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One Solution to Your Virtual Hiring Needs

John Garcia on August 16, 2022

Do you remember the first time you got interviewed for a job? You probably acted and looked as professional as you could at that time but the stress of the interview was overwhelming and written all over your face, wasn’t it? Job recruiters see thousands of people just like you every year. They’ll schedule numerous interviews and invest a lot of their time in the process but they still have a difficult time accommodating everyone interested in that one job.

This equates to a huge waste of energy, resources, and time, all of which could’ve been avoided with the use of virtual hiring software and video interviewing platforms. As it stands, virtual reality has revolutionized the job hiring process as well as our behavior and the way we live. Today, increasing numbers of companies are using the best virtual event software and virtual event platforms to be more efficient and shorten the amount of time required to complete the interviewing and hiring process.

When you do a virtual event online, you can help target a higher audience. Premier Virtual provides the best virtual hiring platform and software that will enable companies and employers to recruit the best candidates in the following ways:

Our virtual career fair platform helps job candidates to see the role they’ll be playing in your company – from that point, the individual can determine if the job is suitable and facilitates their future career needs.

Our virtual event platforms will help you attract younger job candidates – with our virtual career fair platform, you’ll be able to attract the most qualified college graduates.

Our virtual hiring platform will help increase candidate engagement – by using our virtual hiring platform and software you’ll be able to a collaborative environment that engages the job candidate and explains the main goals of your business.

Our virtual recruiting event platform and software will enable you to show job applicants the types of projects they’ll be engaged in – it will test their abilities at making smart decisions and enable you to choose the best candidates in the process.

Our virtual recruitment platform enables job candidates to see your office – the interview process won’t provide a clear picture of your office culture and the surrounding environment. Our virtual hiring platform and software will.

Virtual reality is now a key component in the career recruitment and hiring process. For more information about our products and how they can facilitate your hiring needs, call Premier Virtual at (561) 717-9717 today.

5 Reasons Virtual is Transforming Talent Acquisition

John Garcia on August 2, 2022

Job Boards do not Deliver the Same Results

Ask any hiring manager or recruiter and they’ll all say, you no longer get the same results when you post an ad on Indeed or Zip Recruiter. There are many factors including the great resignation and the shift in the workforce, but it goes beyond that. Many job seekers and employers will use those platforms, but they don’t expect much in return. It seems like a ‘necessary evil’ for both parties, but success stories are few and far between. It’s hard to pinpoint the lack of success from job boards, but we see an overall lack of engagement and follow-through. Either the ATS systems are kicking too many qualified candidates out, or job seekers are not taking the time to customize a resume and cover letter for each application they send in. Whatever the reason, it’s clear the entire hiring landscape has undergone a fundamental shift, away from job boards and towards virtual hiring events, and virtual hiring rooms. These virtual job fairs allow job seekers to meet directly with hiring managers and recruiters, and get real time feedback resulting in faster hires.

Ability to Host Hybrid Events (in-person and online)

As the fundamental shift to virtual hiring events continues to accelerate, we also see the frequency of hybrid events increasing as well. Why wouldn’t you want to be able to host an in-person hiring event, and collect all the data electronically at the same time. That’s what a hybrid event lets you do. Your attendees scan a QR code, and then upload their resume for easy access and follow-up. No more handing out cards and collecting resumes that you have to bring back to your office and scan, instead everything is handled electronically. This means you can print reports at the office with all the stats of the event, how many attended, interviewed, applied and more. Turning in-person events into a wealth of data is now as easy as adding a virtual hiring platform to your event.

24/7 Virtual Hiring Room

The best platforms now offer virtual hiring rooms for 24/7 hiring access. Why wait for a virtual hiring event when you can meet with qualified candidates any time of the day. No need to meet in person, wasting time traveling and incurring additional expenses. Virtual platforms have built in interview schedulers, that allow recruiters to hop into the virtual hiring room whenever it’s most convenient for the job seeker, increasing efficiency and effectiveness.

All-In-One Virtual Recruitment Suite

The most sophisticated of virtual hiring platforms can be used as your complete recruitment tool. They now can host events, interview days, workshops, open houses, training, and more. Gone are the days of using them just for hosting hiring events. Add to it the integration with ATS systems, using an Open API, and all the data is easily transferred and stored in your tracking programs for easy access and follow up.

Analytics and Reporting

When you add a virtual platform you can access a great deal of data that was not previously available. The Premier Virtual platform collects over 58 different data points, resulting in detailed reports containing hyper-detailed information of the entire event, from the day it’s set up, through the follow-up period after the event. (see chart). The reports and easy to access dashboard and integration with ATS is what most users of virtual hiring platforms state as the most powerful feature. It allows successful hiring managers to see everything at a glance, and the ability to drill down to find information that can help with marketing future events, that is so crucial to find the best possible candidate for your company.

For more information, or to schedule a demo visit www.PremierVirtual.com today.

Recruiting Strategies for Sourcing Talent on Global Scale

John Garcia on July 19, 2022

The global labor force provides employers with a number of benefits such as access to a larger candidate audience and options for hiring remote employees at competitive wages. However, it isn’t without its challenges. For instance, today that employers target has changed dramatically. The world is your platform and tapping into the talent of the global workforce becomes important.

So, it stands to reason that recruitment strategies must be improved as well. There are 3 ways to ensure that you source the right candidates from the right talent pool:

Be sure you target the right talent pool – the old “throw something against the wall until it sticks” mentality is not going to work when it comes to recruiting the best talent. Acquiring the best talent requires finding the right audience or talent pool. It may be the job boards for some employers while others might use social media platforms. If you do use social media, make sure that you’ve optimized your recruitment strategy based on your preferred target audience.

Sell candidates on your company’s mission and vision – unless you have the time to waste trying to outbid other companies in wage warfare, the best plan of attack is selling your company’s mission and vision. Whenever you interview a candidate, be sure to promote your corporate dream in hopes of finding the right one for the job. Employer branding is a very effective recruitment tool and will help you communicate your company mission and vision to the candidates you attract, especially if they’re a good fit for your organization. Using our platform allows employers to host a ‘meet and greet’, or workshop to allow job seekers to get to know your organization more intimately before they apply for the position.

The best strategy for sourcing job candidates is to involve a team in the hiring process – although an HR individual will make the final hiring decision, teams can help trimming the number of candidates down to the top 3, 4, or 5 individuals. Remember, each of those team members took the same journey before you hired them. Thus, they will likely find talented candidates for your company in the process. Offering your team virtual access to pre-screen candidates through the platform is another efficient advantage that reduces time and cost to hire.

These candidates could be contacts they met at the same previous job or fellow employees from that job. They might even have been college roommates at one time. The key is to create an environment where you can encourage team members to make hiring recommendations as well as one that pays attention to employee referrals. In so doing, you’ll help the team grow and increase its unity.

If you’re tired of jumping from one virtual recruitment platform to another and are looking for a more cost-effective, efficient means for targeting the best talent, Premier Virtual has the software you’re searching for. Call us today at (561) 717-9717.

5 Tips to Improve Online Recruitment

John Garcia on July 12, 2022

Over the past 3 years, remote work has become increasingly more prevalent among the labor force, not only here in the US, but on a global scale as well. As of last year (2021), nearly 5 million Americans were working remotely. When “shelter in place” or stay-at-home orders became the norm, the popularity of online job fairs and recruitment events spiked dramatically.

Whether you have an entrepreneurial start-up and are looking for a virtual recruitment platform to reduce company overhead or you have an established company and want to expand on your candidate recruitment options, Premier Virtual can help. Here are 5 helpful tips for effectively recruiting remote workers online:

Determine what you’re looking for – online recruiting creates a never-ending pool of hiring choices. Unfortunately, you can’t just explore every option in the hopes of landing the most desirable candidates. Instead, you have to know exactly what you’re looking for where a candidate’s abilities, experience, and traits are concerned.

Engage candidates in video interviews – this will enable you to connect with career candidates face-to-face during online virtual recruitment events. It will be easy to determine their communication skills, job fit, motivations, and personalities without having to schedule in-person interviews or pay for costly travel expenses.

Finding the best talent involves asking the right questions – if your goal is finding the most outstanding talent, you have to ask the right questions such as:

How did you cope while working under pressure?
How did you handle working with an individual whose personality and work style differed from yours?
How did you stay on track when you had to be prudent with your time?

Make sure you always check a candidate’s references – statistics have revealed that job candidates aren’t always truthful. Believe it or not, roughly 30% of all job candidates admitted that they bent the truth or lied on their resumes. Always ask their former employers about their job performance, personality, and working style.

Utilize social media platforms – the initial reason social media platforms were created was to enable families and friends to keep in touch with one another. Since then, it has evolved into numerous platforms for connecting with family members and friends as well as strangers, dating, joining movements for change, networking, and reading the news. Use these platforms to market your company to job candidates and assess them based on their social media activity.

For more information about our virtual event solutions, please call Premier Virtual at (561) 717-9717 today.

What’s the Future for Online Recruiting Events?

John Garcia on July 5, 2022

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020 triggered a tsunami of canceled concerts, exhibitions, and sporting events. Consequently, online recruiting events, were not an exception as career fairs were postponed and networking meet-ups were re-scheduled well into the future. Companies were forced to reassess their daily operations as longer periods of isolation were imminent. It seemed that life as we once knew it grew further out of reach.

At Premier Virtual, we’ve spent the past 3 years designing recruiting event software to bring the best talent to the right companies. If there’s one thing we’ve learned during that time, it’s that putting job fairs and recruiting events online will continue to be met with desire and excitement for companies and talented individuals as well. Here is what we’ve learned so far:

Accessibility is the key – in terms of accessibility, the importance of online job fairs and recruitment events cannot be overstated. The most exciting aspect of developing our platform was the realization that we would be reaching a global audience that wasn’t restricted by disabilities, distances, or socioeconomic factors. This access opens the doors for diversity and inclusion as well. There is a much higher registration and attendance to these events which can be attributed to the comfort level job seekers have with virtual.

Adapting and learning are the priorities – unfortunately, whenever you launch a new product, mistakes are going to happen. As with so many other aspects of life, we had to learn from those mistakes and for us, that meant learning how our new platform would work with real individuals in real-time. So, gathering feedback and learning became the #1 priority. It helps to connect directly with the target audiences and enhance the recruitment pool of participants. Now we offer an all-in-one virtual recruitment platform, we call our Virtual Recruitment Suite. It has evolved to be so much more than just hosting virtual events that you may not need much more than your ATS to attract and hire the best talent possible.

Building the right platform is essential – we didn’t start from scratch when we built our online job fairs and recruitment event platform software. We already had nearly 10 years of hosting in-person job fairs, and we took all of that experience to build Premier Virtual. In fact, our first thought was that we built this platform, “by recruiters, for recruiters”, and that’s one of the things that separates us from so many other event platforms on the market. Still we did not rest there. We often conduct focus groups and webinars to ask our clients and prospects what they want most out of the platform, and we’re continually publishing new upgrades.

Opportunities needed to be explored– when we started our business 10 years ago, we felt that recruitment organizers needed a technological shake-up in their industry. Granted, offline experiences are still invaluable. However, the “New Normal” we’re living under prohibits that approach from being as effective as it once was, and adding virtual makes them more efficient and effective. The fact that we anticipated this shift, and developed our platform before the pandemic has cleared away the fear factor to the extent that the future looks extremely bright for online career events.

The one thing that online recruitment events must do is enable individuals to make the connections they’re searching for. To learn how we can make that happen for you, call Premier Virtual today at (561) 717-9717.

How Does Zoom Differ from a Virtual Event Platform?

John Garcia on May 24, 2022

As businesses and corporations in ever-increasing numbers turn towards utilizing online meetings and virtual hiring events to save effort, money, and time, it may be difficult to understand how certain events and platform functionality differ. This is especially true when you need to deliver a great hiring event experience to your target audience.

What is Zoom Video Conferencing?

Video conferencing, as offered by a company like Zoom is a straightforward meeting format that offers video participation for those in the meeting. It’s similar to a video call that you can make on your smartphone, but it includes other features such as recording and transcription capabilities. Video conferencing tools typically refer to such elements as:

permissions and settings designed to limit participation as well as who can be heard
screen sharing
virtual whiteboards

This works effectively for remote office meetings and smaller conferences. However, when it comes to hosting or sponsoring a virtual event such as a conference, online class, or webinar (web seminar) you’ll need to invest in a virtual event platform.

What is a Virtual Event Platform?

Virtual event platforms, like Premier Virtual are online spaces where conferences, hiring events, and other types of conferences can be held or hosted. Granted, there are dozens of virtual event platforms available today. However, it’s important to understand that no two are alike. Nor is every platform suited for every type of event. This is because some of them lack basic functionality such as break-out rooms for large-scale events.

Virtual event platforms are designed to provide digital events that your target audience would expect in an in-person trade show. If you’ve been searching for a way to deliver a memorable industry event without spending the effort, money, and time involved with an in-person event, find a virtual platform that best facilitates your needs. You’ll want one that is secure and readily accessible for you and your attendees. That is why it is important to have the right platform.

The Key Differences

If you aren’t sure when you should utilize virtual event platforms, here are the 5 most important differences between them and video conferencing:

video conferencing is integrated into virtual event platforms and enables you to use the integrated tools you specifically need
virtual event platforms are capable of handling the most complex agendas
virtual event platforms are in-person meeting simulations
virtual event platforms utilize automation and registration to help you understand who is attending your event
virtual event platforms were designed to accommodate larger audiences

To learn more about our virtual event platforms, please call Premier Virtual today at (561) 717-9717 for additional information.

Understanding the 4 Different Types of Virtual Hiring Events

John Garcia on May 4, 2022

With the advent of COVID-19 and the impact it’s had on the economy and job market, it’s easy to see why in-person job fairs have stepped aside and let virtual hiring events take center stage. Virtual hiring events are online events that were designed and developed to connect employers and hiring managers with prospective employees. Job candidates are allowed to learn about what jobs are available, network with company representatives, and submit resumes to the companies they’d like to work for.

Furthermore, as an employer, you have the opportunity to market your company and connect with a broad range of talent. Because of the pandemic and the inconsistencies, it has created within our economy and the job market, recruiters and other hiring personnel have had to turn to technology to counteract its impact. We offer 4 virtual hiring platforms for corporate CEOs, employers, human resources directors, and other hiring organizations which we’ve listed below.

Virtual Career Days

To collect resumes, identify top candidates, and market their company brand to those prospective employees, some businesses and organizations will choose this platform for their recruitment efforts. Those in attendance will be able to engage with hiring personnel, learn more about prospective employers, and speak with some of each company’s existing employees.

Virtual Career Fairs

Virtual career fairs usually target college graduates. As such, they enable candidates to engage and network with several prospective employers at the same event. In some cases, job candidates are required to create an online profile before the event. An online virtual job fair will enable you to connect with hiring organizations and human resources directors.

Virtual Professional Development Events

Professional development is the #1 priority for the serious job candidate. These events include masterclasses, seminars, and job training thereby helping employers attract the right candidates. More specifically, they will target only those individuals who desire to learn new skills or want to sharpen the skills they’ve already acquired. Considering the hybrid nature of learning and working in the pandemic, virtual development events are the right opportunity.

Webinars

Where virtual hiring events are concerned, web seminars, or “webinars” as they are more commonly referred to, are less interactive. However, they are a great way for human resource departments and hiring managers to reach a broader range of job seekers. It’s also an ideal way for companies to market their brand and showcase the top aspects of their workplace environment.

To learn more about our hybrid and virtual event solutions, call Premier Virtual today at (561) 717-9717.

What Are Virtual Job Fairs and Why Are They Important?

John Garcia on April 5, 2022

What Are Virtual Job Fairs and Why Are They Important?

f you’re an employee recruiter, you’re probably familiar with the term “online job fairs” or more specifically, “virtual job fairs.” 2021 was an extremely challenging year for these individuals where the job market was concerned, especially since the pandemic ruled out the traditional recruitment process indefinitely. With the inconsistencies of the US economy, job recruiters were pushed over the technological tipping point and compelled to use digital technologies for recruiting purposes.

What Exactly is a Virtual Job Fair?

In the simplest of terms, virtual job fairs are similar to webinars (web seminars) wherein job seekers and job recruiters meet virtually (online) in chat rooms, teleconferences, or webcasts to exchange information about employment opportunities. Furthermore, a virtual job fair is comprised of several virtual elements that replace in-person events. These include virtual:

conference halls
employer booths
information desks
lobbies
meeting rooms
networking lounges

Once logged in, a participant can enter any one of the above areas, interact with a variety of employers and other attendees using different communication tools. It helps them explore the available employment options while companies can look at potential candidates online. This has been extremely useful, especially during the pandemic, where in-person meetings and interviews were not possible.

The Importance of Virtual Job Fairs

In addition to complying with safety and health guidelines, virtual job fairs offer 3 key advantages and benefits to recruiters that range from cost-effectiveness to increased accessibility. These advantages and benefits include:

Cost-effectiveness and better time management – in-person recruitment fairs are very costly due to the need for accommodations, logistics, technical assistance, and more. Additionally, organizing and setting up in-person recruitment fairs can be extremely time-consuming, depending on the size of the event.

Greater reach – due to their unlimited capacity, virtual job fairs can attract up to 10 times more traffic and can operate on a 24/7 basis to accommodate all time zones. This global reach is a key selling point for job recruiters.

Improved analytics – analytics is reshaping the business environment and enables better decision-making. The same is true with virtual job fairs. Furthermore, hosting virtual job fairs provides recruiters with tons of data that can be utilized in recruitment marketing campaign strategies.

As a result, virtual job fairs have become extremely popular and are now included in many HR processes on a global scale. Businesses and corporations that never imagined the need for virtual job fairs before are now reaping the benefits of them. Are you interested in hosting a virtual job fair? Call Premier Virtual at (561) 717-9717 or send us a message by clicking here.

The 5 Key Benefits of Virtual Job Fairs

John Garcia on March 29, 2022

The 5 Key Benefits of Virtual Job Fairs

Virtual job fairs enable career candidates and employers to connect in real-time via audio, live chat, and video chat while saving money and time in the process. Virtual job fairs are cost-effective, are the ideal platform to consider in these unprecedented times, and provide your company a competitive advantage. Not only does it benefit employees but helps the potential employees and students get the jobs that they are looking for.

If you’re still having trouble deciding between an in-person or virtual job fair event, consider the following 5 key benefits of virtual job fairs beloww.

Analyze your virtual job fair with quantifiable results – by using the metrics that result from your virtual event, you’ll be able to analyze the success of it much easier. You’ll be able to document the actual number of sign-ups, attendees, and candidates that were hired, and then use this information to generate reports for future reference. This will also enable your team to leverage this information so they can improve your recruitment marketing and candidate acquisition strategies.

It’s easier to promote your event – since virtual job fairs are conducted online, it’s much easier to promote them through job posting boards as well as social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.

Pre-screening talent will save you time – in addition to engaging more individuals, virtual job fairs enable you to hire the right candidates faster. You can pre-screen prospective employees and if qualified, be scheduled for an interview immediately. Furthermore, you can integrate your HR team’s calendar directly with a virtual job fair, thereby making it easier to automate interview scheduling.

Virtual job fairs are more cost-effective – another significant benefit of a virtual job fair is the cost savings and return on investment you’ll realize. With traditional, in-person job fair events, you have to rent a venue and consider the costs of beverages, food, and logistics. It’s no secret that the cost of airline tickets and hotel rooms for candidates and employers can add up quickly.

You’ll attract more candidates – one of the primary benefits of hosting an online job fair is the ability it provides to reach a larger, more diverse group of prospective career candidates. Not only will you be able to communicate with a larger talent pool, but you can interview candidates in different cities, states, and countries. Consequently, it creates more opportunities for attracting top-tier candidates.

No matter the size and type of business you own and operate, you can benefit from holding a virtual job fair. To learn more, call Premier Virtual today at (561) 717-9717.

Create a Successful Recruitment Marketing Strategy

John Garcia on March 22, 2022

Create a Successful Recruitment Marketing Strategy

The primary reason so many virtual jobs fair events fail is the lack of student participation. There is low awareness and participation which fails to mobilize the targeted audience. Regardless if it’s an in-person or virtual event, developing a sound recruitment marketing strategy for promoting your job fair is crucial to increasing the number of participants and maximizing your return on investment (ROI) for the event. If you want your virtual job fair to be a success, here are some helpful tips for creating a successful recruitment marketing strategy include:

Simplify the registration process by making it quick and easy to sign up – be sure to make it mobile-friendly so candidates and employers can register when they’re on the go and so it’s convenient for them to do so.

Make it as accessible as possible – 70% of online career fairs have poor visibility and are not easily accessible. If you want your virtual job fair to be successful, don’t let your hosting platform, landing page, or registration system fall short.

Post links to the registration page on your website – if you want people to find your virtual event, make the registration process public and easy to find. Provide information regarding the dates and times as well as deadlines and instructions for registering, preparation tips, and who you want to attract.

Engage your target audience through an e-mail marketing campaign – create a contact list of candidates and employers as well as separate messages for each group. E-mail is also an ideal venue for delivering additional information about your virtual job fair so less searching is involved.

Advertise your event on social media platforms – this is another great way to inform people of your upcoming virtual job fair. Be sure you post it well enough in advance so candidates and employers have sufficient preparation time.

Post physical signage as well – just because your event is virtual, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t hand out flyers and post signs to raise awareness. Heavy traffic areas such as campus cafeterias and libraries are ideal locations for catching the attention of hopeful career seekers.

Most importantly, work with Premier Virtual to host online hiring events and virtual career fairs. We put everything at your fingertips to help you host a successful event. When it comes to the best value for the investment, ease of use, reliability, and support, we are the top-rated virtual event software platform. Our platform was developed by recruitment specialists for recruiters. To learn more, call us at (561) 717-9717 today.

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One Solution to Your Virtual Hiring Needs

5 Reasons Virtual is Transforming Talent Acquisition

Recruiting Strategies for Sourcing Talent on Global Scale

5 Tips to Improve Online Recruitment

What’s the Future for Online Recruiting Events?

How Does Zoom Differ from a Virtual Event Platform?

Understanding the 4 Different Types of Virtual Hiring Events

What Are Virtual Job Fairs and Why Are They Important?

The 5 Key Benefits of Virtual Job Fairs

Create a Successful Recruitment Marketing Strategy

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