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SmartLynx Airlines hires globally and builds its employer brand by highlighting what’s unique about them, making it easy for candidates to say yes to the process, assessing candidates holistically, using AI when necessary, and assessing all candidates for future potential. Further, the company leverages Willo to give candidates ultimate flexibility in responding to interview questions. 

Lots of very talented people are very bad at reporting their skills, experience, and potential. Some feel pressure to exaggerate, others feel awkward praising themselves—both scenarios mean you’re not getting an accurate picture of how a person will perform in the job. That’s why talent assessment tools are so important.

Diversity and inclusion has become an important organizational consideration over the past few years. Companies are coming to terms with disparities in the workplace and implementing initiatives to create a culture of inclusion.Recruiting needs to play a key role in this process.Left unchecked, recruiting can easily be driven by unconscious biases. But there’s good news—relatively simple changes to tools, stages, and practices that make up your recruitment process can lead to massive improvements in diversity and inclusion.

Discover how small businesses can overcome recruitment challenges with the help of recruiting software. Despite limited budgets and fierce competition, data shows that nearly half of small businesses struggle to find candidates. However, solutions like applicant tracking systems (ATS) and innovative screening tools like Willo offer streamlined processes to simplify hiring and find the right talent efficiently.

Traditional, face-to-face interviewing has its place—but recruiters are quickly learning that it isn’t quite as essential as many believed.One-way video interviews address a number of flaws by offering unmatched flexibility, increased recruiter capacity, cost-effectiveness, inclusive hiring, and a great candidate experience. But to take advantage of these benefits, you’re going to need the right tool.

As workforces become more complex and budgets shrink, the need for tools that support more efficient human resources management (HRM) is on the rise—especially in recruiting.

If you aren’t already bringing virtual tools into your recruiting process, you’re one of the only ones: around 89% of organizations are doing much of their recruiting work virtually to reach top talent, cut costs, and save time.But simply “going virtual” doesn’t guarantee any positive outcome—you have to approach it the right way.With this in mind, here’s a crash course from Willo on how to optimize your virtual recruiting process.

I'm excited to share some great news with you all – Willo has been fortunate to receive recognition with 13 awards in the G2 Winter 2024 Report!

Whether you’re hiring for remote, hybrid, or in-person jobs, the majority (74% of recruiters) find that video interviews have made their job easier when interviewing and shortlisting candidates.

Whether due to fierce competition for talent or limited resources internally, recruiting has never been more difficult. Cutting through the noise and zeroing in on the right individuals requires not only skill but also a first-rate strategy. 

Candidate screening software is a broad category of tools designed to simplify, streamline, or organize some aspect of the candidate screening process.With any candidate screening software, the goal is simple—to help companies zero in on the best candidates faster.

According to Aptitude Research’s 2020 Talent Acquisition study, 63% of companies reported identifying quality hires as their greatest challenge. And the leading reason? A lack of consistency and objectivity in the evaluation process.

Recruitment involves a tight-rope walk between efficiency and thoroughness. You need to know candidates well enough to make the right decision, but can’t afford to sacrifice too much time in the process.

There’s a lot you need to learn about a candidate during the interviewing process before you can confidently say, “Yes, you’re the one.” This includes getting to know their background, skills, and experience, as well as their ability to fit into your team’s culture.

We’ve helped recruitment teams eliminate many of these interview scheduling pains by providing an async interview solution.

While traditional interviews and gut feelings have their place, incorporating talent assessments can offer a more well-rounded view of your candidates.

Recruiters are always under pressure to find and hire amazing candidates—especially at smaller companies where every hire has an outsized impact.

For many recruiters, around half of the recruiting process is simply… asking questions.Ask the wrong questions, then, and you risk making this process a lot longer than it needs to be. One way to massively reduce the time spent on the interview process is to use a one-way-interview solution like Willo, which helps companies save hundreds of hours on their interview process. In this guide, we'll unveil the top recruitment questions that will streamline your hiring journey, helping you identify the ideal fit quickly and avoid unnecessary setbacks.

That new grad you hired today might eventually become the CEO. But even if they don’t, you want them to be high-quality individual contributors and possibly managers or team leaders in the future. ‍Achieving any of those goals–from simple productivity to C-Suite succession–starts with new graduate onboarding. Now VP of Finance at Willo, Kevin Swan worked at a global consultancy for eight years, both going through their new graduate program and later supporting graduate recruiting at the firm as a member of the tech M&A team. ‍Looking back on his experience with new graduate programs, Kevin shared his perspective on three crucial onboarding elements that every corporation needs in place for day one. 

Verifying a job applicant’s legal right to work for you is so much more complicated than scanning a passport or ID card. 

GLOBAL rec-tech start-up WIllo has hired one of Scotland’s foremost tech funding experts to lead its finance division and help drive further national and international expansion.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the company promote problem-solving and a culture of innovation. According to a study from Boston Consulting Group, diverse companies report 20% higher “innovation revenues” or proceeds from newly launched products/services. Diversity in sourcing and hiring refers to the policies ensuring the process is free from all types of biases. When hiring talent, the personal characteristics of the candidates including race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation should not impact their chances of getting shortlisted.

UK-based Willo – one of the world’s fastest-growing async video interview platforms – has announced plans to significantly scale up its US presence after raising the funds from 1818 Venture Capital. The lucrative US market already accounts for more than 65% of Willo’s revenues, with the firm working with major stateside clients including Coinbase, Chick-fil-A, and Sureify. Willo currently operates in more than 180 countries worldwide.