Openreach's HRD reveals firm's new virtual reality recruitment drive

Openreach has announced that they will be utilising burgeoning technology to recruit a new generation of engineers.

The firm will be using Virtual Reality (VR) to recruit 1,500 trainee engineers, The Telegraph reports, in order to improve the broadbands’ network.

The VR technology will give the candidates an insight into the day-to-day running of an Openreach engineer. The headsets will be made available to potential employees at recruitment roadshows.

Kevin Brady, HR Director for Openreach, spoke to the publication about what this implementation means for employee engagement and resourcing: “Everyone wonders what it might be like to work for a company when they apply for a job, but we’re giving people the ability to physically see it and experience it for themselves.