Ask the experts - A live Q & A discussion on Zoho Recruit

Ask the experts - A live Q & A discussion on Zoho Recruit



We are delighted to come back with another edition of Ask the Experts community series. This edition, we'll be focusing on everything about Zoho Recruit. The topics will focus on the features that are used/asked by the majority of users and also based on the topics frequently discussed with the customer support teams.

We are kick starting the session on 17th December, 2024 between 03:00 PM IST and 06:00 PM IST.

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Regions

This live session is aimed at for users from the following regions;
  • India
  • Europe
  • Middle East
Worry not if you're from a different region. Leave a comment and check the replies after the session ends.

Anything and everything about Zoho Recruit

We invite you all to post your questions or issues or suggestions you would like to discuss. Some of the topics that you may discuss on are:
  • Creating and publishing your job openings
  • Taking your candidates through your hiring pipeline
  • Scheduling interviews and communicating with your candidates
  • Customizing the product to suit your business
  • End-to-end process automation
  • Product road-map
This platform brings together Zoho Recruit product experts and techies who will be available to answer all your questions (instantly) for the entire three hours.


 
In case you've already tried and faced some of these issues, we will be there to help you tackle them. Go ahead, and start posting your questions about Zoho Recruit in the comments below. If you're an expert yourself, feel free to answer the questions.
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Important Note:
  • This is NOT a webinar. This is an Live Online Discussion in the comments section of this post, where you can ask your queries and our experts will reply to them for three hours straight.
  • Keep in mind that your comments must be moderated by our team to be displayed under the post. We will start this process shortly before the session begins.
Regards,
Team Zoho Recruit

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