Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s exciting to extend a position offer for both the candidate and the recruiter. And while this may be the end of the job hunt/candidate hunt, that doesn’t mean the work is over. You’ve found the perfect candidate. Now it’s time to close the deal,

Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring my summer with Stories Inc., I spent my time learning about employer branding, recruitment marketing and the power of storytelling. While researching trends to write about for our blog, I was searching companies social media presence.  Check out my post on Employer Branding Hashtags

Reading Time: 7 minutesWith the unemployment rate at a record low, companies continue to struggle to find and hire skilled talent from the workforce. This talent gap comes from two places: the ever-changing needs of the STEM fields, and the perception of vocational training. “It is considered a

Reading Time: 7 minutesAmazon is looking to find a home for its second headquarters HQ2, and cities across the United States are doing just about anything to throw their hat in the ring and prove themselves worthy. Cities are offering incentives, running ad campaigns, and presenting development plans

Reading Time: 7 minutesBefore I found my internship at Stories Inc., I searched all over LinkedIn, sought out all my connections and signed up for talent networks.   Talent networks turned out to be highly disappointing. I found myself receiving hundreds of job postings from companies, but none

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis July, Stories Inc. and Talemetry teamed up to host a webinar on, you’ve guessed it, stories! More specifically, Lauryn Sargent and Stephen Schwander deep dived into the topic of improving the candidate experience with employee stories. Lauryn shared how we [at Stories Inc.] think

Reading Time: 3 minutesCandidates are looking at your website, your careers page and your social media profiles with curious eyes. They are searching for as much insight as they can find on the company and what it’s like to work there and on average, they visit your site

Reading Time: 7 minutesWe hear a lot about talent communities here at Stories Inc. Yet, we don’t often see them utilized in the most efficient way by companies . A talent community is rife with opportunity to tell your brand story to a captive audience, and remain an

Reading Time: 4 minutesOn June 21st, I tuned in to SmashFly’s virtual conference, TransfoRM. The event featured diversity, being proactive, the 2050 project, data analytics, hiring for retention, and being a CTRM grad. These recruitment marketing superstars are transforming the industry! There were plenty of key ideas that

Reading Time: 9 minutesThis month, Rally Recruitment Marketing hosted their inaugural RallyFWD, a virtual conference with a focus on humanizing the candidate experience. We’re constantly looking to find ways that employee stories can help companies improve their candidate experience, from the first interview, to the hire (or rejection)