A study by the Harvard Business Review reported that women are rated higher than men when it comes to leadership competencies —with women outscoring men to the highest degree in taking the initiative and driving for results.
Fortune also summarized a few things that make women great leaders such as they are better than men at empathy; they value reciprocal relationships higher than men do; and they are concerned about cooperation, collaboration, and fairness from even a younger age.
It seems like every week, there’s a new startup with a mission to revolutionize the way we eat ice cream or make everyday tasks a little easier. Working with these young companies is a different experience when compared with working for a company like IBM or Nike, which have been around for quite some time and have an established presence in their respective markets. Understanding how they differ is the first step in figuring out where you would be a better fit.
Virtual Reality (VR) is rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly applicable to a wide range of industries, apart from traditional applications entertainment and gaming.
According to a PewResearch Center’s report, the application of virtual reality to businesses will result in fewer limitations in collaboration and problem-solving. Furthermore, it can break down the barriers of time and space, creating immersive environments for people to interact.
VR technology is now considered among the innovative recruitment solutions for businesses. Here are a few ways that VR technology is changing the game for recruitment.
The first wave of Generation Z just graduated, and they’re looking for jobs. What better way to recruit these young, tech-savvy fresh grads than to show them how innovative your company is?
Virtual Reality can help you show them what it’s like to be a part of your company as it can simulate physical presence and evoke sensory experiences, it can help you inspire and convince top talent to consider your organization or company.
For some applicants, face-to-face interviews are nerve-racking. Often, this results in a poor interview. In addition, video interviews are usually one-way and limit a recruiter’s view of the candidate. As a result, recruiters and HR professionals are not able to properly assess a candidate’s full potential. Virtual Reality can address this problem.
With VR, you can conduct a live, person-to-person interview while being in separate rooms, or even separate countries. You’ll get a 360-degree view of the candidate and see their hand gestures and body language so recruiters can more effectively gauge the employee-employer fit.
The best job applicants are hesitant to apply for a job without knowing seeing the office or workplace environment, and understandably so. With VR, you can show prospective recruits your dynamic work environment and culture by giving them a tour of your facilities.
Not only does a VR office tour increase engagement, but it also reduces costs. You don’t have to bring your recruits to your office location physically. You can send a small team to various job fairs to acquire top talent.
You can create training modules in VR where candidates can learn new skills in an interactive environment. VR software can recreate real-life situations where you can immerse new hires and give them a virtual experience of fieldwork, presentations, and the like.
According to wearable.com, the military is already using VR to train its recruits in combat. This being the case, just imagine how VR training can be applied in the fields of healthcare, engineering, aeronautics, culinary arts, and more.
Virtual assessments can also be developed so that you can determine their decision-making skills, and whether they have aptly adapted the knowledge and skills taught in training.
These VR assessments can also provide the HR and training teams with recorded data about their trainees’ performances or future reference.
In 2015, the British Army launched a recruitment campaign with the use of VR to attract reservists. They let them sit in a Challenger II tank while wearing a Samsung GearVR so that they could get a feel of what it feels like to drive a tank without the dangers involved with having unqualified individuals operating destructive machinery.
According to Major General Chris Tickell, the director-general of the Army recruiting and training division, “by using the virtual headsets, people will be able to step straight into an exciting real-world scenario of volunteering with the Army Reserve and the huge variety of challenging roles there are to choose from.”
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia created a game-like VR experience to change the perception of banks as stiff, uptight institutions to leading innovators.
CommBank went around campuses and events across Australia and engaged students and applicants by showing them various opportunities available in their institution. Surely, this VR application is giving them an edge over their competitors.
With the use of an Oculus Rift VR headset, General Mills sets itself apart in a competitive job fair by providing a virtual tour of their head office in Minneapolis, MN.
In the video, you can get a 360-degree view of the headquarter’s facilities such as the gym, the coffee shop, cafeteria, and other locations. You can even see the company mascots in the video enjoying the facilities.
“The gear draws a crowd. We knew it would be an automatic magnet for attention. When you’re trying to stand out in a crowded career hall, nothing draws a crowd like a crowd.” – Leo Timmons, IT Director for App Development of General Mills
The digital revolution is changing the way the world works, and virtual reality is just among the many innovations that help businesses and enterprises progress. Virtual Reality is indeed making waves in the recruitment industry, and it’s about time you jumped on board.
If you haven’t tapped into this technology yet, then you could be missing out on a huge asset to your recruitment efforts. Impress top talents with an innovative approach to recruitment and hiring. Invest in VR and you can show the market how progressive and innovative your company is while making recruitment an easier task for HR.
ThisWay Global’s Founder and CEO, Angela Hood, has taken more than one stab at the start-up venture. She’s built beautiful, customized homes, designed fashion-forward sportswear for women, and is now completely changing the way people approach hiring.
In the fast-paced world of recruitment, it’s your responsibility as a business to keep up with the latest trends in the industry like using the latest techniques, software, and technology. Businesses that use modern recruitment best practices are giving themselves a better chance at attracting top talent.
The rules and regulations that protect the environment today can be complex. Environmental consultants like Rachel Tuohy, 26, work to help organizations understand how to comply with legal requirements for their harmful emissions, water usage, and other environmentally impactful practices.
Whether your company culture is more like the creatively propelled Warby Parker, the competitive-to-no-end nature of Amazon, or somewhere in between, there are a few common themes that can be found in companies that reap success from the culture they’ve established.
Some are easier to launch than others, but with the right team of people and enough patience, any company can develop the kind of culture they desire, and ThisWay Global can find the people that will fit perfectly.
As a term used to describe someone’s career, “neurological research” sounds a bit vague. So, I asked Cameron Blount, 22, to expand on what her day-to-day at the office looks like, as well as her experiences as a bisexual woman of color in a predominantly male field.
While working 9-to-5 jobs is hard work, the process of looking for one is often just as exhausting. You need to craft a good-looking resume, list down your skills and qualifications that make you an attractive candidate, and check hundreds of job postings on classified ads – whether online or on traditional newspapers – until you find the perfect match.
Social media has become a major part of everyone’s lives. Even businesses have integrated social media into their workforce recruitment campaigns, which has considerably helped recruiters get connected to the right talent.
