Abstract
The COVID pandemic has a major impact on the business world and workplaces. The effect is visible across all the industries, businesses, and job positions. Bringing about drastic changes in our means of communication, the way we work, transportation, and other daily activities, COVID-19 has generated changes in the basic values and practices of recruitment of the personnel. It has placed us in the position of adapting and compromising with the situation in all aspects. Whatever the situation, the world and its business have to keep running. Today companies are busy finding ingenious ways of recruitment, keeping the social distancing rules in mind, to meet the recruitment goals of their organizations and run business as usual. In this chapter, the author is going to discuss the steps taken by organizations to continue their recruitment process across the pandemic and how they are different from recruitment in normal days.
TopJob Recruitment In Covid-19
Covid-19 has had significant impacts on the recruitment sector of corporate world round the globe. Huge losses were incurred upon established businesses, some enterprises met the fate of shut down and, layoffs and terminations became the routine, unemployment rate increased and so on. Hiring process all over the world is facing an unprecedented challenge due the COVID-19 outbreak. The organizations are concerned about the safety of their employees, and the employees are trying to adjust to the new job obligation, i.e. work from home amidst other obligations like school closures and cancelled /deferred events. Fresh job seekers and laid off employees are doubtful given to the current situation that whether they’ll be able to find a suitable job position.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Upskilling and Training: Upskilling is a workplace concept that promotes continuous learning by offering training and development opportunities that broaden an employee's talents and lessen skill gaps.
Recruitment: The process of identifying, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, and interviewing individuals for jobs (permanent or temporary) within an organization is termed recruitment. Recruitment can also refer to the procedures for selecting people for unpaid positions.
COVID-19 Decorum: COVID 19 decorum entails taking the required steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as wearing a mask, sanitizing hands, maintaining hygiene, and social distancing, among other things.
Layoffs: A layoff is a temporary suspension or permanent termination of an employee's or, more typically, a group of employees' employment for business reasons such as personnel management or organization downsizing.
COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by coronavirus 2 that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2).
Proactive Recruitment: In proactive recruitment, preparation is essential to achieve success. It entails looking for individuals before staffing levels become a problem for a corporation.
Manage Budget: A yearly expenditures approved by department/management heads based on the budget that was provided and sanctioned.
Potential Candidates: A potential candidate is a person who meets the required conditions for employment against a job by all means.
Virtual Recruitment: A recruiting procedure that takes place remotely, without recruiters and candidates in person.
Remote Working: Working from a location other than a central office provided by the employer is as known as remote working.
Technology: Technology refers to methods, processes, and equipment resulting from scientific knowledge applied to practical applications.
Hiring Halt: A hiring halt occurs when an employer temporarily stops non-essential employee hiring to minimize costs, usually when the company is facing financial crisis.