How Virgin Recruits
Now Virgin uses a recruitment process where they go through a series of stages
before being recruited as they recruit externally and internally, which I think is
the greatest way to recruit, however there are two types of recruiting which are
internally and externally. Internal being recruiting within the business and
External being recruiting outside the business.
Internal advertising means that the job will only be advertised within the
business. This can be done if a current employee wishes to be prompted or to
motivate current employees.
Advantage Disadvantage Suitability for Virgin
-Cheap -Limited choices for Yes
-The role can be widely other candidates This is suitability for
shared on the internal -You may miss out on virgin because it means
intranet high level professionals that people can
-Easy to send the job -introducing new things experience the high-level
description and and skill from elsewhere jobs and also means that
application to staff if not available since Virgin is a very big
business, they don't
need to put out a lot of
job descriptions and
application to go
through them all, as it
can be easily sent to
staff
External advertising is the process of recruitment from outside the
organization. There are a number of ways that this can be done, including the
use of an agency/consultancy.
Advantage Disadvantage Suitability for Virgin
-Allows a wide range of -It has a cost in the Yes
candidates with different business This is suitable for
skills to join -It is very time Virgin as they are
-Brings the diversity in consuming to wait for bringing new vacancies
the company the right employee and to the business so they
-increases motivation to train need that external
-There can also be a risk recruitment to go
forward.
, How Virgin Hire
A telephone call-
So this is where a management team will give you a call from your online
applications. They start off with “A call to get to know you better”. What
happens is a member of the recruitment team will call you to get “nitty and
gritty” and to understand your skills. They do this so they can see what you will
be right for, what you are looking for in the business and things you are good
at for Virgin. They also ask what salary you are looking for so they can see what
they can do for you and the recruitment team also advise you to ask questions
for them so it is not just a call of you motivating yourself to join.
This interview process will be for people who are looking for a job such as
talking to people on the phone like a support team.
Video Interviewing-
Another way they recruit is by recording the candidate themselves answering
predefined questions whether it's about them or what they know about Virgin,
this can be during the day or night, seven days a week. However, they also have
an advantage as the get a little “hint and tip” video prerecording and they say
“it’s to help you get the most out of your time available” and all they ask for is
for you to answer the questions and use a suitable camera angle, be in a place
calm and quiet where you will not be disturbed.
They use this process of recruiting to see how you are recording yourself and
how good you are at remembering questions. They also use this because they
want to see your confidence and who you are as a person.
Advantage/Disadvantage of a video interview
An advantage of Virgin using video call is that it can be from the comfort of
your own home as Virgin do say “only this time it doesn’t matter if you’re still
wearing your PJ bottoms” so you can be comfortable which can also boost your
confidence as you feel warm and relaxed another advantage is that you can
finally see face to face to first impression will count it also give a rough idea in
the applicants and interviews head on what type of person you are and how it is
like in the workplace. Finally, another advantage is that the interviewer can
assess your communication skills, so if you do not get the role, you may be put
in another role where you will feel more comfortable, which Virgin likes to do.
On the other hand, the disadvantage of recruitment this way is that if people do
not have clear internet connection it will be hard to interview these types of
Now Virgin uses a recruitment process where they go through a series of stages
before being recruited as they recruit externally and internally, which I think is
the greatest way to recruit, however there are two types of recruiting which are
internally and externally. Internal being recruiting within the business and
External being recruiting outside the business.
Internal advertising means that the job will only be advertised within the
business. This can be done if a current employee wishes to be prompted or to
motivate current employees.
Advantage Disadvantage Suitability for Virgin
-Cheap -Limited choices for Yes
-The role can be widely other candidates This is suitability for
shared on the internal -You may miss out on virgin because it means
intranet high level professionals that people can
-Easy to send the job -introducing new things experience the high-level
description and and skill from elsewhere jobs and also means that
application to staff if not available since Virgin is a very big
business, they don't
need to put out a lot of
job descriptions and
application to go
through them all, as it
can be easily sent to
staff
External advertising is the process of recruitment from outside the
organization. There are a number of ways that this can be done, including the
use of an agency/consultancy.
Advantage Disadvantage Suitability for Virgin
-Allows a wide range of -It has a cost in the Yes
candidates with different business This is suitable for
skills to join -It is very time Virgin as they are
-Brings the diversity in consuming to wait for bringing new vacancies
the company the right employee and to the business so they
-increases motivation to train need that external
-There can also be a risk recruitment to go
forward.
, How Virgin Hire
A telephone call-
So this is where a management team will give you a call from your online
applications. They start off with “A call to get to know you better”. What
happens is a member of the recruitment team will call you to get “nitty and
gritty” and to understand your skills. They do this so they can see what you will
be right for, what you are looking for in the business and things you are good
at for Virgin. They also ask what salary you are looking for so they can see what
they can do for you and the recruitment team also advise you to ask questions
for them so it is not just a call of you motivating yourself to join.
This interview process will be for people who are looking for a job such as
talking to people on the phone like a support team.
Video Interviewing-
Another way they recruit is by recording the candidate themselves answering
predefined questions whether it's about them or what they know about Virgin,
this can be during the day or night, seven days a week. However, they also have
an advantage as the get a little “hint and tip” video prerecording and they say
“it’s to help you get the most out of your time available” and all they ask for is
for you to answer the questions and use a suitable camera angle, be in a place
calm and quiet where you will not be disturbed.
They use this process of recruiting to see how you are recording yourself and
how good you are at remembering questions. They also use this because they
want to see your confidence and who you are as a person.
Advantage/Disadvantage of a video interview
An advantage of Virgin using video call is that it can be from the comfort of
your own home as Virgin do say “only this time it doesn’t matter if you’re still
wearing your PJ bottoms” so you can be comfortable which can also boost your
confidence as you feel warm and relaxed another advantage is that you can
finally see face to face to first impression will count it also give a rough idea in
the applicants and interviews head on what type of person you are and how it is
like in the workplace. Finally, another advantage is that the interviewer can
assess your communication skills, so if you do not get the role, you may be put
in another role where you will feel more comfortable, which Virgin likes to do.
On the other hand, the disadvantage of recruitment this way is that if people do
not have clear internet connection it will be hard to interview these types of
