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The Herman Trend Alert January 3, 2007 Virtual Video Interviews Imagine being able to see and hear a candidate, before you invest your valuable time to interview him or her? That is precisely what this system offers: the employer has an opportunity to see a job applicant in a virtual interview from his/her desktop. Companies select the appropriate occupations and interview categories prior to deployment of the virtual video interview (VVI) system. Job seekers then select the appropriate category for their application and answer questions, as if they were in face to face interviews. Once completed the interview is available on an enterprise-wide basis. Because the delivery of every interview is 100 percent digitally identical, the interview is more Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)-compliant than human beings usually provide, thereby reducing legal exposure. How often do HR professionals or hiring managers spend time with applicants when after the first few minutes, they know that these candidates are not “the ones”? However, in order to maintain EEO-compliance they have to give the applicants the full 30 to 45 minutes each. Does the use of such technology sound like something from science fiction? Maybe so. However, already using VVIs is the Los Angeles Unified School District; the Clark County School System is following suit for teacher recruitment; and the entire Michigan Workforce system has just deployed the solution as well. We expect many more employers to jump on Interview USA’s time-saving bandwagon in 2007 Although such interviews may seem somewhat impersonal, some candidates, especially younger people who have been raised in digital and virtual worlds may even find this new system “fun to use”. One large company using the solution went from handling 150 interviews per week to 300 with the same staff; another that has been using the solution for about two years would have had to increase its Human Resources staff by 50 percent to handle the load. For more information, e-mail Bryan St. Laurent at bstlaurent@interviewusa.com or visit www.interviewusa.com/hrsurvival. This technology intensive system will reduce the need to have HR interviewing staff and is just one of the ways that employers will embrace advancing science to do more with less. © Copyright 1998-2008 by The Herman Group, Inc. -- reproduction for publication is encouraged, with the following attribution: From "The Herman Trend Alert," by Roger Herman and Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurists. (800) 227-3566 or http://www.hermangroup.com. The Herman Trend Alert is a trademark of The Herman Group, Inc." DON'T BE LEFT BEHIND! If you've been thinking about attending our valuable Employee Retention Specialist Certificate Program, don't delay--only three spaces remain. With the employment market heating up, many positions are literally impossible to fill. Attend this course and you will learn dozens of low-/no-cost valuable strategies to attract and retain the talent you need. Recertification credit from HRCI. Next program: May 22-23, Charleston, SC. Call Carol at 336-282-9370 or visit http://www.employeeretentionspecialist.com. GET INSIDE THE MINDS OF YOUR EMPLOYEES Find out what's really going on inside the hearts and minds of your employees. Our InnerViews interviewing service uses SPHRs and PHRs, certified human resource professionals to probe for the information you really need to know. Exit and Stay Interviews, as well as Why-Didn't-You-Take-Our-Offer Interviews. Call Rosalie Catalano at 937-648-1918 or read more at: http://www.hermangroup.com/retentionconnection/exit_interviews.html. NEW BABY BONUS Book Joyce to speak on the West Coast in 2008 and receive 100 of her books of your choosing. There is a new baby in the family, Spencer Jay, and Joyce would appreciate more opportunities to watch him grow. For more about Joyce, visit http://www.hermangroup.com/joyce.html or call Joyce at 336-210-3548. Herman Trend Alerts are produced by the Herman Group, strategic business futurists, Certified Management Consultants, authors, and professional speakers. New subscribers are welcome. There is no charge for this public service. The Herman Trend Alert is received by over 30,000 subscribers in 78 countries, in addition to other websites and printed magazines. Do you enjoy receiving this weekly e-mail update? Contact us about our co-branded Trend Alert service. Click here to sign up for the Herman Trend Alert. Subscribe or Unsubscribe to weekly Herman Trend Alert View this week's Herman Trend Alert Archived Weekly Herman Trend Alerts

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