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Out of Office

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Ruth Barnes presents a new series exploring the changing world of work.

What do we want from work? Millions of people are now reinventing their working lives. Ruth Barnes presents the first in a new series exploring the changing world of work.

Out of Office: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - Out of Office, Episode 3

Ruth Barnes continues her exploration of working life with the Recruitment Revolution.

Ruth Barnes dips into the rapidly changing methods of recruitment. Can an algorithm be trusted to select staff? Can a gaming app assess the strengths of a candidate?

Ruth Barnes continues her series exploring the changing world of work.

Recruiting staff used to be a question of reading through a pile and CVs and conducting interviews to find the best candidate. But, as Ruth discovers, everything has changed.

Many job applicants are faced initially with online interviews - speaking into the camera of their laptop in response to automatic questions.  But can an algorithm be trusted to select the best candidate?

And what of the gaming app which offers job hunters the opportunity to play through some scenarios that sort out their strength and weaknesses? Ruth tries it out - and finds out why she'll never become an air traffic controller.

We look at how some online tools can help recruitment, especially for those seeking casual work. And Ruth asks what employers must do to recruit and retain the best talent. A cosmetics firm thinks it has the answer.

Producer: Kim Normanton
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4

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