Reading Time: 6 minutes COVID-19 is causing us to change the ways we find and share stories. Currently, all of us in employer brand and recruitment marketing are rethinking our approaches to content creation and promotion. The way we produce content is also changing. With the move to remote
Reading Time: 3 minutes We know that inclusion, diversity and belonging (IDB) concepts are important to you. They are important to candidates, too. Having an inclusive workplace is the right thing to do, of course. However, a strong focus on inclusion, diversity and belonging is a proven business imperative,
Reading Time: 7 minutes Last week, the Talent, Leadership, and Marketing Book Club read Dare to Lead by Brené Brown. One quote particularly resonated with the group: “Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.” This quote from Brené was a much-needed reminder that empathy and clarity go hand in hand.
Reading Time: 2 minutes If mission is your ‘why,’ core values are your ‘how.’ These fundamental beliefs guide company standards and team member behavior. Core values drive both big picture decisions, and everyday interactions. This guide to Communicating Core Values to Candidates will teach you how to best convey
Reading Time: 6 minutes An organization’s core values only have power when – and to the extent that – the humans in and around the organization feel a connection to them. When human values and organizational values overlap for employees, that’s when they are truly connected to their workplace.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Why companies should choose a long-term view over short-term wins With the COVID-19 crisis causing shocks to peoples’ health and to our economy, it’s easy for companies to lose sight of the long view in favor of short-term wins. But the companies that maintain a
Reading Time: 10 minutes Public relations and traditional marketing experts are using their crisis communications best practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruitment marketers, likewise, should be employing crisis comms strategies to best communicate to candidates their organizations’ response to the virus, and how it impacts candidates considering your company
Reading Time: 5 minutes Jill Shabelman talked to health strategist and employee wellness expert Gus Turner, and he provided tips for companies to improve employees’ well-being. There is a silver lining to the challenges we’re facing as the coronavirus upends work, school, and plans. Social media feeds are exploding
Reading Time: 6 minutes Supporting the mental and emotional health of employees during a crisis is a top priority for your company, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are examples of organizational efforts that address the emotional, mental and physical health of employees. Our workplaces have dramatically shifted.. Employees
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Stories Inc. team was collaborating on a blog post about collaboration (hey, we walk our talk) before the coronavirus. The resources and examples we gathered would have been helpful to talent marketers in a pre-pandemic world, but currently are eclipsed by stories of collaboration
Reading Time: 9 minutes Hundreds of candidate and employee experience enthusiasts gathered for the IAMPHENOM conference last week. We were there, and we’re bringing what we learned to you! Phenom People CEO & co-founder Mahe Bayireddi set the scene in his opening keynote, “The 4th Industrial Revolution Is Upon
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Stories Inc. team constantly reads career sites, from Fortune 500 companies to mid-sized organizations. A team member read over 250 careers sites, page by page, over one summer! After reading all of that content, from pages to subpages, and watching all of the videos,