{"id":59853,"date":"2018-02-14T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-the-home-depot-launches-interview-self-scheduling-to-attract-more-than-80000-spring-hires\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T15:10:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:10:02","slug":"the-home-depot-lanza-herramienta-de-autoprogramacion-de-entrevistas-para-atraer-a-mas-de-80000-empleados-esta-primavera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/the-home-depot-lanza-herramienta-de-autoprogramacion-de-entrevistas-para-atraer-a-mas-de-80000-empleados-esta-primavera\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home Depot Launches Interview Self-Scheduling to Attract More Than 80,000 Spring Hires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 14, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Home Depot\u00ae has launched a new tool that allows job applicants to self-schedule in-person interviews as the company works to fill more than 80,000 positions for its busy spring selling season. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc0ecleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgc0ecleft\" title=\"The Home Depot logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Home Depot logo\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/118058\/the_home_depot_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Using the tool, which is available 24\/7 on any device, candidates who have completed an application for an open job in a Home Depot store or distribution center can easily choose the most convenient interview appointment available. About 80 percent of The Home Depot&#8217;s candidates have taken advantage of the tool since the pilot began this past November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just as we&#8217;re continuously evolving to meet the changing expectations of our customers, we&#8217;re harnessing new technologies to do the same for job seekers,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Tim Hourigan<\/span>, EVP \u2013 Human Resources. &#8220;This consumer-like experience helps us hire the best talent to serve our customers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Candidate Self-Service is the latest in a series of enhancements The Home Depot has made to its application process. Last spring, the company saw a 50 percent increase in candidates after rolling out its 15-minute application, Mobile Apply and Text-to-Apply capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Depot is also enhancing its onboarding experience this spring with the introduction of PocketGuide for associate training, a mobile application that leverages gamification to help associates learn while they&#8217;re in the aisles. PocketGuide delivers product knowledge and learning activities to the palm of an associate&#8217;s hand, significantly reducing backroom training. The application is rolling out to all garden associates for this spring season and will expand to more store departments throughout 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Job seekers can visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homedepotretailjobs.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">careers.homedepot.com\/retailjobs<\/a> for a list of seasonal and permanent opportunities in their area. The time associates accrue during their seasonal assignments generally applies to eligibility for benefits like profit-sharing bonuses and vacation if they transition to a permanent role with The Home Depot. <\/p>\n<p>The Home Depot is the world&#8217;s largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,284 retail stores in all 50 states, the <span class=\"xn-location\">District of Columbia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">U.S. Virgin Islands<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Guam<\/span>, 10 Canadian provinces and <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>. In fiscal 2016, The Home Depot had sales of <span class=\"xn-money\">$94.6 billion<\/span> and earnings of <span class=\"xn-money\">$8.0 billion<\/span>. The Company employs more than 400,000 associates. The Home Depot&#8217;s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s 500 index. <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/118058\/the_home_depot_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/118058\/the_home_depot_logo.jpg<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Home Depot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 14, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Home Depot\u00ae has launched a new tool that allows job applicants to self-schedule in-person interviews as the company works to fill more than 80,000 positions for its busy spring selling season. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc0ecleft\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpgc0ecleft&quot; title=&quot;The Home Depot logo&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;The Home Depot logo&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}