GREEN RECRUITIN
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Hiring candidates in an environment- friendly manner.
Aiming to protect the globe. Maximum use of renewable energy. Environment sustainability.
GREEN RECRUITING
Why should a company go green?
1• Increasing employee satisfaction, retention and
productivity.
2• Improving operational efficiency and
effectiveness.
3• Saving energy, water and raw materials.
4• Sheilding yourself from escalating energy and
water prices.
5
•Branding the business and differentiating it from the competition.
6
•Developing a positive, proactive relationship with local compliance inspectors
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•Reducing pollution, waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
Source : Internet
FACTS..The paper industry
ranks fourth in contributing to green house gas emissions.
Paper accounts for about 70% of a typical official
waste.
Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees ,enough oil to run the
average car for 1260 miles, enough power for average home for 6 months and 60
pound pollution.
Source : Internet
Green Recruiting Practices
A multitude of computer programs provide ways to reduce the use of paper.
Emailed offer letters, Electronic on boarding documents, Direct-deposit pay checks.
Instead of Wading through stacks of
paper,
Time consuming phone calls,
Recruiters use Online Collaboration
techniques like Instant messenger,
email,social media and online
meetings.
Online Collaboration Techniques
Leveraging social media for new era
Employment
Branding
Virtual Interview
s
Leveraging social media for new era Social media makes the recruitment process easier and
environment friendly.
Recruiter can simply sit at their desks, reducing costs both monetarily and environmentally of airplane and car travel etc.,
Hiring a candidate becomes viral the moment the recruiter post an ad in these social networking sites.
Bull Horn’s Survey -almost all of them (98%) are using social recruiting.
LinkedIn97 %
Facebook51 %
Twitter49 %
Google+19.1%
Virtual Interviews Live virtual interviews can cut candidate
travel costs by up to 75%.
Over 74% of the recruiters recruit through virtual Interviews via conference calls or tablet device.
Another 67% believe video screening should replace phone interviews all together, because it works.
Virtual interviews can be done through Skype and
greenjobinterview.com. Greenjobinteview.com is the leader in
conducting live virtual interviews.A re
duction
in carbon
footprint o
f
an
estimated
628 kg of
CO 2 per
interview.
With an average of 226 virtual interviews per month, the carbon footprint reduction is the equivalent of 456 cars being taken off
the road.
Source : Internet
In just a few short years,
organizations and candidates will never again travel to
meet each other without first conducting a face-to-face live
virtual interview.
Employment Branding
Companies leverage the stickiness of
content marketing and reach of social
media to circulate powerful corporate
messaging.
Employment Branding campaign can
be used to find and filter talent in a
way that will have only the most ideal
candidates.
The earlier and more frequently a company
engages in Employment Branding best
practices, the sooner they’ll find themselves
saving money on recruiting, while
increasing their talent pool in the process!
Best Practice• Cost savings related to
expatriate hiring including air
travel, accommodation and
time.
Economy
• Low employee turnover rate-
helps in cross cultural
adjustment that improves
employee's motivation, self
esteem and productivity.
Society• In 3 recruitment campaigns ,
approx 112.5 metric tons of
CO2 that equals to 10 people's
carbon footprint for the whole
year was stopped from being
released.
• Less use of paperEnvironment
If consumption levels continue to go unchecked, by 2050
we will need
8.5 planets to absorb our carbon dioxide emissions,
6 planets for steel.
3.4 planets to sustain the cement supply.
3.5 planets to meet timber demand.
Source: Emirates Environment Group published in the Gulf News April 01, 2010.
Conclusion
In forth coming years there would be
a situation where the organization
those who do not implement green
policies or change the way they are
going to lose their employees to the
companies that offer incentives for
buying hybrid cars, onsite
farming ,green fuel and solar power.
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