Reading Time: 7 minutesStories Inc. Book Clubbing: A Take on What You Do is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz I like the idea of branding a year of my life. 2015, for example, was the Year of the Regrettable Haircut. This year it’s the Year of Learning.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post is inspired by a DisruptHR presentation we’re giving on November 6th (DC friends, get tickets here). Having a No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Day didn’t stop when we reached adulthood. Sometimes, these days happen at (or because of!) our workplace. In employer branding
Reading Time: 4 minutesScott and I were less than a year into building Stories Inc. and things were going great between us. And, we were delighted when we won our first large project, for The Motley Fool. We were even more delighted when we realized we could hire
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have a Big Birthday this September. So, I wanted to do something this summer that would shake up my life a little in celebration. I signed up for a marathon and convinced one of my best friends to run it with me. Except, I’m
Reading Time: 2 minutesJust as you’re welcoming this year’s intern class for the summer, some jerk goes and tells you to start thinking about recruiting next year’s class. I am that jerk. We know real stories from people that work at our organizations are the best recruitment marketing
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article was originally posted on Social Recruiting Strategies’ blog. Recruitment marketers, we’re often measured on how well we deliver the reality of the employee experience to prospective hires. Sharing employee stories is a best practice here, because it grounds important but abstract concepts like
Reading Time: 4 minutesCandidates are looking for the real deal about your workplace culture. You want to give it to them, by being as real as possible. So, you’re going to solicit true stories from a variety of people. Then, you’ll create a picture of the employee experience
Reading Time: 3 minutesWant to create a thriving culture? Focus on the employee experience. There’s an entire leadership philosophy around putting employees first. It’s called servant leadership. Servant Leadership It’s been around for thousands of years, but Robert Greenleaf coined the term. He defined it as this: “A
Reading Time: 3 minutesTo our sales candidates…. As a Stories Inc. co-founder, I’ve been selling constantly since the day we opened our doors. One of the hardest parts of my and Scott’s jobs was finding our product-market fit. It took years, but we’ve built a business in a
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSolve a Specific Recruiting Challenge Teams, business units, and even different office locations can have unique cultures and recruiting challenges. Among other benefits, a team storytelling approach allows you to: Communicate a unique team culture Introduce candidate to the team before the interview Ground your
Reading Time: 5 minutesStories Inc. co-founder shares her idea of reverse reference checks, in which candidates check the hiring managers’ references as manager. Great news. We decided to add a team member—YES! I’m recruiting again! I dusted off my tricks from years past (once a recruiter, always a
Reading Time: 6 minutesI’d like to share a framework to get you started in gathering real, substantive and compelling employee stories. The point of a story framework like this one is to find examples that are uniquely you, to show candidates what it is truly like to work