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HireVue Selected to Support Nike Campus Recruiting Program

^{Published on 2011-02-23 07:05:57 - Market Wire}
 

SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - February 23, 2011) - [ HireVue ], the number one provider of video interviewing solutions, today announced that the company has been selected by NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: [ NKE ]) -- the world's leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories -- to support its campus recruiting program. HireVue's video interviewing platform will add state-of-the-art screening to Nike's already innovative recruiting process.

Nike's current campus recruiting process screens and interviews qualified candidates for a wide range of open positions -- in marketing, sales, merchandising, strategic planning, supply chain and IT -- from over 20 undergraduate, MBA and law programs across the country. They presently employ a multi-tiered approach that leverages the consistent and powerful Nike brand. The campus hiring program hosts a team of recruiters who screen applicants and send about two recommendations to each of an estimated 100 hiring managers. Those managers then traditionally interview candidates by phone, but will now be further enabled to evaluate select candidates with HireVue's video interviewing technology.

The HireVue Interview Management platform gives users the ability to schedule and capture video interviews and then evaluate candidates over the Internet. This technology allows Nike to maintain its current best recruiting practices while adding a new level of understanding for their hiring managers, who can now review candidates 'in person' regardless of location and schedule. Nike anticipates improving new hire quality and reducing general costs associated with its campus recruiting initiatives.

"Nike will be able to do more with their current resources--they can expect to qualify the candidate pool faster and more easily," Mark Newman, CEO at HireVue commented. "Their new video interviewing capabilities will provide hiring managers with detailed insight into potential candidates. We're looking forward to helping them expand the reach and impact of an already impressive campus recruiting process."

"We have a short time frame during which candidates can interact with hiring managers," noted Ernest Adams, global talent acquisition manager, Collegiate and Diversity Programs at Nike. "With HireVue's technology, candidates can have their side of the interview on their own time, and our hiring managers can see potential candidates in action, which will improve the quality of our new hires."

Twice recognized on Business Week's Top 100 Best Places to Launch a Career list, Nike has been long considered a place to explore potential and push the edges of what can be. They believe each employee brings inspiration and innovation to the company and, in turn, to Nike's customers. HireVue's technology allows Nike to enhance the understanding gained during the interview process to ensure new hires are individuals who will continue that tradition.

Adams added, "We're very pleased that we're able to support our current recruiting strategy with HireVue's video interviewing technology and maintain the energy, innovation and excitement of the Nike brand."

About Nike, Inc.
NIKE, Inc. based near Beaverton, Oregon, is the world's leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. Wholly-owned Nike subsidiaries include Cole Haan, which designs, markets and distributes luxury shoes, handbags, accessories and coats; Converse Inc., which designs, markets and distributes athletic footwear, apparel and accessories; Hurley International LLC, which designs, markets and distributes action sports and youth lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories; and Umbro Ltd., a leading United Kingdom-based global football (soccer) brand. For more information, visit [ www.nikebiz.com ]

About HireVue
HireVue is the world's leading online video-interviewing platform and brings talent into focus right from the start - reducing the time and money it takes employers to make important hiring decisions. HireVue's full service video interviews eliminate travel costs, increase productivity, reduce recruitment time and improve new hire quality by providing greater candidate insight earlier in the hiring process. HireVue combines superior service and solutions, improving the hiring process anywhere in the world. HireVue is the recipient of Human Resources Executive® Magazine's prestigious HR Product of the Year award for 2009. For more information please visit: [ www.hirevue.com ]or call (801) 316-2910.