Reading Time: 5 minutes There are so many amazing stories happening at workplaces during the pandemic that candidates and team members will want to know about. Capture your employee stories during COVID-19 right now. You can share them with candidates later. One of my favorite writers and thinkers, Tim
Reading Time: 8 minutes Here’s why a COVID-19 information hub is valuable for your candidates, customers, employees, and employer brand. It has now been over a month since COVID-19 was declared a national emergency in the United States. Talent professionals, in just one month you have accomplished a lot.
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: 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: 7 minutes Stories Inc. sponsored and hosted the Rally Recruitment Marketing Content Workshop. Lori Sylvia, Rally’s Founder & CEO, led the workshop, and our own Lauryn Sargent presented key recruitment marketing content tips. Attendees included talent acquisition leaders, recruitment marketing experts, and employment brand professionals. Helpfully, the
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: 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: 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: 4 minutes When Stories Inc. creates recruitment marketing content for our clients, it doesn’t matter if the content is merely viewed. Above all, your recruitment marketing content should influence the right person to take the next step in the consideration phase as a candidate applying to your
Reading Time: 3 minutes Gathering and featuring authentic employee testimonials and stories is now a generally accepted best practice in employer branding content strategy and recruitment marketing content development. So if more than 50 percent of the Fortune 500 use a story approach, will it eventually become a stale strategy?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Government consulting companies face interesting employer branding and recruitment marketing challenges, especially when taking a real-story approach to building content. Because projects can be related to national security, employees can’t publicly discuss their innovative work. Also, forget sweet office shots—sometimes government consultants work in SCIFs
Reading Time: 7 minutes Stories 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.