Sessions

Concurrent Session
Out of Office - Remote Screening and Selection in a Distributed World
Red Rock 2-3
In-Person Monday 04/11/2022 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM   Add to calendar
Competencies: Interpersonal (Behavioral)
Workplace Application:
Attendees will learn remote workers will be with us into the future - how can we remotely screen and select applicants who will align with our organizational values and culture. 

Repeated from Monday, 10:30am - 11:30am.

In today's environment, a remote or partially remote workforce is part of organizational reality. Remote methods must achieve "job fit" and values alignment while remaining human and working within tight budgets. As employers move quickly to a "distributed workforce" model, what works in remote talent acquisition?  What fails? 

We are in a "perfect storm" of extended quarantines, productivity pressures, and an easing of the talent shortage.  Suddenly many hiring markets have become "recruiter's markets," but we have limitations on face to face interviews and a workforce willing to do whatever it takes to secure employment.  This session will offer a mix of new tactics and proven strategies to help talent managers quickly adapt to the new rules.

This facilitated discussion covers the topic from two viewpoints - from the staffing side of human resources, and from the applicant's point of view.

Learning Objectives:

  • How to screen, select and onboard from a distance.
  • Using valid assessment to increase the odds of "job fit" without a face to face meeting.
  • Increasing the talent pool with the removal of geographic barriers.
  • Reducing the impact of unconscious bias in hiring.
  • Staying within the legal lines while using new tools and advancing new ideas.
Karl Ahlrichs, SHRM-SCP, CSP Photo
Presenter:
Karl Ahlrichs, SHRM-SCP, CSP, Senior Consultant,
Gregory and Appel