Engaging Remote Employees

Awesome Tips to Help HR with Remote Interviews and Distanced Employee Onboarding

The sudden economic slowdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic has brought an inevitable global recession and has accelerated the need for digital transformation within recruitment and the entire onboarding process. 

Online web recruitment and digital onboarding are revolutionizing the recruitment process, and businesses must personalize the experience if they want to successfully integrate new hires into the company. Effective interview process and onboarding can change the way employees view the business and can foster long-lasting relationships. We take a closer look at how to conduct them in the digital era:

Remote Interviews

Strict social distancing rules make it difficult to interview in person, so the introduction of “anytime, anywhere” video interviews have been welcomed with open arms. Adjusting to video via tools like Zoom or Microsoft Teams enables companies to gain those meaningful connections in a time where travel is restricted.

Though more people are back working in offices, many companies are still embracing this technology, to help enforce social distancing, in turn reducing unnecessary travel and costs.

It’s important to be as professional as you would be in a normal interview. Be thoroughly prepared with job requirements, and know the candidate’s CV and background. Alongside your interview link, send details about how to access and best prepare for the interview.

The presentation is key. You and the candidate may both be doing this from your respective homes, but treat it like a normal interview. You can do this by dressing the part, choosing a good background, and eliminating distractions from your surroundings.

Digital Onboarding

Your technology has to be capable of onboarding new hires effectively and securely, especially when they are joining from home. Through automation, your team can focus on more important, revenue-generating work.

Digitizing and automating your onboarding process has several benefits, including saving money and precious time, allowing for fewer mistakes as a result of no human error, an enhanced and secure way to store data, and a streamlined and efficient user experience. 

By giving candidates the right automated experience, you’re empowering them to assimilate information about your organization and their role, so they can truly hit the ground running.

With enhanced security and data, you can feel confident collecting new hire data faster electronically. Sensitive info is kept confidential and out of reach, not sitting in a cupboard drawer.

Work with your technology to promote efficiency. Remember, the faster a new employee is onboarded, the quicker they can start work! Ensure the automation enables your new employees to receive information that’s clear and on time. 

Going forward, it’s vital to keep lines of communication open and provide reassurance that the new recruit can ask as many questions as they need.

If you are recruiting and onboarding completely virtually, a great tool to find out more about their personality fit within your team is through psychometric testing. An objective and standardized way to assess someone, it reduces the chances of unconscious bias and gives a whole picture of the person.