Jobvite Summit'15 Chicago - breakout session presented by Scott Mitchell of American Wedding Group - May 21, 2015. Video Interviewing: Your Secret Weapon to Better Recruiting Numbers. #JobviteSummit

1. Video Interviewing
Your Secret Weapon for Better
Recruiting Numbers
Scott Mitchell
Director of Production, American Wedding Group

2. Agenda
1. Who is American Wedding Group.
2. Is video interviewing for us?
3. What led us to video interviews?
4. What makes video interviews via Jobvite Video
different?
1. The benefits?
2. How to get the most out of your video interviews.
3. Results we saw with our change.
4. Questions

3. Who is American Wedding Group
Opened in 1978
Nations leading provider of DJ, Videography &
Photography services for weddings & Private Events
Family Owned and Operated
Active in 60 markets through the US
Jobvite customer since 2013

4. Is Video Interviewing for You?

5. What led us to switch to Video Interviews?
- 6 people recruit the entire country
- Multiple cities/jobs at one time
- Needed a way to keep qualified candidates
moving through the process while keeping them
engaged with us
- Give our decision makers as much information
as possible to make sure they were a good fit
for our family.

6. How is Video Interviewing via Jobvite Video
Different?
- Recorded vs live
- Get the same feel as a face to face interview because you
can see them
- Video Interviews are a part of the workflow
- Interview attaches to the file and moves through the process
- Can be a collaborative effort between reviewers for different
perspectives/evaluations and it all stays in one place!
- Watch them on your time schedule

7. Your Name Here
Company Name Here, Position Title Here
Email Here
What is really the benefit to doing Video
Interviews?

8. How to get the most out of your video interviews
- Keep it simple (5-7 questions)
- Treat it like a phone interview in your process
- Don’t call it an interview - be creative
- Give them a timeframe to create urgency and give them less
opportunity to forget
- Give your landing page a personal touch/showcase your culture
- Reminders that are fun but are not “pushy”
- Do reviews of your questions to make sure the timing for each
answer is adequate for what you need.

10. So what were our results?
- We began using video in July of 2014
- Reduced our time to hire by an average of 7 days
- 80% of interviews sent out were able to be
completed (everyone has a webcam these days)
- Only 2% of those that didn’t complete them were
because they didn’t have a webcam

11. THANK YOU!!!!
Scott Mitchell
Director of Production
American Wedding Group
267-725-8140
Scott@americanweddinggroup.com