A CBOS survey from June of this year indicates that the coronavirus is feared by 62% of Polesów, while 37% declare a lack of concern. Rightly or wrongly, the fact is that the infection itself has been experienced by far fewer peopleób in our country than its economicóconsequences.
According to the European Commission, all EU countries will be affected by the recession. Polish GDP is expected to fall by 4.3%, and unemployment is expected to rise from 3.3 to 7.5.
Not surprisingly, companies are scrambling to keep the effects as small as possible, and here the biggest helper is technology and its latest developments. Without them, we would be in the woods.
Virtual change
Something that seemed impossible in many areas suddenly became real literally overnight. Remote conferences, college classes, but also yoga exercises or drawing workshops. It turns out that even a medical appointment to some extent can take place via teleportation. It's already clear that someócompanies don't intend to give up working in the form of home office, as evidenced by decisions to reduce the space rented or leased by companies to the point where it can't accommodate all the employeesóemployed. They have a choiceór how they want to work in a given week, sometimes even having to do desk sign-ups if they plan to come to the office. What does the HR industry think of such changes?
For sure, they are noting an increased influx of candidateów applications. They are also seeing an increased willingness to be rehired or take a lower position in the company. By far the heavier burden now falls on recruitment specialists. It takes a lot of time and energy just to make the initial selection among this large number of interested candidatesóing. In addition, it is important to examine whether the observed flexibility regarding positions and salaries is permanent or temporary and dictated by the current situation.
Recruitment in the eyes of the cameras
This is what we mean by webcams, for the world of recruitment has movedósł to the web. Video-recruitment and ATS, or applicant tracking systems, have become a permanent fixture in the daily work of specialistsóin this field. Such digital tools are aimed not only at conducting recruitment interviews, but also at facilitating work with the large number of applications flowing from candidatesós. They make it possible to search online for suitable people, but also to compare the resumes of different peopleówith each other. It turns out that rós also thanks to such tools it is possible to conduct competency tests required for many positions.
Even games for mobile devices have become an element used in recruitment. They allow to assess the level of certain skills, possession of certain personal qualities, coping with time pressure, show decision-making processes. All this together improves the efficiency and speed of many recruitment processesós. The mentioned video-recruitment allows not only the interviews themselves, but also the recording of videosóof such interviews. The possibility of replaying such a conversation, seen by additional people, facilitates a more global assessment of a given candidate. An additional advantage is the fact that at home the recruited person will behave more naturally, and rós also the effect that recruitment is all about.
How does it work?
The most important effect is that it doesn't slow down recruitmentós processes, which could happen if everything stopped, then there would be no jobs for people, and no people to work with. It certainly helps that the process of digitization had already begun well before we came across the pandemic. As a result, most companies exist on the Internet, and this means that to some extent the IT department is no stranger to them. And this is where it starts. Okazuje się, że właściwie w każdej firmie home office, rekrutacje online miały już miejsce, choć na mniejszą skalę, być może nawet sporadycznie. Jednak to dowodzi, że podstawowe narzędzia i ich znajomość już są, wymagają tylko podreparowania, przeszkolenia i nowej organizacji pracy. Jeśli jednak nie czujemy się w tym obszarze mocni jako przedsiębiorcy, warto skorzystać z usług agencji pracy specjalizującej się m.in. w rekrutacji. Przykładem jest nasza agencja pracy - Atlas Work, podążając za najnowszymi osiągnięciami w naszej branży, posługujemy się narzędziami potrzebnymi do rekrutacji pracowników z Ukrainy i selekcji, także w formie zdalnej.
Można powiedzieć, że obserwowana w obszarze HR rewolucja bardziej dotyczy skali zmian, a nie samej obecności tego, co nowe. Po prostu to już było. The benefit is that even those whoóve been afraid of the Internet, of digital tools, will have to convince themselves that the devil is not so terrible. The endóend of the world is heading this way, to move a lot of areas of human activity to the network. Whether this is a good thing, time will tell. Póki what it has certainly made our lives easier.