The Chamber's free monthly Small Business Roundtable is an important educational and networking opportunity for small businesses. This event provides expert speakers on topics to help you grow your business, such as digital marketing and business development, and also gives you the opportunity to make connections and grow your professional network. The forum is applicable to a variety of businesses and employee levels, from front-line customer service to owners.
This Month's Topic: Shaunee Lynch, Founder & CEO of Vitae Visual
Description
The modernization of the hiring process is transforming how organizations identify, evaluate, and attract talent. Traditional methods that relied heavily on resumes, manual screenings, and in-person interviews are no longer sufficient on their own. While digital applications and virtual interviews have become common, the initial candidate selection process has lagged behind—until now.
Here are some tools for small businesses to use to transition their hiring process to the modern way of hiring.
• Video introductions to see personality, passion, and communication skills. This usually takes place in the interview.
• Applicant tracking systems (ATS) to streamline applications. Skills and experience can be targeted to give employers a list of qualified candidates.
• Skills assessments to evaluate abilities directly. To verify work experience, this is reassuring.
• Collaborative platforms for team feedback. Several free internal platforms to use in which many a free to use.
• Automated scheduling to simplify interviews. Several scheduling platforms that will do the work for you. And yes, many require only a registration.
Using these cost-effective tools help companies save time, make smarter decisions, and attract the right talent in today’s competitive landscape.
Agenda
11:55 a.m.: Zoom Room Opens
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Presentation
Zoom Details
Attendees will receive a Zoom meeting link in their registration confirmation email.
Interested in Presenting?
If you are interested in becoming a speaker for one of our Small Business Roundtables, please review the program guidelines and submit a proposed topic with a one paragraph summary description to eventsassoc@arlingtonchamber.org.
Registration
For registration questions, please contact DJ Batchelor, Operations Manager, at chamber@arlingtonchamber.org or (703) 525-2400.
Prospective members are allowed to attend up to three (3) Chamber Networking (Breakfast Connection, Business After Business, Small Business Roundtable, Women in Business Networking) events as a guest.
Companies that have previously attended more than three Chamber events and previous members who have dropped their Chamber memberships are not eligible to attend as a guest. The Chamber reserves the right to deny admittance to the event if a nonmember has already attended three events. Please contact Mike Rosenow, Vice President of Membership, at membership@arlingtonchamber.org to verify your eligibility or to join the Chamber.
Registrations are non-refundable. While you are unable to apply registrations to future events, you may transfer your registration to another individual.
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