10 Useful Resources for Recruiters and Hiring Managers Working From Home

Adapting to Remote Working Environments

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a roller coaster year and companies have had to do a lot of quick thinking to keep up. Now that we’re about six months into the world pandemic, knowledge of how companies are adjusting to the ‘new normal’ is readily available for you to learn from. 

One of the biggest challenges that many companies have had to face is adapting to hiring, onboarding and working from home. To help make your life a little bit easier, we’ve compiled a list of 10 great resources that go into all the nitty gritty details of remote working.

We’ve had the opportunity to speak with many different industry experts and companies who have been more than willing to be open and honest about their experiences. Check out the list of resources below to discover everything you need to know about working remotely during a pandemic and continuing to adjust to the changes ahead.  

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Remote Recruitment

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Recruitment Realities: Hiring During a Pandemic

Our very own Global Talent Acquisition Lead, Amy Cotterill shares her direct experience hiring during a pandemic. Amy shares her best practice tips and deep dives into how others can take advantage of everything she has learnt from COVID-19 so far.

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6 Best Practices for Onboarding Remotely

Once you’ve found your ideal candidate, how do you go about bringing them onboard remotely? Tegan Oakly, Head of Customer Success at Enboarder shares six insightful tips on how to create a seamless onboarding experience from home. If you’re hungry for more, you can also watch the full interview here.

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Answers to your Burning Questions About Remote Recruitment

To help address the many questions and concerns about what this new normal will look like, we took the opportunity to gather feedback from our clients and received over 180 questions about the following topics; Remote recruitment, Candidate experience, Employer branding and Talent sourcing. To help us answer these great questions, our friends at PageUp helped us bring together a panel of industry experts to shed some light and offer their best advice on each topic.

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Employment Verification in a Virtual Environment

The way we recruit continues to change and evolve. While you adapt to relying more on more recruitment tech, it is important to consider the increased need for employment verification to ensure candidates are who they say they are. Here are some useful tips on this topic to get you started.

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Recruiting Remotely: Immediate Challenges and Future Opportunities

Here you can learn about how the recruitment process has evolved from traditional methods to where it is today. This resource helps to highlight what an efficient modern-day recruitment process really looks like and how you can combat the challenges faced by hiring teams through using remote recruiting effectively.

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How Technology Helps the Recruitment Function in 2020

Learn how to create a successful recruitment process by utilising technology and embracing the top 2020 trends for the industry. This blog is packed full of great pandemic-friendly advice about many different areas and of recruitment and skills that will be required going forward.

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Remote Teams

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Lessons Learned from Working Remotely as We Adjust to the ‘New Normal'

The Talent Team at WSP shares their own successful experience making changes to their hiring process. In this blog, you’ll discover everything you need to know about adjusting to the ‘new normal’ after all the changes COVID-19 has brought to the recruitment scene. 

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Maintaining Company Culture with Remote Teams

This guide is great for those looking to engage their current or growing team remotely. Find out how to maintain company culture in a remote working environment with these five tips to help get you started. 

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8 Tips For Staying Productive When Working Remotely

We could all use a little nudge once in a while when it comes to productivity, especially when it comes to learning how to effectively work from home. Here are some top tips for creating a great remote working environment to increase your productivity from the home office. 

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Using Tech to Manage a Global Team

The pandemic has really started to shift the workforce in a big way. With more remote opportunities opening up, the sky's the limit! You can now start considering hiring from all over the world. Advancing technology provides the potential for businesses to expand globally too. If this is something your company is thinking about or even something you’re already doing, this is a great blog to read.