Months into the coronavirus pandemic, companies in Singapore started adapting to the ‘new normal.’ A lot has really changed in the corporate world, among them, the go-to recruitment process. With everyone interacting virtually these days, most companies are letting go of the traditional methods, where most of them have digitized the recruitment process, making it the new normal. Now, while some of these companies are quickly learning the ropes of digital recruitment, there are those who are experiencing a rather tough time trying to adjust to the virtual world. Here are some helpful tips on how you can redesign your entire hiring process in the new normal situation – during and after the crisis.

Job ads: learning about the job portals

By now, you must be familiar with online job boards or job portals, and by that, the importance they are playing in this digital age – you know, helping job seekers find jobs. So, it is crucial that you have job ads, to be able to reach as many candidates as you can. Moreover, not only are these portals critical in reaching a wider audience, but they will also help employers in the subsequent steps in the hiring process.

Filtering of candidates

Truth be told, human resources are quite critical when it comes to the success of your company. For this reason, you need to encourage a more innovative approach in your company with the help of AI recruitment tools.  Now, these tools have proven quite helpful to employers, when it comes to filtering applications and shortlisting candidates. What’s more, these tools enable you to update the candidates with a lot of ease and as regularly as possible, with regards to their applications. After all, you shouldn’t keep them waiting.

The selection of candidates

Now that you are unable to conduct interviews face-to-face, you know, due to the pandemic, how about you start maximizing, or rather take advantage of online tools to conduct interviews virtually? A number of them became super popular during the COVID period. Have you heard of Skype, Zoom, and Google Meet? Well, they are the video conferencing apps that were widely used especially in the corporate world in the last few months. By relying on these apps for interviews, both the interviewee and interviewer benefits greatly. What’s more, compared to face-to-face interviews, virtual interviews are much more cost and time-efficient. The other thing is virtue interviews are becoming more and more popular among candidates, and so, you may want to follow this trend. After all, there is no point in going back to the things you were used to, this is the new normal!  

To wrap it up, as companies still continue to fight off the effects of the pandemic, the digital hiring process is what every employer in Singapore needs to master. And even after the pandemic is over and done with, most job seekers will still hope that the trend of the virtual practice will carry over to the ‘post-COVID-19 normal.’ Don’t be left behind.