The employer brand podcast dedicated to making you smarter about recruiting and hiring
Its time to re-invent employer branding, recruiting and hiring from the ground up!
If you’re ready to throw off the shackles of conventional recruiting and employer brand thinking, this is the podcast for you. Nothing idea is safe. No best practice is sacred. Here, get serious about what works, so that you can punch above your weight in the war for talent.
EP 076 – Storytelling for Recruiting
I know you think that if you make a video or write a nice story about your company, you are engaging in "storytelling" to recruit. Sorry. You're not even close. Storytelling isn't when you tell a story, it's when the candidate can see themselves in a story, one where...
EP 075 – Serious Thoughts About Employer Brand
There are a lot of unspoken assumptions and ideas when it comes to employer branding. Here are two big ones: having a different conversation about jobs and nibbling around the edges. Show Notes: Talent Brand Summit I'll be attending! I'm guesting at the MNTRN Webinar...
EP 074 – The End of the ATS (#ERERC Wrap-up)
After spending two days in sunnier-than-Chicago San Diego, I came away with the sense that the next big change in recruitment marketing is just about here: We're about to make the ATS all-but-invisible to the candidate. Not dressing it up to look like a real web site,...
EP 073 – How To Manage Your Employer Brand
It's so much more fun to think about designing and launching an employer brand than it is to think about maintenance, which might explain why so many companies are willing to take that concern off your hands for the right investment. But don't abdicate your...
EP 072 – When We’re Not
The most common question about employer brand tends to completely miss the point of what an employer brand is and how it works. "How can I make my employer brand more [diverse, fun, exciting, energetic, collaborative, employee-focused, et al]?" The problem is that if...
EP 071 – The Unsexy Employer Brand
Do you want a sexy employer brand? Me, too! Sadly, that's just not in the cards for most of us. In a world with millions of brands, only a few can be considered sexy. But that's fine. It turns out, not being the Posh/Becks (or your hot couple of the day) doesn't keep...
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James Ellis, Employer Brand Nerd
Employer Brand Speaking
“His out-of-the box thinking and daring honesty will change the way you think of recruiting completely.”
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EP 076 – Storytelling for Recruiting
I know you think that if you make a video or write a nice story about your company, you are engaging in "storytelling" to recruit. Sorry. You're not even close. Storytelling isn't when you tell a story, it's when the candidate can see themselves in a story, one where...
EP 075 – Serious Thoughts About Employer Brand
There are a lot of unspoken assumptions and ideas when it comes to employer branding. Here are two big ones: having a different conversation about jobs and nibbling around the edges. Show Notes: Talent Brand Summit I'll be attending! I'm guesting at the MNTRN Webinar...
EP 074 – The End of the ATS (#ERERC Wrap-up)
After spending two days in sunnier-than-Chicago San Diego, I came away with the sense that the next big change in recruitment marketing is just about here: We're about to make the ATS all-but-invisible to the candidate. Not dressing it up to look like a real web site,...
Ep 067 – The Professional Candidate
Stop and think of everything you ask from a candidate: personal information, networks, referrals, experience, their time, their energy, sometimes their work? And for what, a chance at a job, maybe? Would you ever, as a professional anything, give up so much in return...
Ep 066 – Sell the Future
Great recruiting, regardless of tech stack, brand or EVP, starts with your mindset. If you want to attract and engage real talent, the first step is to stop offering them jobs and offer them what they really want. Show Notes: Charu Malhotra ERE in San Diego RecruitCon...
Ep 065 – Not for Attribution
All those lovely reports you get after your ad spend happens sure make it seem like "stuff happened." But unless you understand attribution and connect it your the intent of your ad spend, they mean nothing. Don't let that happen to you! Show notes: Twitter feed of...
EP 064 – The Secret to Amazing Entry Level Talent
Expecting kids straight out of college to know what jobs they can do or should do is insane. But that's what's happening, leading to a glut of unqualified applicants spamming our ATS's and trouble identifying great candidates. But that's something we can fix. I'll be...
Ep 063 – Epic Job Descriptions
We expect our job descriptions to do a lot: define the role, keep us from getting sued, and attract talent to apply. But if they are core to everything we do, why do they suck so bad?! In this episode, we figure out what job descriptions have to do from a legal...
Ep 062 – Technology Is Not Strategy
I know how much fun it is to pick new tech for your recruiting ecosystem. It's the hope that this new tool or new solution will solve all your hiring issues. But for companies that pick tools without understanding their strategy, it's a process that burns through cash...