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BYOD for Employee Engagement – Part 1

01 / 05 / 2013 | BYOD, employee engagement, employee referral programs, employment buzz, mobile recruiting, mobile referrals, relationships

As the proliferation of personal devices continues to develop worldwide, more and more employees are jumping on the bandwagon. As such, organizations are encountering an important method through which to engage workers – by embracing the BYOD (Bring Your Own …

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Why Prizes are the Most Rewarding Employee Referral Bonus

04 / 03 / 2013 | bonus, employee engagement, employee recognition, employee referral programs, employment buzz, gamification, Prize, rewards, social recruiting

The bonus is a central component of the employee referral program. It comes in different variations – cash and prizes/non-cash awards. In the grand scheme of planning the technical details of the actual program, the deliberations over this aspect could …

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4 Tips to Perfect the Millennial Candidate Experience

17 / 01 / 2013 | candidate experience, candidate value proposition, career websites, corporate culture, corporate recruiters, employer branding, employment buzz, employment value proposition, Gen-Y, Millennials, passive candidates, recruiting, recruiting funnel, video, YouTube

The time to start attracting top Millennials, a.ka. Gen-Y, to your organization starts with the candidate experience. Developing a standard process aimed towards keeping Gen-Y candidates informed and aware of your jobs and employer brand cements a positive reputation vis-à-vis …

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Why Corporate Cultures are Key to Employee Referral Programs

10 / 01 / 2013 | corporate culture, employee engagement, employee recognition, employee referral programs, employer branding, employment buzz, recruiting, social recruiting

A values-based corporate culture is fast becoming an integral factor in the workplace. It sets the tone for the daily employee experience – employees want to feel good about their work activities, and a positive culture fosters deep awareness and …

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Boost Your Employer Brand with Your Referral Program

08 / 11 / 2012 | corporate culture, corporate recruiters, employee engagement, employee referral programs, employer branding, employment buzz, employment value proposition, social media, social media recruiting, social recruiting, sourcing, transparency

Providing your employees with social tools to make job referrals can give your company’s employer brand an incredible boost. Your employees are your company’s best ambassadors, and when they share your job vacancies with their social networks, they not only …

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Five Steps to Creating a Talent Community

14 / 08 / 2012 | employee engagement, employee referral programs, employer branding, employment buzz, passive candidates, pay-per-click, social media recruiting, social recruiting, social referrals, talent community, transparency

With the development of social recruiting come increased points of engagement with your company’s talent community. This collective of potential candidates needs to be cultivated and maintained, and social media tools and activities make it easy to do so. Members …

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Employer Branding Through Video

29 / 05 / 2012 | career websites, corporate culture, employer branding, employment buzz, employment value proposition, video, YouTube

Effectively executing your employer branding strategy can have long-lasting benefits, states Dr. John Sullivan. One key tactic towards this goal is using online videos to convey your employer branding messages. In today’s world of instant communication, videos, like any visual …

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The Art of the Job Description

24 / 05 / 2012 | career websites, employee referral programs, employment buzz, employment value proposition, Interview, job description, passive candidates, social media recruiting

Amidst all the hubbub over targeting the best talent for your organization through social media recruiting, developing your career website and creating employee referral programs, recruiters can sometimes lose sight of a key component of the process – the job …

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Implementing an Employer Branding Strategy – Part 4 in Employer Branding Series

14 / 05 / 2012 | candidate value proposition, corporate culture, corporate recruiters, employee engagement, employee referral programs, employer branding, employment buzz, employment value proposition, social media, sourcing, transparency, YouTube

In the final post of our employer branding series, we come full circle from exploring the basics of the employer brand to strategizing employment value proposition (EVP) elements  to actually formulating a competitive EVP. Now we’ll discover how to market …

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Employer Branding and Why It Matters in Recruiting – Part 1 in Employer Branding Series

25 / 04 / 2012 | corporate recruiters, employee engagement, employee referral programs, employer branding, employment buzz, employment value proposition, passive candidates, relationships, ROI, sourcing

We frequently refer to employer branding in this blog, and it’s high time we reviewed the basic elements – namely, the what’s, why’s and how’s. We’ll delve into these issues in our four-part employer branding series. First on the list: …

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