Employer Branding | Talent Attraction

Employer Branding & Talent Attraction

Strategic Recruitment Marketing

Attracting candidates in today’s competitive marketplace requires a complex and evolving marketing strategy. Sourcing talent is no longer a transactional process, but rather a lifecycle of continuous engagement that—when done with discipline and creativity—cultivates enthusiastic candidates and loyal employees who are invested in the brand.

Sevenstep Employer Branding and Talent Attraction Solutions are true, B2C advertising and engagement programs designed with one simple goal: to authentically and compellingly tell a company’s brand story. We use proven strategies to identify and activate new and highly productive sourcing channels and create targeted advertising, social media and video campaigns to engage and capture the right candidates.

Brand-smart, captivating and strategic, Sevenstep Employment Branding and Talent Attraction Solutions leverage data-driven engagement capabilities in order to:

Enhance Talent Community development
Elevate Employer Brand online and throughout the marketplace
Boost talent networking and referral volume
Increase candidate application, acceptance and retention rates

Our Employment Branding & Talent Attraction Clients

Sevenstep’s Employer Branding & Talent Attraction Solutions are designed to meet the critical marketing needs of domestic and global employers looking to build a competitive program to successfully engage talent across a broad range of challenges:

High volume
Evergreen roles
Disparate/or remote geography

Hard-to-find skills sets
Talent/skill shortage
Split Permanent and Contingent workforces

Employer Branding & Talent Attraction Solutions are integrated into every RPO solution, but can also be leveraged as a stand-alone service.

Case Study: Employment Branding for Global Data Analytics Powerhouse

Finding, attracting and hiring talent for highly specialized, technical roles around the globe is a daunting task. This Fortune 1000 Data Analytics company came to Sevenstep with the challenge of redefining their employer brand to engage a specialized talent base and creating a talent attraction program that would marry universal best practices with the necessary regional and cultural distinctions. Explore here how this global firm leveraged Sevenstep’s creative recruitment marketing expertise to build a successful talent attraction program…

Challenges

Volume: 1,000 hires globally in addition to source and screen efforts for ~1,000 global hires

Roles:

Corporate roles from entry-level to executive hiring: IT, Finance, Marketing, Legal, HR, Support
Specialized roles: Data Analytics and Technology

Geography: 5 Continents and 18 countries across North America, Latin America, EMEA, APAC regions

Employment Brand Challenges:

Employer brand in need of a redirect to better attract tech and analytical talent
Little to no brand recognition in some regions
Acquisition activity added to disparate brand identity with multiple legacy companies

Approach

Advisory Role for EVP (Employer Value Proposition): Ideation with client on creation of EVP and supporting messaging, marketing material and internal/external campaigns.
Cross-functional Partnership Alignment: Cohesive sessions with key members of global talent acquisition and marketing
Social Media Strategy Development: Elevated focus of program from transactional numbers of followers to more qualitative action-based conversions of followers to hires
Advanced Segmentation of Talent Communities: Specialized content design and campaigns to achieve regional and functional talent pools
Regionally and Functionally Aligned Landing Pages: Showcasing of the EVP and cultural, day-in-life content for each target candidate segment
Mobile Application and UX Optimization: Mobile-friendly job application and process experience (e.g. texting functions to schedule/confirm interviews)
Video Consultation: Employee testimonials (Costa Rica) and employer of choice content (Canada)
Sourcing Intelligence: Global, regional and country-specific sourcing channels for job postings and other sites supporting the candidate journey (i.e. Glassdoor, LinkedIn)
EVP Training for Sevenstep team: Immersive brand sessions for message consistency and true brand stewardship from initial point of contact (email/landing page/advertising) through entire recruitment process and employment.

Results

One, global Employer Value Proposition (EVP) for cohesive messaging across multiple platforms (landing pages, social media, advertising)
Increased traffic to landing pages by 40%
Positioning of client as an employer of choice
25,000+ candidates introduced into talent community
Increased number of directly sourced candidates by 20%

The Talent Behind Employer Branding & Talent Attraction Solutions

Amy Wrocklage

With over 13 years in recruitment marketing for the creative industry, Amy is a leader who brings both extensive RPO experience and original thinking to Sevenstep’s Employer Branding & Talent Attraction solutions as Executive Director of Transformation Services. Collaborating closely with clients, Amy and her sourcing, marketing, and creative staff bring a fresh approach to building a company’s employer brand and harnessing publishing channels to grow it.