As we approach the first anniversary of working from home, many wonder when, how, and even if we’ll make a safe return to the office.
While some organizations have moved back, many, like mine, are still waiting for the safest possible return date. The date looks closer than ever after speaking with our partner EBI.
EBI specializes in integrated background screening solutions with iCIMS recruiting. But last year they quickly pivoted to help with the current dilemma: remote work isn’t possible for every company.
According to EBI, workplace health and safety begins by identifying potential illness before it enters your workplace. A typical workflow to stop the virus from entering your doors involves two easy steps:
EBI notes that the best way to ensure workplace safety remains intact throughout the day is to ensure social distance compliance.
With EBI’s Distance Monitoring System, employees wear a lightweight sensor that emits a warning when they are too close to another employee. The Distance Monitoring system also alerts you to high traffic or congested physical areas in the workplace. If this happens, reorganize the space to reduce the risk of crowding.
The next best way to ensure safety is through contact tracing after exposure occurs. Tracking the path of an illness is a critical defense in preventing infection across your organization. Suppose an employee tests positive for COVID-19 or another infectious disease. In that case, contact tracing helps identify people who may have contacted the infected employee and highlights locations in your facility where the employee worked.
To learn more about EBI’s three steps or how to manage your entire workforce through a safe return to work with data, click here.
The best part about these new tools and technologies is that these steps can work in conjunction with your existing tech stack.
As an iCIMS user or a user who already has outreach tech, you can quickly share these new workplace safety tools.
For instance, CRM email campaigns or mobile recruiting software are fast, effective, and simple ways to streamline communication and ensure your employees receive the information they need. (Learn more about how to engage internal and external talent here.)
Are you interested in assessing your organization’s health and safety risk mitigation plan? Schedule a free 30-minute session with EBI today!
Danielle McClow is a lifelong writer and content creator at iCIMS. Having begun her career in higher education, Danielle has a knack for project management. In her five years at iCIMS, Danielle has worked on every type of marketing and sales collateral and has had her blogs featured on RecruitingDaily and in HR Insights Magazine. She enjoys making technology more accessible and helping her readers get to the “good stuff.” As the core recruitment marketing writer, Danielle helped iCIMS win its first ever Candidate Experience (CandE) Award.
Danielle holds an MA in rhetoric and writing from Monmouth University and a BA in English from Kean University. When not absorbed in content marketing, Danielle enjoys playing with her comic-book-named pups and visiting baseball stadiums.
