How Crawford Thomas Recruiting Uses Spark Hire To Identify Top Candidates For Their Clients

Using Spark Hire, we now have the ability to identify better quality candidates and candidates that are committed to the job they are applying for. We’ve never had a problem with the quantity of candidates, but we were struggling with selecting which candidates to advance in the process. Because of Spark Hire, we’re able to interview more candidates remotely, rather than the more ‘time-consuming’ in-person interview.

The video interview is a great addition to our recruitment cycle. After a short phone screen has been conducted, the Spark Hire video interview is the first ‘real’ step in our interviewing process. It gauges candidates' interest and shows us how much research they have done on our company. Oftentimes, we’ll reference a candidate’s video interview when making a final decision to bring him or her on board.

Most of our clients were already conducting Skype interviews so Spark Hire was a way for us to kick it up a notch. Spark Hire was seen by our clients as a more professional video interviewing platform, with branded features and nothing to download. Our recruitment team is tasked, daily, with presenting new, qualified candidates to our clients. Spark Hire interviews allow our candidates the advantage of showcasing their presentation skills, beyond their resumes.

Video interviewing has given us the confidence to recruit remotely. Recently, it helped us with a large client that is based in Canada. Leveraging video interviews, we were able to successfully facilitate long-distance placements.

We use it internally and as a value-add resource to offer our clients.

Utilizing Spark Hire’s professional aesthetics allows users to customize how they present their video with company logos or specific titles & headers.

Our favorite part of Spark Hire video interviewing is asking a few of the pre-populated personality questions. Historically, it’s easy to give a scripted answer to the more traditional interview questions; some of the more unique questions allow candidates a chance to show their creative side. In addition, these Spark Hire questions give our hiring team the ability to better connect with candidates on a deeper, more personal level.

Definitely the ease of use! It’s really simple to learn because the platform is so user-friendly.

We also love being able to store a library of our video interviews. Spark Hire lets us quickly search and filter them to recall a previous candidate.

Lastly, we really enjoy the ability to share interviews with hiring managers. It’s an awesome tool that we frequently use to present qualified candidates to our clients.