by Alex Putman | May 2, 2016 | Candidate Experience, Creativity, Employer Branding, Social Media, Talent Acquisition, Talent Community
Recruiters contribute significantly to organizations employer branding efforts. They are the Brand Managers of the Talent Acquisition team and front lines for communicating the value proposition. Their roll-out and messaging can be positive, provide a...
by Alex Putman | Nov 30, 2015 | Candidate Experience, Creativity, Employer Branding, Mobile, Social Media, Video
Organizations (especially start ups and technology groups) still struggle to attract key people. Differentiation is the key and what better way to showcase your career offerings than video? How? For starters, video increases the average application rate by 34% and...
by Alex Putman | Apr 26, 2015 | Candidate Experience, Career Advice, Creativity, Employer Branding, Human Resources, Interview Tips, Mobile, Mobile Recruiting, Talent Acquisition
Everyday we read articles on how companies are attracting talent uniquely AND how candidates are finding jobs through creative avenues. Did you hear about Sober Lane, the pub in Ireland that used Snapchat as their recruiting platform? What about Nina Mufleh landing...
by Alex Putman | Jan 26, 2015 | Candidate Experience, Employee Relations, Employer Branding, Human Resources
22% of staff turnover occurs in the first 45 days of employment. Imagine the cost impact; if your average salary is $50k per person and you lose 20 people your cost impact is a loss of $3 million. These types of losses can be minimized if companies are willing to...
by Alex Putman | Oct 7, 2014 | Candidate Experience, Creativity, Employer Branding, Human Resources, Interview Tips, Job Search
When was the last time you deciphered a complete job description? Hiring managers, recruiters and HR folks, do you study the posting specifications prior to the cut and paster that undoubtably will flood your inbox with applicants? Insert yourself into the...
by Alex Putman | May 11, 2014 | Blogs, Candidate Experience, Employer Branding, Facebook, G+, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Social Networking, Social Strategy, Talent Branding, YouTube
One of these days I am going to take a camera crew and just walk into a company and ask “tell me your story”. Every company, like every person has a story to tell. In the business of employer branding we want to tell a compelling story that reaches a...
