surveyed 50 of the UK’s biggest employers and they consistently answered that they have no plans to bring staff back to the office full-time. Many firms are already busy organising long-term plans where employees work from home two to three days a week — and this is across both the public and private sectors. In his first blogcast, VizCareer's NED, Steve Haggerty, ponders the future of the traditional office.
29 Apr 2021
Mastering the Job Description: 5 Video Tools to Make You Look Like a Boss
Video is an amazing attraction piece for potential candidates — that’s why having a video job description can offer your position more reach and engagement than text. It offers the opportunity to speak to people directly and show them the benefits of why they should apply. You can tell candidates about your company and show them the place of work, all while truly sharing your enthusiasm for the role. It also offers the chance to use any visual branding you may have gathered in the past alongside a slick new voice-over.
But all this must be hard to put together, right? Well, you’d be surprised how easy it is! That’s why our Lead Designer, Mike Hart, has listed our top picks for quick and easy video editing.
26 Apr 2021
New Job In Lockdown: What I Learned About Video Interviews
In her first blogcast — Shannon talks about what it was like to change jobs in the middle of a pandemic, when totally reliant on video.
19 Apr 2021
4 Ways Video Can Boost Your Business In 2021
For many, video was the only engaging way to reach audiences during the pandemic — which only accelerated video technology further. As the country emerges from lockdown, we’ve compiled some nuggets of wisdom on how this seismic shift in the way we communicate can bolster your organisation not just today, but for years to come.
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