SiliconRepublic has an interesting article this morning on Sonru, an Irish start-up working in the video interview space. Their idea is that the cost of interviewing people (getting people lined up to do the interviews, get meeting rooms, travel time for candidates, etc.) can be drastically reduced, particularly in the first round, by doing it by video.
This isn’ t a case of you doing a video conference. Instead when you apply for a job you may get sent an email from the employer or agency with a link to go and do an interview. You are provided with a list of questions and in some cases a time limit to answer the questions and a closing date for submitting your interview which you record with your webcam and then submit.
This is definitely an innovative approach and in the current market it will make employers’ lives easier but I don’t think it will be embraced so quickly by job seekers. Am I wrong? Having said that, right now though it’s an employer’s market so you don’t really have a whole lot of choice if you want the role. So, if you get a video interview request remember to check for the spinach between your teeth before you hit “send”!
SR Technics announce 1,100 job losses
Thursday, February 12th, 2009While it was expected, given the way meetings were called with management and staff in the last day or so, it has just been annouced that 1,100 jobs will be lost at their facility at Dublin airport. No details on the timeline for redundancies were provided, but union representatives said that they expect some staff could be redundant within a month. More details are expected to materialise through the coming hours and days. RTE’s coverage on the situation is available here
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