How to recruit top tech talent: Do’s and don’ts
Companies need to stand out to recruit top tech talent, and not in the ways you might think. Here’s what your organization should–and shouldn’t–do in its bid to attract the best candidates. It’s no secret that the tech industry is facing a talent shortage, and that means recruiting the best and brightest can be tough.
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Innovation In Recruitment: “Siri, Find Me A Job”
Leonardo da Vinci wrote the first CV in the 15th century when he applied for a job to the Duke of Milan. There hasn’t been much change in the recruitment industry in the intervening 500-plus years.
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Awareness, engagement, pride: How Heineken is ‘rejuvenating’ its employer branding strategy
Heineken is “rejuvenating” its employer branding campaign ‘Go Places’ with a new focus on showcasing employee stories and driving awareness and engagement. The campaign, which launches this week, features the stories of 33 Heineken employees, from Carlos who heads up Heineken’s ecommerce business The Sub to Marcel trying to sell cider into the competitive South African market.
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The Employee Value Proposition and global mobility: a tool in the war for talent? | Magazine | Relocate magazine
This article is taken from the latest issue of Relocate magazine. – the must read for HR, global managers and relocation professionals. The EVP (also known as also known as an Employer Value Proposition) informs current and potential employees about what they can expect from a company that they (wish to) work for.
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To test what you are made of as a Talent Attraction pro, you have been tasked with building out an Employer Brand strategy. Did we mention you have been given next to no budget? Yikes!
Fret no more because we have five full-service Employer Brand agency alternatives that will help you step up your EB game for less than you think.
1 Capstone projects – One of the most time-consuming aspects of an employer branding project is the research phase. Did you know that many universities have student research projects called “Capstone projects”? By partnering with local post-secondary institutions, you may be able to benefit from research resources while simultaneously supporting our emerging workforce. It’s also important to note that these students likely have not been down this road before, so this option will require strong oversight to ensure the end result aligns with your organization’s goals.
2 Inhouse resources – Look internally for talent with an interest in learning about employer branding. You may find several employees who can carve out time to support this initiative. Next, build a project team that leverages their natural abilities. Who is the super creative person in the group? Who can write and give Stephen King a run for his money? Align the team with someone from Marketing who can help guide them through a similar process to what is used in consumer branding.
3 Part-time Freelancer – Consider hiring a freelancer on a part-time basis to work with internal resources. This approach allows a company to contain costs while still benefiting from Employer Branding expertise.
4 Employer Branding Co-Operative – Powerhouse Talent’s EB Co-Operative was created to be an alternative to the traditional agency engagement. Co-Op members gain instant access to Powerhouse Talent’s exclusive learning platform with bite-size training ranging from, “what is a recruitment funnel?” to “digital marketing”. Members also gain access to LAND YOUR BRAND, our Employer Branding training and blueprint. To put the action in Talent Attraction learning, members also obtain their very own EB Strategist to ideate and coach them on a monthly or quarterly basis. It’s like having your very own EB Strategist for a fraction of the cost.
5 Employer Branding Accelerator – The more nimble the organization, the more viable this option becomes. An accelerator is a one day intensive where together with Powerhouse Talent, organizations build out the foundation of their employer brand. Once the session is over, Powerhouse refines the session output into a strategy and tools for your team to activate.
There you have it, Employer Branding can be achieved on little to no budget with some creativity and sweat equity!#LetsDoThis
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Top 10 Reasons Why Peer Interviews Are The No. 1 Candidate Selling Tool
For some unexplained reason, the sales component of recruiting is often ignored. Few recruiting leaders ever make a scientific assessment of the sales component of recruiting, but if they did, they would instantly become champions of peer interviews. Peer interviews (where a panel of team members conduct a candidate interview) are certainly not a new practice.
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Attract Quality Candidates by Thinking Like a Product Marketer
Talented people are bombarded with opportunities. So many that yours could easily be lost in the crowd. There’s a simple way to make your opportunities stand out — package your jobs as if you’re marketing a product. I was reminded of this method when I was in the tea aisle of Whole Foods Market.
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How Design Thinking Might Humanize Talent Acquisition
We’ve heard it all: AI will take over the world and eradicate mankind. What if we are the robots? Over the last century we certainly have been busy rationalizing the “human” out of human resources. Paradoxically, our humanity, and more specifically our ability to empathize, be creative, and solve complex problems will remain our competitive advantage for the foreseeable future.
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JCPenney is enticing workers with free vacations to New York and Miami as retail’s ‘war for talent’ heats up
JCPenney is looking for ways to stand out from the crowd as a “war for talent” hits the retail sector. On Tuesday, JCPenney hosted a nationwide hiring day where applicants were invited to come in to its stores and interview for jobs. To entice workers, it offered expensive prizes to eight lucky candidates.
In holiday ‘war for talent,’ retailers offer turkey dinners and haircut deals to lure temp workers
It’s only September, but the holiday hiring frenzy is in full swing. For proof, just walk through the mall: “We’re hiring and we’d love to meet you,” signs outside Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids said on a recent weekday at Tysons Corner Center, a sprawling shopping mall outside Washington.
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