Outt - Social Care Shifts

  Every care home or social care setting will need new staff from time to time. Whether that is filling full-time roles, covering periods of leave, or using contingent/agency staff to fill gaps in the staffing rota.   Video calls are nothing new, but are becoming commonplace, and have changed from being the exception to the general rule.   Many social care managers are now:   ·          Inviting candidates to remote interviews via platforms such as Zoom or Skype. ·          Conducting fewer interview stages to reduce the number of steps in the recruitment process. ·          Interviewing applicants individually, rather than as part of a panel of hirers. A remote call simply isn’t the same as meeting somebody face-to-face. That said, by preparing well, we can help applicants find the experience less stressful, and employers gain the essential information they need to make a decision.   The main challenges of remote interviewing include:   ·          Having fewe