4 Misguided Excuses for Avoiding Video Interviews (And Why Theyre Costing Your Company Money) - Spark Hire

4 Misguided Excuses for Avoiding Video Interviews (And Why Theyre Costing Your Company Money) - Spark Hire4. Your company doesnt have a strong online presenceIf the other parts of your online presencearentin order, starting with video interviews can be daunting. Video interviewing might seem like something reserved for big companies, or tech savvy companies. In reality, video interviews are a great tool for every company.As long as youre hiring and havecandidatesto interview, video interviews can be of service. You dont need to have a social media presence, a Facebook page, or any other special equipment to make the jump. Speaking of special equipment3. Technology is too confusing or costlySpark Hire offers cost-effective video interviews. After all, amajor benefit of video interviewing is saving money sowe want you to be able to afford integrating video interviewing into your hiring process. The technology requirements arent strenuous either.All you need is a webcam (which is a stan dard feature on computers behauptung days) to connect with candidates in a live interview. If youre looking to review candidate video responses to your interview questions, you just need a web browser and an Internet connection It doesnt get any simpler than that.2. Candidates dont like video interviewsOn the contrary, video interviews and online recruiting have made life easier than ever for job seekers. Video interviews allow candidates to learn valuable information about your company from the comfort of their own home. One-way video interviews also allow candidates to provide answers to your interview questions on their own time, in a less stressful environment. Less stress and less travel? Whats not to like?1. Video interviews are just a fadThe numbers say otherwise. 53% of HR managers in an Office Team survey reported using video interviews very often during their recruiting processes in 2012. Thats up from 1% in 2011. That is a huge increase While video interviews will never r eplace a final, in-person interviewtheyre not intended tovideo interviews and online recruiting do streamline the recruiting process as a whole.Streamlining is code for saving money. If your company is still avoiding online recruiting and video interviews, youre spending too much money onTravel expenses for candidatesScreen your candidates more carefully with video interviews, and feel safe about inviting fewer candidates to your offices.Wasted hours for your HR professionalsDid you know that an HR professional can review 10 one-way video interviews in the time it takes to conduct 1 phone interview?Bad hiresBad hires can cost 1/3 of their annual salary to replace.Luckily, video interviews canprevent a bad hire from ever coming into yourorganizationbecausetheyallow multipleencounters with a candidates personality, body languages, and interpersonal skills much earlier in the hiring process.Dont risk making a bad hire by avoiding video interviews.Have an excuse for avoiding video inter views? See if you can stump us by leaving a comment, below (bet you cant).