Online campus recruitment: Do you know the latest?

A famous Chinese proverb says, “When the winds of change blow, some build walls while others build windmills”. The pandemic has no doubt been a rather strong wind that has brought about changes which we all adapted to, even if we did so unwittingly. While every member of the society has been dealt with their fair share of bad beats, the student community especially is still adjusting its sails. They have grown accustomed to virtual classes and now they are staring at online campus recruitment in the face. No doubt that the most resilient batch will step up and take even this one on the chin!

Talent seekers from large organizations are tasked with the gargantuan task of seeking the right talent through online campus recruitment and online lateral hiring. Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete)has a legacy of standing in solidarity with the eco-system ensuring to be fast on the uptake and faster in delivering the need of the hour. In line with its legacy, the Dare2Compete Online Campus Recruitment and Online Lateral Hiring Platform have everything bundled in a neat package to ensure that the right talent meets the right opportunity. Let us explore a few key aspects of the online recruitment platform. 

The fabric of online campus recruitment

Now organizations can build pipelines of talented students and working professionals by: 

1. Listing jobs and application invitation

To connect students to employers without access to their campuses, Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete)Online Campus Recruitment and Online Lateral Hiring allow recruiters to list all aspects of the job along with a customizable application form to get relevant information from the students. The recruiters get a completely responsive microsite with customized branding elements where they can put up deadlines for submitting forms for all campuses or on a rolling basis.

2. Reviewing and shortlisting candidates 

What can be a better way to keep your recruiting funnel moving during this uncertain time than getting all the applicants and their profiles at one platform. With just a single click, the recruiter or any member of their team can access all the relevant data or can even filter out the information based on different parameters like college, work experience, and grades to name a few. Also, you don’t have to worry about other filters, because the recruiters can customize them to shortlist candidates as per the needs.

3. Scrutinizing candidates through online GDs and interviews

Digitizing the entire campus recruitment process will help you to identify the most qualified candidates faster and more accurately. With our online group discussions, you can assign groups to candidates (manually or automatically) through a smart algorithm. In addition to that, you can score candidates (objectively) as well as add comments on relevant parameters (subjectively), during the interview process. Thus, giving the HRs a curated pool of talent.

The Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete)online campus recruitment and online lateral hiring platform not only boasts of a one of a kind Online Group Discussion Platform but also of an Online Interview panel. Recruiters can set up a panel of interviewers from within their organization, who will be able to score the interviewees on relevant parameters. Ensuring all bells and whistles on a single platform will help the Talent Acquisition Teams review and analyse the talent pipeline for better optimisation. 

4. Sending diversified and engaging online assessments

Tier 1 institutes have a stringent selection process that ensures that only the brightest make through. When a recruiter is further shortlisting from this already concentrated pool of talent, they require custom-built tools that will help them gauge the talent basis their requirements. With this in mind, the Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete)Online Campus Recruitment and Online Lateral Hiring comes equipped with a plethora of specialised assessment tools like: 

a.) Online assessments with MCQ for testing aptitude, cognitive ability, critical thinking, etc.

A wide range of online MCQ based assessments will help you identify candidates with desired skillsets. A recruiter can choose from a question bank that tests on general aptitude, cognitive ability, domain-based aptitude among others. These assessments can be used as a key guide for online campus hiring and online lateral hiring.

b.) Online Gamified Assessments

We are now indeed in a VUCA world where members of a team need to be carefully selected. To aid in this endeavour Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete)has crafted online gamified assessments that check candidates on various skills ranging from multitasking, logical reasoning, memory, to lexical knowledge, and more. Online gamified assessments, when combined with an online campus hiring process and lateral hiring process, give you the opportunity to view the candidate's ability under different lights. This ensures that the recruiter has a holistic understanding of the candidate's ability and also ensures that the candidate feels content with their efforts. 

c.) Psychometric Assessment

If recent times have taught us anything it is that skills such as leadership, decision making, emotional quotient to name a few, play an important role in the success of an organisation. The Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete)online campus recruitment and online lateral hiring platform come loaded with a battery of online psychometric tests for hiring. These have been tailored and standardised especially to match the task at hand. 

d.) Online Business Strategy Simulations

Being in possession of knowledge surpasses the ability the apply it and reveal desired results. With this in mind, the online recruitment platform hosts a wide array of business simulation games that grade candidate's core skills like Marketing, Operations, Strategy, Human Resources (HR), Finance, and Entrepreneurship. An excellent B-School campus recruitment tool will help recruiters see their future team members in action! 

e.) Online Hackathons and Coding Challenges

Online hackathons and coding challenges have been touted as an effective tool to assess candidates during engineering online campus recruitment and online lateral hiring drives. Recruiters can choose from online hackathons and coding challenges that are either Algorithmic, Product Focused, Programming, Analytical, or Machine Learning. 

As assessments move online, the ingenuity of the candidates to leverage the loopholes of the system magnifies exponentially. To ensure that there is transparency and legitimacy to the entire equation, online assessments are equipped with a next-gen proctoring system.

5. Getting access to a personalized dashboard

So, here is the perk of conducting online campus recruitment and online lateral hiring process through Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete)- the HRs get a personalized dashboard where they can,

• Analyze candidate's performance across various stages of recruitment by means of detailed reports through various stages.
• Hire suitable candidates and communicate with them through the platform itself.
• Run exclusive campaigns based on the budget to increase the reach of job openings.

Bonus: Increase your talent pool by establishing a strong employer brand through an exclusive branded recruiter page under recruiter diaries just like Aditya Birla Group, Hindustan Unilever, Google, Amazon, Asian Paints, and more

6. Seal the deal 

After carefully assessing every candidate on a single platform on the basis of MCQs, Cases, Group Discussions, and Interview; the entire recruitment team can make the final call and roll out offers from the same platform. Having everything combined under a single hood ensures that the engine runs smoothly and avoids duplication of work and loss of data. 

Aspiring candidates: The ball is in your court

With recruiters attracting new students through online campus events, online campus recruitment is nothing less than a beacon of hope. Just like the companies are taking an initiative to pivot their recruitment activities to reach more students in this bleak time, online campus recruitment is equally extrapolated to students as well. Now, it is in your hand, how well you utilize this opportunity.

All interested students can create profiles for different companies and sectors and can apply for the relevant job windows. However, be cautious when giving assignments as we use next-generation proctoring which means your face will be tracked throughout the application process. The AI used can,

• Recognize face to avoid impersonation
• Detect face if anyone else tries to be in frame with you
• Detect device, be it another laptop or mobile

So make the most of the time before the ship sails. It is high time companies, students, and colleges come together to ensure the connect between talent and opportunity. Get access to unlimited candidates, job descriptions throughout the financial year, and in-built assessments without any hidden extras through our Online Campus Recruitment and Lateral Hiring Package.

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