October 09, 2024

Six Foundational Skills for Modern Recruiting Teams [PODCAST]

How to Build Brand Ambassadors from Employees

Building a brand ambassador program can be a powerful tool you should already be utilizing to help improve your Employer Brand. If you don’t have one yet, the best approach on how to start an employee brand ambassador program is to create brand ambassadors out of engaged employees at your company

SRSC Sneak Peek

In a few weeks I will be speaking at one of my favorite events, the Social Recruiting Strategies Conference (#SRSC), from August 8th-10th, here in Austin. I’ll be leading a session on utilizing video in recruiting and also participating as a panelist on the Association of Talent Acquisition

4 Reasons to Stop Procrastinating on Building Your Employer Brand Strategy

Building a strong Employer Brand is vital to the long-term success of any business. The best companies have the best people, and if you can’t attract top talent, you’ll always be a step behind the competition. It’s said that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second-best time

How to Use Employer Branding to Showcase Your Company & Culture as a Bootstrapped Startup

With approximately 543,000 new businesses opening up each month and an unemployment rate that has hit an all-time low — the battle for talent carries forward. Todd Hsieh of Zappos once said, “Business often forget about the culture and ultimately they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good

The Benefits of Augmenting your Recruiting Team Before Hiring Internally

When an internal recruitment team is struggling to handle the number of job orders in a timely manner, the knee-jerk solution may be to grow the internal team. More staff means more applicants captured and more hires. Problems solved. In reality, though this long-term solution for a short-term

How To Solve The Employer Brand Strategy Ownership Debate

There is a reason that the employer brand ownership is a never-ending debate that has been a topic of concern. This has a lot to do to the lack of understanding behind who controls the brand of a company, both internal and external. For many organizations, employer branding is a shared

How to Compete with Google and Facebook for Talent

Every firm wants to hire the best candidates possible for their firm, yet many firms fall short of this, by making a few mistakes during the hiring process. Hiring culturally fit employees who are willing to say or do anything while at work to agree to the founder’s values is just one of these many

7 Ways Proactive Talent Can Help Build Your Employer Brand Strategy

Having an established employer brand is crucial to your talent acquisition efforts, especially if your company is interested in top-tier candidates who can add real value. While most employers are considering choosing an employer branding strategy as a process to recruit candidates, especially in

4 Reasons to Lean In to Remote Work as a Startup 

In the last decade alone, technology has evolved to an extent where it is possible to work from a remote location with the help of basic working tools such as a laptop, cell phone, and WiFi connection. While many companies are yet to embrace the concept of remote work environments, start-ups are