1. GREEN
RECRUITING

2. Meaning
Green recruiting is the recent trend of hiring
candidates in an environment- friendly manner,
with the aim to protect the globe against several
issues like carbon footprint and global warming
with the maximum use of renewable energy
keeping in mind the environment sustainability.

3. Why should a company go
green?
1
• Increasing employee satisfaction, retention and
productivity.
2
• Improving operational efficiency and
effectiveness.
3
• Saving energy, water and raw materials.
4
• Sheilding yourself from escalating energy and
water prices.

4. Continued..
5
• Branding the business and differentiating it
from the competition.
6
• Developing a positive, proactive relationship
with local compliance inspectors
7
• Reducing pollution, waste and greenhouse gas
emissions.

5. And…
The paper industry
ranks fourth in
contributing to green
house gas emissions.
Paper accounts for
about 70% of a
typical official waste.
Recycling 1 ton of paper
saves 17 trees ,enough oil to
run the average car for 1260
miles, enough power for
average home for 6 months
and 60 pound pollution.

6. Green Recruiting Practices
 A multitude of computer programs provide
ways to reduce the use of paper.
 Emailed offer letters,
 electronic on boarding documents,
 I-9s stored on secure servers instead of in a
filing cabinet, direct-deposit pay checks.
….. the list of paper-saving innovations is
almost endless.

7. Cont…
Instead of wading through stacks
of paper and time consuming
phone calls, recruiters use online
collaboration techniques like
instant messenger,email,social
media and online meetings in the
first phase of the hiring process.

8. Online Collaboration
Techniques
Leveraging
social media for
new era
Employment
Branding
Virtual
interviews

9. Leveraging social media for
new era
 Social media makes the recruitment process easier and
environment friendly.
 Recruiter can simply sit at their desks, reducing costs both
monetarily and environmentally of airplane and car travel
etc.,
 Hiring a candidate becomes viral the moment the recruiter
post an ad in these social networking sites.

10.  According to a new survey from Bull Horn the
global leader in recruiting software, almost all
of them - 98% - are using social recruiting.
LinkedIn
97 %
Facebook
51 %
Twitter
49 %
Google+
19.1%

11. Virtual Interviews
 They have calculated that live virtual interviews can cut
candidate travel costs by up to 75% as well as significantly
reduce Talent Management’s carbon footprint.
 Over 74% of the recruiters contribute to preserve the earth
through virtual Interviews via conference calls or tablet
device. Another 67% believe video screening should replace
phone interviews all together, because it works.

12. Virtual interviews can be done through Skype and
greenjobinterview.com.Greenjobinteview.com is the leader in
conducting live virtual interviews.
A reduction in carbon
footprint of an
estimated 628 kg of
CO2 per interview.
With an average of 226
virtual interviews per
month, the carbon
footprint reduction is the
equivalent of 456 cars
being taken off the road.

13. Recruiters believe that in just a few short
years, organizations and candidates will
never again travel to meet each other
without first conducting a face-to-face live
virtual interview.

14. Employment Branding
 With Employment Branding, companies leverage
the stickiness of content marketing and reach of
social media to circulate powerful corporate
messaging.
 you can use an Employment Branding campaign to
find and filter talent in a way that will have only
the most ideal candidates knocking on your door,
excited and ready to work for you.

15. Continued..
 The earlier and more frequently a company engages in
Employment Branding best practices, the sooner
they’ll find themselves saving money on recruiting,
while increasing their talent pool in the process!

16. BEST PRACTICE
• Cost savings
related to
expatriate hiring
including air
travel,
accomodation and
time
Economic
• Low employee
turnover rate-
helps in cross
cultural
adjustment that
improves
employee's
motivation,self
esteem and
productivity
Society
• In only 3
recruitment
campaigns,approx
112.5 metric tons
of co2 that equals
to 10 people's
carbon footprint
for the whole year.
• Less use of paper
Environment

17. Conclusion
 In forth coming years there would be a
situation where the organization those who
do not implement green policies or change
the way they are going to lose their
employees to the companies that offer
incentives for buying hybrid cars, onsite
farming ,green fuel and solar power.

18. If consumption levels continue to
go unchecked, by 2050 we will
need 8.5 planets to absorb our
carbon dioxide emissions, six
planets for steel,3.4 planets to
sustain the cement supply and 3.5
planets to meet timber demand.

20. THANK
YOU