+ C H A L L E N G EOutdated processes rooted in paper, phone screens and manual

assessments. 4-6 months to sift through 250,000 applications to

hire 800 individuals.

A global leader in consumer goods, Unilever’s products can be

found in more than 190 countries. Their 400+ brands meet their

consumer’s needs across personal and home care, food, and

more. To meet rapidly changing and dynamic consumer demands,

Unilever recognized the need to attract talent from around the

globe, appealing specifically to the Millennial workforce. Melissa

Gee Kee, Strategy Director to CHRO & Global HR4HR Director,

explains, “Our executives expect that 60 percent of our workforce

to be Millennials by 2020. With this in mind, we needed to engage

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with this generation through innovative technology that is

engaging, dynamic and able to move quickly.”

Unilever’s recruitment transformation began with its Future

Leaders Programme, a highly selective programme for recent

college graduates that selects 800 individuals from a pool of

250,000 applicants.

“We were hiring based solelyon experience and we wanted tostart screening for potential too.”

MELISSA GEE KEEStrategy Director to the CHRO & Global HR4HR Director

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The team at Unilever partnered with multiple solution providers to create an end-to-end,

engaging, and digital candidate experience; they used HireVue to initiate mobile-optimized,

recorded video interviews coupled with interview assessment technology.

“We had to ensure we had a digitalprocess, but one that that felt very human, not robotic, and it had to better and more e�cient at selecting candidates than an in-person interview.”

MELISSA GEE KEEStrategy Director to the CHRO & Global HR4HR Director, Unilever

With HireVue Assessments, artificial intelligence (AI) analyzed candidates' recorded interviews

to filter up to 80% of the candidate pool. The proprietary algorithm surfaced candidates

most likely to be successful at Unilever based on interview attributes - like facial expressions,

body language, and word choice - demonstrated to be predictive of job success.

Candidates received and provided feedback at each step of the process, even if they were

not ultimately selected for a position. Unilever has deployed this reimagined hiring process in

over 53 countries in multiple languages, and over 80% of candidate feedback is positive. Not

only is the process significantly improved for candidates, saving over 50,000 hours of

candidate time, it provided Unilever with substantial returns as well. In just one year, the

Unilever team saved over £1 million, reduced recruiting time by 75%, and hired their most

ethnically and gender diverse class to date.

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