Hishem Azzouz recommends adding short video interviews to your candidate specs so hiring managers get an immediate sense of who people are, not just their resume. It cuts through the noise and lets candidates actually stand out.
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So candidate speccing is a fantastic way of getting in a conversation. I think what people can do is go that one step further though. Every hiring manager is going to be probably receiving heaps of candidate specs, and often it's just huge blocks of text. So I think going that extra step further and actually utilizing video, spend an extra 5 minutes hopping on a call with them and just recording a quick video with them. Great, John, tell me a bit about your experience, talk me through some of your achievements, and just get them to give a bit of a reel of why they're a great candidate. Show them the candidate. Show them there and then give them a snapshot of that person almost in an interview setting of that.