These days it’s hard for an employer brand to stand out. Everyone wants to be seen as a Great Place To Work, naturally. EVPs seemingly aren’t USPs any more but generic lists of corporate buzzwords that everyone uses. And portraying a unique brand across social media is a challenge in itself.
With EAT. the employer brand came from the brand values – we’ve covered that before the last CIPD RMAs when it was voted Best Employer Brand. Since then, for the last 2 years, that brand has been ‘living’ across social media. Unique hashtags have bought it, and more relevantly, the recruitment needs to life. Everything from Airport vacancies to students for part-time positions, have been ‘advertised’. Eash with their own unique theme, but every one reinforcing and building on the overall employer brand. Gone are the old skool days of separate campaigns, that used to appear in the press, which were unrelated to the main recruitment strategy because they were for ‘difficult to recruit’ skills/areas. Nowadays, it should be seamless. There are too many different channels to keep using different messages. It’s so easy to do that. But it’s so confusing. It might be hard work to keep the brand consistent but it’s so worth it.
But what about an employer without a real image? How about one with famous brands? Mr Muscle. Toilet Duck. Glade. We’ve all heard of those brands but the company behind them? That’s SC Johnson. A worldwide FMCG business that has always cared for the environment and its people – way before it was the popular thing to do. They have a truly unique culture. The people who work for SCJ are given huge responsibility and are empowered to work with an integrity that runs to the core of the entire business. That’s a real USP.
One that we demonstrated through ‘Responsible Careers’. Their people sold the business – no corporate fluff. That demonstrates real responsibility. Infographic animations created a unique presentation. SCintillating facts revealed on the website reinforced their difference as an employer. A visual style that went through everything from attraction to internal comms to employee birthday cards and a celebration cake. That’s how an employer brand can say a lot.
So, think what your EVP says about you. Look at what your employer brand implies. Now does all of that come across in everything that you do?
EAT is shortlisted in Best use of Digital Media in Recruitment at the Digiawards tonight. Then tomorrow at the CIPD Recruitment Marketing Awards, the EAT #hashtag campaigns are shortlisted in Best use of Social Media, while SC Johnson is in contention for the Best Employer Brand category. Everything is crossed.
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andsomepeople Said:
on 07/11/2013 at 11:42 am
STOP PRESS: Brilliant news – SC Johnson won Best Employer Brand at the CIPD Recruitment Marketing Awards last night. (That’s the 2nd consecutive year we’ve won the category.)
Silver Price Said:
on 08/01/2013 at 6:15 pm
In other words, employer brand management addresses the reality of the employment experience and not simply its presentation. By doing so it supports both external recruitment of the right kind of talent sought by an organisation to achieve its goals, and the subsequent desire for effective employee engagement and employee retention .
Buffy Said:
on 05/08/2017 at 10:14 pm
Anelka is giving his best efforts but he is not in form. I’m not blaming Anelka for not being in form. Being in or out of form is quite normal in football. My problem is with Ancelotti sticking with him when he is clearly out of sorts. Also, the reason why I talk so much about Anelka than anyone else is that we’re creating the chances but we are unable to convert them. If we are not creating chances at all, I would turn towards other players, and in particular, the midfielders. Hope I’ve made myself clear.P.S: I told you guys how much I’ve grown to like Anelka. He is my wapepaler!Rlply