Corporate Social Responsibility and Reverse Recruiting

Jerome Ternynck, CEO and Founder SmartRecruiters, launches the movement at Hiring Success, February 19th. More than 60 recruiters took the pledge that day

300 job seekers and 300 TA leaders came together at Hiring Success to close the conference with mock interviews. It was an eye opening and extremely valuable experience that gave everyone hope, skills to land a job, and long term mentorship. It was a powerful act of inclusion opened by SF Mayor London Breed in collaboration with 32 NGOs and 300 enterprises

After 200+ job seekers, refugees, people with disabilities, LGBTQs, meet 200+ recruiters for simultaneous mock interviews, so many lives are impacted

We teamed up with aequa again and hosted twenty candidates. Four external recruiting experts from various Berlin-based companies joined hiring managers from SmartRecruiters in advising overlooked candidates on CV and job interview. After the presentations, we had two Q&A sessions, where the candidates could pick our expert’s brains.

We had about 25 job seekers attend the session. We started the event with a 90-minute presentation on “how to create a great resume / LinkedIn account and how to prepare well for a job interview”. After the presentation, the overlooked candidates joined the group and began with a resume overview and mock interviews. We were able to pair every job seeker up one on one, to ensure they got all the attention they needed.

SmartRecruiters and Disability Solutions partnered to bring in 30 job seekers with visible and invisible disabilities. First, Disability Solutions gave a 45-minute presentation on “dispelling fear and stigma”. Giving our recruiters the answers they needed around hiring individuals with disabilities. After the presentation, the job seekers joined the group and began with a resume overview and mock interviews.

Individual consultations with SmartRecruiters’ recruiters and hiring managers for job seekers struggling overcoming biases. As stated by Lionel, a 50-year old purchasing executive, understanding the point of view of the recruiter was a chance he never had before.

We hosted 12 job seekers - mostly our rejected candidates joining us in our Krakow office. They all got feedback from recruiters on how to frame that towards improving their resumes and job opportunities. They got tips on resume building, mock interviews on site, and networking time.

WakeUp Cafe trusted Reverse Recruiting for a training session of formerly incarcerated people on resume building and interview preparation. 3 participants found a job in the weeks following the session and confirmed it was a game changer for them.

We teamed up with aequa and hosted 12 candidates from their network. After the presentation about CV and job interviews, SmartRecruiters’ hiring managers and Sarah Joy Lynch (aequa Co-Founder & Executive Director) gave individual CV advice to our candidates.

The Spokane office hosted Global Neighborhood nonprofit! Individuals from Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Marshall Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Ukraine were provided with resources around interviewing training and resume building!

SmartRecruiters UK team collaborated with Catch 22, a social business that “works at every stage of the social welfare cycle to build resilience and aspiration in people and communities.” They invited candidates in the London metropolitan area that had recently been turned down for jobs to discuss building their personal brand and interview techniques.