Archive for August, 2010
Thinking of Quitting Your Job? A Must Read Article….
As the job market is starting to turn around, more and more employees are leaving current positions for better opportunities. On Careerbuilder.com, Kaitlin Madden published an article titled ” 5 Tips for Quitting with Class” A must read for anyone thinking of making a change!
More HireVue Please!
HireVue was the topic of discussion for the second day in a row on the Big Biz Show. Our friend, Joe Gonzalez from BCA Search appeared with Rusty and Sully yesterday and ended up spending several minutes discussing Mark Newman’s interview from the previous day. Maybe it was the lab coat (see the video below) or more likely, Joe just knows what he’s talking about – He’s 100% correct that HireVue is “really a good assessment tool,” and more than just a system for connecting two people over the Internet via webcams. To hear the entire discussion – and see Joe in a lab coat, see the YouTube video below.
HireVue in onrec Magazine & the Wall Street Journal
Two publications recently featured HireVue in articles about online video interviewing.
The global online recruitment magazine “onrec,” featured HireVue in their analysis of virtual interviewing, “Virtual Interviewing – US Perspective.”
“New technology solutions allow employers to forego face-to-face interviews. But is virtual interviewing as good as being there? For clients of HireVue, a leader in interview solutions, the answer appears to be a resounding yes. As video and related technologies have become more pervasive, employers have become increasingly comfortable with adoption…”
The Wall Street Journal article, “How to Nail a Job Interview – By Video” emphasized the growth of video interviewing and tips for job seekers.
“These days, a job-seeker can land a job without ever setting foot inside the company’s office, thanks to video communication tools that connect employers with candidates over the Internet. Several people in the career and job-search industry say video interviewing using remote technology software is on the rise for a broad swatch of industries…”
The increasing industry adoption of video interviewing in general, and HireVue’s video interviewing and decision management solutions specifically, is becoming more and more obvious. Stay tuned as we announce incredibly talented recent hires at HireVue and the acquisition of some amazing new clients.
HireVue in onrec Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and the Big Biz Show
Contact: Chris Higbee
801.415.9485 | chigbee@hirevue.com
HireVue has seen some interesting press activity recently. In August two print and online publications featured HireVue in articles about online video interviewing and the Big Biz Show radio program interviewed HireVue CEO, Mark Newman.
onrec Global Online Recruitment Magazine
The global online recruitment magazine “onrec“, featured HireVue in their analysis of virtual interviewing, “Virtual Interviewing – US Perspective“.
“New technology solutions allow employers to forego face-to-face interviews. But is virtual interviewing as good as being there? For clients of HireVue, a leader in interview solutions, the answer appears to be a resounding yes. As video and related technologies have become more pervasive, employers have become increasingly comfortable with adoption…”
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch article, “How to Nail a Job Interview – By Video” emphasized the growth of video interviewing and tips for job seekers.
“These days, a job-seeker can land a job without ever setting foot inside the company’s office, thanks to video communication tools that connect employers with candidates over the Internet. Several people in the career and job-search industry say video interviewing using remote technology software is on the rise for a broad swatch of industries…”
The increasing industry adoption of video interviewing in general, and HireVue’s video interviewing and decision management solutions specifically, is becoming more and more obvious. Stay tuned as we announce incredibly talented recent hires at HireVue and the acquisition of some amazing new clients.
The Big Biz Show Radio Program
Mark’s interview on 08/24/10 with Sully and Rusty went great. Among other things, he explained how HireVue video interviews revolutionize hiring and how HireVue was able to close $5 million in series B funding in today’s economy. Thanks to the Big Biz Show team and Headhunter Radio for having us on. To listen to the MP3 archive, go here: http://bit.ly/9jGTzS. Mark’s segment begins at approximately 37:45.
The Big Biz Show Today 8/24 – Mark Newman, CEO of HireVue
Follow Up – 4:12 p.m. MST – Mark’s interview with Sully and Rusty went great. Thanks to the whole Big Biz Team and Headhunter Radio for having us on. To listen to the archive, go here http://bit.ly/9jGTzS.
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Mark Newman, CEO of HireVue, will be on The Big Biz show today at 1:40pm (MT) where he has been asked to explain to Bob “Sully” Sullivan how in a harsh economy, HireVue was able to close $5 million dollars in series B funding! Click the link to listen live! http://bigbizshow.com/media/
I Remember a Time…….
Rusty Rueff
My first real corporate job out of college was as a Personnel Trainer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines in East Hartford, CT. It was at the end of my first year there that the company introduced this computer communication system that allowed for us to send messages instantly to other people just by typing in their name and writing a few short lines. We had just recently been trained on how to use another system called voicemail so this idea of being able to also communicate using your desktop computer was quite novel. Of course, this was the beginning of email and as we look back now, it seems crazy that we had to be convinced, or change-managed, into using this new productivity application.
The same is about to happen with captured video interviews. Right now it seems novel to some and unorthodox to others, but I predict that in a few short years we will look back at this time and have the same reactions to video interviewing as email, voicemail and all other standard work applications that are today, normal course of business systems.
The time is now because the rest of the world is moving this way. Voicemail worked in the office because we had been using answering machines at home long before they made their way to the workplace. Email worked because we had already become accustomed to fax machines where we could hand write or type messages and then deliver them electronically. Captured video interviewing’s time is now because we are already using video conferencing, Cisco’s Telepresence, Skype, iChat and now the iphone 4′s camera on the front of the phone. It is also captured video interviewing’s time because there is an emphasis on productivity and standardization inside of the office with efficiency and convenience as a priority for candidates, and all parties are interested and concerned about going green.
Beyond all of this, any of us who have been in the Talent space for more than a decade are so ready for a breakthrough of thinking and technology that can brings us real learning on how to better query and assess candidates. To date, I haven’t seen anything with more potential to radically change and improve the art and science of interviewing than what can happen when captured video interviewing is applied to business. Improvement and learning can only happen when there is a standard platform without variability and randomness. Captured video interviewing is the first right step to establishing a consistent and predictable and controlled platform for improvement.
Trust me, our kids will be laughing when we tell them about how we used to interview for jobs before captured video interviews came along.
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Guest Blogger Rusty Rueff writes about the changing face of HR for the HireVue Blog and is a member of HireVue’s Board of Directors. He was most recently CEO of SNOCAP, the digital music commerce provider for MySpace, before being acquired by imeem in April 2008. Previously, Rusty held several HR leadership roles with PepsiCo and was Executive Vice President of HR for Electronic Arts. Rusty is co-author of “Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business” (Prentice-Hall. 2006).
