by James Ellis Employer Brand Nerd | Dec 31, 2018
Welcome to the new year! Resolutions suck, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a great time to make change happen. The trick isn’t focus on a big hairy audacious goal, but to build better habits that lead you to doing amazing things! Show notes: Thank...
by James Ellis Employer Brand Nerd | Jun 25, 2018
Before we head off to summer break to recharge the podcast’s batteries, here are all my notes and ideas that didn’t quite make it as full episodes. This episode is chock full of concepts and perspectives, clearing the way for a whole new set of episodes in...
by James Ellis Employer Brand Nerd | Jun 18, 2018
Everything about our industry is geared towards the middle: don’t do anything too different or clever with your job descriptions because you’ll alienate someone, maximize audience and reach (even if you’ll never hire that person), focus on the widest...
by James Ellis Employer Brand Nerd | May 28, 2018
Everything in your recruiting ecosystem (tech stack, processes, people… EVERYTHING) is predicated on getting the application: the thing EVERY CANDIDATE HATES. Sorry… I got wound up. Anyway, its time to kill the very idea of the application since you...
by James Ellis Employer Brand Nerd | May 21, 2018
Just because everyone knows job posts suck doesn’t mean you have the excuse to suck. In fact, the company that writes better job posts can increase the quality and quantity of applicants, change the diversity of applicants, and facilitate far better interviews....
by James Ellis Employer Brand Nerd | May 7, 2018
The thing that differentiates a company that has moved from 20th century recruiting to the 21st century is the focus not on the transactional, but on the long-term development of a network. Its the basis of a strong employer brand and the ability to find amazing...
