Over the past several months, nonprofits and charities across Canada have been working hard to adapt to the new COVID realities. Organizations have experienced impacts to every aspect of their work, including hiring staff and recruiting volunteers. At the same time, we recognize that many of these new changes are here to stay, even in a post-COVID world, as organizations and their staff become more digitally agile, comfortable with remote work, and open to new ways of working.

At CharityVillage, we take seriously our role as a trusted HR partner to the Canadian nonprofit sector. As such, at the beginning of the COVID crisis, our team took some time to consider where we might best be able to support the sector, especially in terms of helping transition the hiring process to a virtual environment, where necessary. We have heard from many organizations, as well as job seekers, about the difficulty of managing virtual interviews during these new and challenging times.

That’s why we are pleased to offer a suite of new video interviewing services that will help you take your hiring, volunteer recruitment, or job search entirely virtual.

Pre-Hire Video Screening

Our Pre-Hire Video Screening is a great alternative to traditional phone screening, as it allows hiring and volunteer managers to invite selected candidates to respond to a one-way video questionnaire.

Benefits to Hiring and Volunteer Managers:

  • Fully customize the pre-screening questions you’d like candidates to answer.
  • Add structure to your screening, as all candidates will answer the same questions.
  • Easily share the recorded screening videos with other members of your team, within the platform.
  • Set a deadline so that candidates can respond at their convenience. No more playing telephone tag!

Benefits to Job Seekers and Volunteers:

  • Be evaluated fairly with the same questions and measurement format for all candidates.
  • Re-record your responses if desired.
  • Respond on your schedule by their deadline – no more surprise screening phone calls!
  • Opportunity to be human and differentiate yourself.

Live Video Interviewing

Just like an in-person interview, our Live Video Interviewing platform allows hiring and volunteer managers and candidates and volunteer prospects to meet and ask questions. Going virtual is a win-win for organizations and individuals as it not only keeps everyone safe, but also saves time and is more efficient for all involved.

Benefits to Hiring and Volunteer Managers:

  • Communicate with candidates directly from the platform.
  • Get honest and unscripted responses, just like in an in-person interview.
  • Interviews can be recorded and easily shared with your team.
  • Use the included ATS or integrate with your own.
  • Reach more candidates wherever they are located.
  • Prioritize safety by offering remote interviews with a fully customizable candidate experience.

Benefits to Job Seekers and Volunteers:

  • Respond safely from anywhere on any device.
  • Save time and reduce your carbon footprint by completing multiple interviews at home.
  • Flexible and easy-to-use settings make for a seamless experience.
  • Join quickly and easily with an Internet browser – no need to create or manage multiple accounts on multiple video meeting platforms.

Affordable, efficient, and easy-to-use

With bundle packages starting at just $68, we’re confident you’ll find an option that will work well for your organization. As with any of our services for job candidates and volunteers, there are no costs for candidates to join or participate in a pre-hire screening or live interview.

Click here to learn more about our new video screening services, or download our pdf flyer for additional information. Hiring or volunteer managers can contact their local Territory Manager with questions. Candidates with questions about using the platform can contact our HelpDesk.

With 25 years of supporting Canada’s nonprofit organizations, we’re excited to offer new tools that will revolutionize hiring, volunteer recruitment, and job searching in the sector. We have much more planned beyond video screening services, so stay tuned for more product and service announcements coming soon!