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Teleconferencing
Another of the benefits is a reduction in total recruitment processing time, which can be by as much as 25%, according to a report from Wainhouse Research referenced in an article on Americaeconomia.com.
"While telepresence is a way of communicating remotely, the applications of this technology are much broader and more interesting than a simple telephone conversation since it also enables companies to evaluate interviewees' body language for indications of whether they are nervous, relaxed, comfortable, confident and even whether they are lying."
Though telepresence is unlikely to completely replace face-to-face interviews, it can speed up the selection process, reduce costs and importantly also allows companies to geographically expand the employment market available to them.
Source: americaeconomia.com
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Multinational company Ericsson is hiring staff to expand its Guatemalan operations.
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Attracting, hiring and retaining talent is imperative to make a company competitive; the methods to achieve this are changing rapidly.
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Amrop Peru announced the start of operations in Panama and Central America.
With an estimated investment of one million Dollars over the next three years, the company will begin its expansion to Central America from Panama.
Amrop founding partner of Peru, Fernando Guinea, noted that "the excellent conditions of the Panamanian economy and prospects for Central America led us to the investment", published an article in Andina.com.pe.
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