Communique Expert Review, Pricing, Alternatives - 2023

Communique's solution is quite flexible; you can use it to host different types of virtual events including exhibitions, trade shows, conferences, virtual career and benefits fairs. You can also fully customize those events to reflect your company’s corporate identity.

Communique’s virtual career fairs solution aims to closely emulate in-person recruiting events, translating exhibit halls, booths, presentations, and more into a flexible 3D environment that reflects your branding. For maximum reach, allows candidates to join events from any location, through any computer or mobile device. Furthermore, recruiters and candidates can communicate with one another over chat or video interviews, which can be scheduled and conducted using Communique’s built-in scheduling and video conferencing tools.

Communique’s solution can help you organize virtual career fairs and attract candidates, but not with other parts of the recruiting process. So if you’re looking for a product that will help you perform candidate assessments, offer management, onboarding etc, this product isn't for you.

Communique is used by companies all over the world. Some of the biggest names on their client list are Disney, GE, Mastercard, Sony, EY, and Salesforce.

• Event registration: Customize registration forms for your event and allow file uploads for resumes, cover letters, etc. 

• Welcome lobby: Communique features Welcome lobbies that you can customize to match your office building, and upload video greetings within to welcome candidates. You can customize diverse avatars to represent your team and easily navigate existing rooms and spaces from there.
• Interactive booths: Exhibitors can choose from existing booth design templates or customize their own. Booth administrators can add their company logo, upload job listings, documents, white papers, videos, surveys, and more. When a visitor (candidate) enters a booth, representatives receive a notification. Candidates can search for jobs and communicate with representatives through text or video chat.
• Theater: The Theater is where candidates can attend live and on-demand webinar presentations. They can also participate in Q&A sessions, search and bookmark the content available. 
• Schedule audio and video interviews: Recruiters can share their availability using Communique’s built-in scheduling tool and candidates can book 1:1s or small group video meetings through the platform. 
• Networking lounge: This space facilitates scheduled discussions. Candidates can connect with one another through text/video chat, or via moderated chat for guided discussions.
• Resource center: The Resource Center functions as a central repository where candidates can access your virtual career fair content. You can upload resources about your organization's culture, values and FAQs. ‍
• Reporting and analytics: Measure your ROI by tracking candidate check-ins, engagement, job applications, and various other metrics.

Communique can integrate with GotoMeeting, WebEx, Adobe Connect, Zoom, Vimeo, and several social media platforms.

The pricing of Communique’s solutions isn’t disclosed upfront. Contact their Sales team to get a quote.

The average Communique customer takes between four-6 weeks to set up a virtual career fair. The part that takes the longest is setting up the registration page to begin marketing activities and reach candidates. After that, the team at Communique will help you design and build the rooms and booths, upload content, train booth reps, and prepare for the live day.

Communique assigns their customers a dedicated project manager that’s available to help with event setup as well as provide live support on the day of the event. For general queries, customers can also reach out to the Support team via the form on the Communique website and expect a response within 6 business hours.

Founded in 2001, Communique’s platform delivers virtual and hybrid event experiences. Their virtual career fairs solution emulates in-person recruiting events, translating exhibit halls, chat, presentations and recruiter interaction into a flexible 3D virtual environment. For maximum reach, the platform is available in 29 languages and allows candidates to join events from any location, through any computer or mobile device.