7 Ideas to Build An Engaging Employer Brand

Artikel op gethppy.com van Paula Clapon, 2016

7 Ideas to Build An Engaging Employer Brand

Standing out from the crowd is proving to be a particularly challenging task for many companies looking to recruit top talent. While some of them might offer great job openings, in an open-environment that promotes engaging work and encourages learning and development, if they haven’t built a strong employer brand, they might be left sending countless emails to potential hires.

Building an attractive employer brand is not only about attracting a few people for your current job openings. Instead, it’s a long term effort to position your company as a brand that people can relate to and want to build a relationship with. This goes for both potential employees as well as customers – they all want to know what your company really stands for, which means going on Glassdoor and LinkedIn and listening to the inside voice of your company.

If you want to be successful at creating a strong employer brand, you need to look at potential employees as customers. You need to market your company. That means creating a strong value proposition, targeting your employee persona, engaging in online communication, leveraging different channels, and getting your message across.

Here are 7 practical ideas to help you build an engaging employer brand and attract the right talent:

1. Convey your company values and vision

Don’t wait until the interview stage to talk about what your company stands for. Instead, open the communication lines way ahead of the application process and make a habit of demonstrating these values in day-to-day actions.

Building a brand takes time and consistency, that’s why you’ll demonstrate integrity and inspire trust if you’re truly committed to these values and people can see that.

Your company’s values should be aligned with the way people behave and talk about your organization. If one of your core values is innovation, this should be reflected in your recruitment campaigns and events.

2. Interact with potential hires early on

Get involved in university events for your industry, where you have a chance to meet your future employees. Get ahead of the common scenario where fresh graduates don’t have the necessary experience or set of skills to get the job by offering learning and development opportunities that can help them become prepared candidates.

Even if they won’t end up applying for a job at your company right after graduation, you’ll be one of the first brands to give them an idea of what the industry looks like and what their futures can shape up to be. In a year or two they’ll still know of you and maybe then they’ll apply for the right job or recommend it to a friend.

3. Your employees are your brand ambassadors – use that

Employee endorsements weigh more than a six-figure campaign budget because they’re authentic. When someone recommends a company to a friend, they’re staking their relationship on endorsing that company.

While it’s good to have some guidelines about how your company should be presented or how it should be included in Social Media posts, it’s best to keep these indications to a minimum and allow employees to be creative and honest in their recommendations.

4. Host industry events

5. Use and encourage feedback

6. If you’re hiring for attitude, recruit with attitude

7. Step up to the digital challenge

 

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Building your employer brand is the first step in creating an engaging employee experience. It’s a challenging but rewarding process that can help you attract the right talent and engage your existing employees in the process, so make sure you do it right.

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