{"id":5335,"date":"2014-05-24T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viasto.com\/en\/?post_type=post&#038;p=5335"},"modified":"2020-07-14T10:50:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T08:50:22","slug":"technology-industry-in-the-baltics-issues-in-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viasto.com\/en\/blog\/technology-industry-in-the-baltics-issues-in-recruitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Industry in the Baltics: Issues in Recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">The business environment in the Baltic states can be characterized as a flexible and open one, which has attracted many foreign investors. The technology industry in the Baltics has developed considerably. Especially Estonia has become one of the world leaders in technology. Their recruiting field is keeping up the development of recruiting technologies.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">Technology industry in the Baltics has done a great job for recruiting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">\u201cIT is a field where testing candidates is a common practice. Teleconferencing allows to create tests and ask questions that are actual problems in their company\u2019s everyday work\u201d, explains Henry Auv\u00e4\u00e4rt from the biggest job portal in Estonia <strong><a title=\"CV Keskus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cvkeskus.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CV Keskus<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">He adds that \u201ctoday, it would be something unthinkable of having to fly in a programmer from Spain to Estonia, just to give a piece of paper and a pencil to check some boxes.\u201d He couldn\u2019t imagine the work of his recruitment team without modern technologies.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\"><span style=\"color: #4ea13d;\">Video technology on the rise?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">Also in Estonia, newly developing trends are video CVs and job advertisements. Video job advertisements are a modern way to introduce a company and a job vacancy. It allows the applicants to see the company, work environment, etc. At the moment, about 1% of the total job advertisements are video job offers, but it is believed that it will increase in the future.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input tinymce_input_focus tinymce_structure_focus\"><span style=\"color: #4ea13d;\">The major problem : how to attract and recruit talented professionals<\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input tinymce_input_focus tinymce_structure_focus\">Specifically speaking, it is difficult to find talented people for the fast growing technology industry in the Baltics where the demand is much higher than the supply. Henry Auv\u00e4\u00e4rt from CV Keskus describes: \u201cEstonian IT talents are recruited directly from schools. If some \u201dfree agent\u201c steps the job market, then they get instant offers. \u201c Therefore, it is also necessary to find talents internationally and attract them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input tinymce_input_focus tinymce_structure_focus\">The Estonian job portal, CV Keskus, believes that constant development, improvement, forward-thinking, and embracing the development of technology allows them to offer the best service on the market to their clients.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input tinymce_structure_focus\"><span style=\"color: #4ea13d;\">Video technology to become crucial for recruitment<\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">It is likely that companies in the Baltic region are open to new solutions for improving the quality and the speed of the recruiting processes internationally. Automated video interviewing software could also improve the international recruiting processes in the Baltics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">Here at viasto, we are passionate about recruiting challenges and cutting-edge HR technologies. We have crafted the interview suite, a video interviewing tool which helps companies worldwide easily and efficiently identify and acquire the best talent from across the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input tinymce_input_focus tinymce_structure_focus\">Would you like to know more? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.viasto.com\/white-paper-international-recruitment-en-reserach-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book a demo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"space_small tinymce_structure\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input tinymce_input_focus tinymce_structure_focus\"><em>This article was written by Kristel Aimre, Market Research Analyst at viasto. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The business environment in the Baltic states can be characterized as a flexible and open one, which has attracted many foreign investors. The technology industry in the Baltics has developed considerably. 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