While virtual recruiting certainly brings some challenges, there are some great opportunities that it offers as well. Without the constraints of travel budgets and narrow windows of time on campus, it’s a great opportunity to reach out to more students and use various strategies to highlight unique aspects of company culture, invite current employees/alumni in roles to engage with prospective candidates, provide more in-depth insights into day-to-day responsibilities of the jobs for which you are recruiting, and more.
Handshake’s Employer Blog, Help Center and Going Digital Resource have a variety of great resources from engaging early talent all the way through conducting virtual onboarding and hosting effective virtual internships. Below you will find some of our favorite how-to articles and best practices from these resources.
Virtual Employer Resources
- How to Host Virtual Recruiting Events
- Hosting Virtual Interviews
- Fair Training Video
- Virtual Meeting Best Practices
- Update & Optimize Your Company’s Handshake Profile (link is external)
- Make Sure text & images are engaging and link to company videos, etc.
- Consider allowing students to message staff with public profiles
- Leverage Student Reviews with These Best Practices
- Account Owner Leave or Change Positions? How to Transfer Ownership(link is external)
- New team members? How to Approve Staff Members(link is external)
- Team member leaving? Deactivating Recruiter Accounts(link is external)
- Former staff returning? How to Reinstate Deactivated Recruiting Accounts