Zoho Recruit in 2020 - Year in review

As 2020 comes to an end, it’s a good time for some retrospection. Every year typically has a few defining moments, but 2020 has been an enormous paradigm shift. The professional landscape across the globe has changed to adapt to a new environment, and the need for quality candidates is on the rise as the economy begins to recover. At Zoho Recruit we are so grateful for those who stuck by us during tough times and for the opportunities we’ve had to build more resilience for recruiters.

Let’s close out 2020 strong!

Here’s a quick look at some important milestones in our mission to transform the way hiring is done.

How did our customers use Zoho Recruit in 2020?

We started the year with a promise to provide an end-to-end recruitment system that could streamline your hiring needs. After another trip around the sun, we’ve curated our system to meet new hiring demands and challenges, and we’re thrilled to hear how much our customers have loved using Zoho Recruit.

Remote recruitment – The new normal

Working remotely is no longer just a novel idea. Virtual hiring has been a benefit for both recruiters and applicants. Recruiters can help organizations better by bringing in skilled candidates from any location, and job-seekers can pursue their dream job without relocating. To help you transition to #RemoteRecruitment easier, we’ve crafted a kit with all the resources you need.

Go beyond typical hiring methods searching for top talent. With one-way video interviews and live interviews, assess more candidates in less time.

Learn more about the video interview feature in Zoho Recruit.

As part of our COVID-19 relief activities, we gave out free video interview credits for our customers and also initiated Mission Zero Queries to address issues faced by recruiters during these challenging times. We brought in experts from around the globe to provide guidance about some tricks of the trade and how to adapt to remote work.

Check out the free video credits we’re offering for better remote hiring.

One step closer to your perfect recruitment experience

Zoho Recruit is excited to help you hire better candidates faster, increase productivity, and build new relationships. We are crafting new features, fine-tuning our products, customizing our system to your needs, and challenging ourselves to make every user’s experience more efficient. Here’s a timeline of the new features, UI changes, and enhancements we’ve developed for you:

Accolades in 2020🏆

Nucleus Research is a global provider of ROI-focused technology research and advisory services. We’re excited to share that Zoho Recruit has been charted as a “Leader” in this year’s Nucleus Research Talent Acquisition Technology Value Matrix.

We’re also proud to have received “App of the day” by Zapier.

The Small Business Emergency Subscription Assistance Program (ESAP)

ESAP offers our small business customers that have been severely impacted by events this year to access the Zoho software they currently use for free for three months. All Zoho customers with equal to or less than 25 employees who have been affected by the coronavirus-related downturn may apply.

Full-on Recruiter

We’ve built a community of experts who will come together to share present-day industry practices and hacks on ‘Full-on Recruiter‘—a resource hub for recruiters, by recruiters! Discuss what the complete hiring lifecycle looks like today, what trends to expect for 2021, or what niche features like background checks, video interviews, and more will be the most useful going forward.

Full-on Recruiters also offers a recruitment podcast series dedicated to bringing you advice, insights, and tips that are tailor-made for recruiters today.

Our followers on social media

New integrations to enhance your hiring game

We believe in delivering recruiting tools that enhance the way recruiters find, engage, and hire talent, and we value partners who share our vision. Our growing list of integrations gives recruiting professionals the freedom to work with the best tools and solutions for strengthening their recruitment platform. Our new integration for 2020 are with:

Expert corner

To give back to the recruitment community, we’ve invited industry experts to share their insights about current trends, recruiting tips, and hiring tools. The key focus areas were:

- How to attract more candidates to your job openings – Lee Biggins, Founder CV Library
- An international view of executive gender balance regulations and results – Tony Restell, CEO Social Hire
- How to stay proactive in your hiring efforts – Lee Biggins, Founder CV Library
- How to hire when working remotely – Lee Biggins, Founder CV Library
- The complete virtual recruitment process – Megan Zolnierowicz, Director of Marketing at Spark Hire

Rendezvous we cherish

It’s been a strange year, but we have found ways to stay connected with our customers by sharing our collective experiences. Meeting product experts, leaders, influencers, partners, analysts, and peers from the industry through events, seminars, community meetups, virtual conferences, Twitter, and YouTube. These interactions with Zoho Recruit users are what keep us exploring, understanding, and learning.

Why our customers choose us?

What’s on the horizon?

Looking back to the beginning of the year, the events of 2020 have defied predictions. At Zoho Recruit, we’re working on more features and enhancements to make your hiring process easier despite external events. We’re trying to help you achieve a better candidate experience, expand talent search across borders, adapt to a remote working environment, and much more.

Thank you!

Here’s a big shout out to all our customers and partners who made 2020 great! 🙂