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The RoBot Is Ready to Interview You Now with Alex Freund

  • Date: 01/17/2023 10:00 AM  
  • Location: Virtual

First, employers introduced Applicant Tracking Systems to sort and filter candidates based on the text of their resumes. Now, companies are moving further into automation with something called AVI… Ring in the New Year with Middlesex County Office of Career Opportunity’s first workshop of 2023, The RoBot Is Ready to Interview You Now with Alex Freund, and learn how to conquer this new type of “interview”!

Interviewing advice presumes you are directly and simultaneously engaging with another person or group of people. Whether in-person or virtual, the conversation is live and in real-time.  But in this digital age, another interview format has emerged where the candidate and the employer work separately. In fact, the applicant’s first step might not involve another human being at all.

As a jobseeker, your first “interview” might be with a bot: an automated script or program that uses algorithms and commands to filter out candidates who don’t tick the right boxes, elevating only a successful few for real, human evaluation. This new technology is called asynchronous video interview (AVI) and it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to sift through applicants’ pre-recorded videos, scanning for key words and behaviors to narrow down the pool of candidates – even ranking people by how well they meet criteria. While AVI may save employers time and resources, it raises a high hurdle in front of applicants.

Alex Freund, known as “The Landing Expert,” is here to help you navigate this daunting process by removing fear and uncertainty from the equation. For the last 16 years, Alex has helped more than 1200 clients ranging from managers to CEOs in a variety of industries, offering workshops on interviewing, resumes, LinkedIn, Value Proposition, Personal Branding and Personal Marketing. His presentation, The RoBot Is Ready to Interview You Now, describes the process of interviewing with a machine, while offering strategies and tactics for increasing your chances of being selected.

During the presentation, you will:

• Learn how to manage the technical aspects of video communication, such as

Lighting

Background

Camera angle

Clear audio

& more

• Find out what’s important when interviewing with a machine

• Get tips for improving your current performance

 

Join MCOCO and Alex Tuesday, January 17 at 10:00 am via Zoom for this free workshop, “The RoBot Is Ready to Interview You Now” with Alex Freund. Click here to register!

If you’ve missed any of our recent workshops, or if you need a refresher on one you’ve attended, check out the Middlesex County Workforce Development Board’s YouTube channel! 

For information about this and other upcoming events, along with other jobseeker or employer services, please call the Middlesex County Office of Career Opportunity today at 732-745-3955 (general) or 732-293-1341 (youth 16-24).

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