Lisa’s Generation Relations Blog

Hi All!

I came across this interesting article on Recruiting Blog Swap, and it was written by Real-Time Video Job Interviews. With all the talk about how we need to go green, here’s some advice about what HR departments can do to help save the planet. Come on all you big corporate communities…that aluminum can bin in the break room isn’t enough!

Oh! And the strategy(s) in this article are also great recruiting tools for attracting Millennials! So not only would you be saving the planet, you’d be using a cutting-edge technology…2 things Millennials love in an employer!

How Human Resources Can Save the Environment

We are all aware that using the internet today for a job search is a huge time saver. Webcam interviews and emailed resumes save potential new hires hours of driving, printing, mailing, and air travel time not to mention the countless hours just waiting for flights. Americans are also beginning to realize that webcam technology offers solutions to problems other than time issues: environmental concerns related to dependence on fossil fuels are reframed by the possibilities of electronic communication. Digital technology has given HR and job candidates the “green interview” and eco-friendly employment.

According to the Sierra Club (sierraclub.org) more than 50 percent of adults believe that their employers should do more to be environmentally responsible. Many companies have already taken steps to do so by embracing technology and using electronic methods such as websites to advertise available positions. Requesting emailed resumes and correspondences is also ecologically conscious. Paperless communications are invaluable in the fight to reduce a company’s carbon footprint; in the production of regular office paper, mills pollute water, air, and soil. Paper production is one of the most polluting industries in North America (ranked 3rd) and uses chlorine-based bleaches that result in toxic emissions.

Although paper recycling has reduced the pollution caused by initial or pulp production, it is an industrial process and recycling mills may have polluting by-products such as sludge. Therefore, the reduction of paper use is the truly effective way of reducing environmental polutants. And digital technology offers companies and job seekers this opportunity by creating a paperless line of communication that can be archived: email.

Click here to read the entire article!

Bye for now,

Lisa