Companies such as Cognizant, Wipro and NTT are using virtual meetings to interview and select candidates in an effort to carry out business as usual. However, onboarding of selected candidates is being postponed until April. Experts from staffing firms suggested that video-based recruitment will be the norm in the coming weeks.
MUMBAI: Technology companies are switching to the video conferencing mode to hire prospective candidates even as they brace for a larger slowdown in various business segments.
Companies such as Cognizant, WiproNSE 3.76 % and NTT are using virtual meetings to interview and select candidates in an effort to carry out business as usual. However, onboarding of selected candidates is being postponed until April.
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CEO of Cognizant, Brian Humphries in a note to employees earlier this month said: “All our candidate interviews are now virtual and when we onboard new hires, they also undergo the same process we use for visitors to our facilities.”
Source: Economic Times
