Friday, May 11, 2012

Why video interviewing will never replace the handshake

And how to integrate video interviewing into your hiring process


Video interviewing will never replace the in-person, one-on-one, final interviews needed to ensure a potential employee is the right fit for your company's culture. But it can be an extremely valuable tool to find top talent faster and improve the overall quality of hires.

Video Interviewing - MBA Focus

In an upcoming webinar hosted by MBA Focus, in partnership with InterviewStream, employers will learn that even though video interviewing will never replace the handshake, it should be an integral part of every company's recruitment process. The goal of the webinar is to introduce the five questions every employer should ask before implementing a video interviewing strategy; how to use pre-recorded video interviews for screening candidates; how to build a positive, branded candidate experience using video interviewing; and time saving tips and techniques for on-campus recruitment.

According to Marie Larsen, writer for Recruiter.com, "the reason video interviewing is going to hit it big is that it provides the most basic, simple, important fix imaginable: it saves money."

But video interviewing isn't just beneficial to employers, it's also convenient for candidates. In a recent SoloCup survey of students who were interviewed using InterviewStream’s pre-recorded video interviewing, 97% of students found the interview platform convenient to complete.

Video interviewing has already been widely adopted by: universities, to assist in their campus recruiting efforts; executive recruiting firms, to sort through candidates from around the world; and large corporations, to screen candidates in remote locations.

"For recruiters, video interviewing is the vehicle that finally delivers the package that hiring managers have long wanted: a more comprehensive profile of the candidate with less upfront investment from the hiring manager through a process that is both efficient and collaborative," states Talent HQ’s creator, editor, and Recruiting & Diversity Leader, Jason Buss.

But it wasn't always so prevalent. Despite existing for nearly a decade -- software like Skype, released in 2003, and companies like InterviewStream, founded in 2003 -- video interviewing wasn't truly adopted until the 2008-2009 recession. During that time, 52% of companies expected to decrease hiring, travel budgets were slashed, and companies and career service offices were forced to do more with less.

Today, the benefits of video interviewing include: increasing recruiting productivity, improving quality of hire, eliminating or significantly reducing travel costs, reducing CO2 emissions, building stronger relationships earlier in the interview process, and removing time barriers associated with international recruitment.

For more information on best practices in video interviewing, join two of the leaders in video interviewing and recruitment technology -- Dave Hoy, founder of MBA Focus, and Randy Bitting, CEO of InterviewStream -- for a webinar on Tuesday May 15 at 12:00 noon EST to discuss how to integrate video interviewing into your current recruitment processes. Registrations are open until midnight EST on May 14. Sign up now at https://www.mbafocus.com/Webinar.aspx.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Recruit Virtually. Save the Earth.

Go Green! 

Did you know that virtual MBA recruitment technology can help save the planet.

In 2008, MBA Focus and its partner schools decided to no longer offer printed resume books to recruiters in an effort to conserve paper and save trees. Based on the number of resume books ordered each year, we estimated that we would save at least 75 trees per year.

Today, in partnership with InterviewStream, we aim to reduce carbon emissions one virtual interview at a time! And with our Green Calculator you can easily track total resources and emissions saved in comparison to traditional interviewing. Integrated with Google Maps, our system is able to detect where interviews are being conducted as well as where they are being reviewed by your team. With only one click of the mouse you can calculate CO2 emissions, travel mileage, round trip travel time, and approximate travel costs saved by interviewing online.

So let us help you source, recruit, interview, and hire top business leaders virtually and together we can help save the planet!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Find top talent faster. Improve quality of hire.



Global Focus® is the fastest, most efficient connection to top talent, proven to help high-volume MBA recruiters
  • Eliminate the time and cost of unqualified talent.
  • Identify best-fit candidates faster and with pinpoint accuracy.
  • Improve on- and off-campus recruiting effectiveness.
  • Gain one-click access to resumes, career profiles, job postings, critical campus deadlines, and school contact information.
  • Connect seamlessly using integrated email and virtual interviewing tools.
Our exclusive closed network means you search only the best in MBA talent. Want to know more? Take our 10-minute recruitment assessment.

Don't confuse sourcing with recruiting!

SOURCING IS ONLY THE 3RD STEP IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
And MBA resume books are the best source of elite business talent

There is no better place to find top MBA talent than individual business school resume books powered by MBA Focus. Once you have defined your need, just enter the criteria into the advanced search tool, and the system will analyze the database for you. Once you have your list of highly-qualified candidates, you can view profiles, print resumes, and connect with candidates via email directly through the system.

Online resume books are the quickest and easiest sourcing solution on the market!

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Don't confuse sourcing with recruiting!
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If you are seeking a senior-level business leader to fill an executive position at your company, alumni resume books from the world's top-ranked business schools are the best place to start.

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Remember, our searchable online resume databases are perfect for your Just In Time hiring needs. 

If you hire more than five MBAs per year, we can help you become faster and more efficient.

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Now let us show you how to improve your recruiting speed and efficiency with Global Focus®. Gain direct access to 75,000 MBA students and alumni, and quickly identify and connect with your best fit candidates using our advanced search technology.

Have questions about your MBA recruitment efforts? We can help. Contact us for research, best practices, or to find out more about our new virtual interviewing technology.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Top 10 function preferences for the MBA class of 2013


Our last look at this year's MBA profiles focuses on the functional job preferences of first-year students. Interestingly, the class of 2013 interests are right in line with previous MBA classes.

In fact, the top 10 preferences for this year's MBA1s appear to be the same top 10 functions in which all MBAs are interested. Take a look:
  1. Finance
  2. Management 
  3. Marketing
  4. Consulting
  5. Business Development
  6. Strategic Planning
  7. Tech
  8. Entrepreneurship
  9. Corporate Development
  10. Real Estate
Only one difference exists in the MBA1 vs. MBA2 comparison with this year's graduating MBA2s being slightly more interested in Accounting (2.33% of all MBA2s) than in Real Estate (2.25%). It's also worth noting that experienced MBA (EMBA) graduates are much more interested in Sales (top 12 with 1.45%) than current MBA students (top 19 with 0.61% of MBA1s and top 18 with 0.82% of MBA2s).

** click here for the complete function preference breakdown for this year's MBA1s **