A talk given at the World Employer Branding Day on how to build a strong employer brand. Combining theory and practice in the presented by Eva Vacikova from FEI Company and Petr Hovorka from BrandBakers.
1. Details matter
Employer Brand Uncovered
Eva Vacíková / FEI Company
Petr Hovorka / BrandBakers
World
Employer Branding
Day 2016
FEI customers find answers that change the world
2. We want to change the world of recruitment
communication.
We perceive people as the energy and
momentum of business, not as a resource.
And energy needs to be attracted,
not recruited.
Why we bake?
3. FEI Customers Find Answers That
Change the World Material Science
Atomic resolution phase image of graphene
Sample courtesy of University of California,
Berkeley. Images Joerg Jinschek and Emrah
Yucelen, FEI, Hector Calderon, IPN, Mexico,
and C. Kisielowski, NCEM, USA. Exit wave
reconstruction by Joerg Jinschek. System Titan
G2 60-300
Oil&Gas
Pore network model of a 2D tomogram slice
of a tarsand sample.
Water (blue) and hydrocarbon (purple) filled
pore spaces are identified.
Semiconductors Life Science
22 nm Logic Device
E. coli negatively stained. Courtesy of
Alexander Mironov
4. 4 Major Business Hubs
4 Manufacturing Sites
3 Research Centers
2015 Results
Revenue of $930M
Net income of $124M
More than 3,000
highly qualified
people working in
115 countries
Brno:
60 years / 60% of company revenue / 600 employees
Microscope is produced 9 days - 180 days
FEI business today
5. Missing milion
The number of economically active population in the Czech Republic (15 – 64 years)
Source: Czech Statistical Office
men
women
12. Delivers numbers
A Bad
Reputation
Costs a
Company
at Least
10% More
Per Hire
Zdroj: https://hbr.org/2016/03/a-bad-
reputation-costs-company-at-least-
10-more-per-hire, 29.3.2016
14. Employer Brand is like...
...TEENAGE SEX: EVERYONE
TALKS ABOUT IT, NOBODY REALLY
KNOWS HOW TO DO IT,
EVERYONE THINKS EVERYONE
ELSE IS DOING IT, SO EVERYONE
CLAIMS THEY ARE DOING IT...
Dan Ariely on Big Data
20. Why do people
work for you ?
What do
candidates
consider ?
What do
competitors
not offer ?
Sincere
Unique
Relevant
How we bake a brand (ingredients)
21. Employees
1. Work content
(challenging
assignements)
2. Opportunituies
(learning new
skillls)
3. People (friendy
enjoyable
enviroment)
Candidates
1. HiTech enviroment -
meaningful work
2. Future, grow,
opportunity,
3. Influence things
around
4. Friendly, enjoyable
environment
Attrition / Commitment of FEI
22. Our talent competitors
• Focused on What
• Focused on tools more than content
• Low respect of regional differencies
23. PURPOSE
MASTERYAUTONOMY
Service that is larger
than ourselves
Urge to direct
our life Desire
to get
better at
something
matters
The puzzle of motivation
Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth
About What Motivates Us /
Dan Pink / Riverhead Books 2011
29. • Hi-tech used by best scientists
(to be on the top of industry, to
have the „best toy“, „most
powerfull machine“)
• „Discover“, „Explore“, „First“
• Like to be the part of the team,
mission
• We need:
• Come with us to build the best
machine ever
• Channels:
• Posters, Contests, Exhibitions,
Job fairs, facebook
• Individualists
• Games, bugs, gag, gamification
• „Can you solve the bug within“ –
individual challenge
• Give me a toy!
• We need:
• FEI and EM has lot to do with
software
• How - comics, jokes, puzzles
• Channels:
• On-line communities, individual
contests, job fairs with specific
program, open door, facebook
OPS Engineering IT – Software Engineering
What attracts per position
37. • Competitive advantage
• Employees first
• Followers instead of soldiers
• Journey more than objective?
• Content more than form
• ...so, start with little steps!
Lessons learned
39. Eva Vacíková
HR Manager @ FEI Company
eva.vacikova@fei.com
Petr Hovorka
Managing Partner @ BrandBakers
petr.hovorka@brandbakers.cz
Cheers to brands!