Firstly, I am a complete arachnophobic. Some years back I was happily working at my desk in the medium sized recruitment agency I ran when suddenly I felt something on my leg. Immediately I knew it was a spider climbing up towards my knee. My shrieks (no manly yells here unfortunately) drew the attention of my Lead Consultant who came to my aid. She grabbed my trouser fabric and trapped the spider with her hand whist I removed my trousers around her clenched hand - in the middle of the office. Much to the amusement of everyone else who worked with me!
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Chief Business Innovation Officer at Appirio) recently spoke about the future of HR at the HR Tech Europe Conference in London. You can see the summary of his address here summarised by HR Magazine.
If you have a candidate who is being evasive about meeting you face-to-face, it's worth forwarding them this article or using some of the information to persuade them to come in.