Jennifer Trendler from Nitro talked about turning your employees into effective talent ambassadors in her presentation at the San Francisco Rebels of Recruiting Roadshow stop!

1. Turning
your
Employees
into
Effective
Talent
Ambassadors
Jennifer
Trendler
– Director,
Talent
at Nitro
#GrowNitro

2. •
San Francisco
•
Dublin •
Nitra
• St. Petersburg
•
Melbourne
Who
is
Nitro?
Founded
in
Australia
With
our
Global
HQ
in
San
Francisco.
Hired
80+
people
in
2014
Have
Hired
50+
in
2015
200 Employees
across
5 Locations

3. What
do
we
do?
The
first
and
now
leading
replacement
for
Adobe
Acrobat
Nitro
Pro
The
easiest
and
most
powerful
way
to
share
documents
for
eSigning,
approvals,
collaboration
and
workflow
Nitro
Cloud

4. Our
culture:
Use
technology
to
work
more
efficiently
and
effectively

5. 1. Talent
at
Nitro
2. Hiring
Climate
3.
Employment
Brand
4.
Talent
Ambassador
Program
What’s
on
Tap

6. • Talent
is
the
best
determinant
of
a
company’s
long
term
success
• Working
at
Nitro
is
a
career
defining
opportunity
Talent
Philosophy

7. Nitronaut Core
Values
High Performance Be GoodNo Bullshit

8. The
Talent
Team

9. Hiring
Climate
• Hiring
Plan:
Ambitious;
Global • Highly
Competitive
Job
Market

10. Employment
Brand
• Social:
Glassdoor,
LinkedIn,
The
Muse,
Talent-­‐focused
Blog
posts
• Employee
Engagement:
GaggleAmp,
Referral
Programs
• Branding
Campaign:
Wombat
Nation
• End
Goal:
Reaching,
then
hiring,
great
people

11. Nitronauts as
Talent
Ambassadors

12. Talent
Ambassador
Program
1.0
• Enthusiastic
team
=
Lots
of
Referrals
• Pain
points:
Response
time;
Quality
of
referrals

13. Vive
la
Revolution!

14. Leverage
Technology,
Implement
Training,
Reinforce
Goals:
• Keep
it
simple
• More
qualified
referrals
• Excellent
employee
experience
• Phenomenal
candidate
experience
Talent
Ambassador
Program
2.0

15. Our
goal
was
to
have
80%
of
every
office
participating…

16. …Mission
accomplished!

17. Talent
Ambassador
Program
2.0
Onboarding:
• Tools
• Terms
• Do’s
and
Don’ts
Ongoing:
• Contests
• Acknowledgements
– Team
Meetings
• Quarterly
Celebration

18. 2015
45%
of
our
hires-­‐to-­‐date
came
from
the
Talent
Ambassador
Program
2014
35%
of
our
hires
came
from
the
Talent
Ambassador
Program

19. Thanks!
Q &
A
@Jtrendler
@NitroCareers
Jennifer.Trendler@GoNitro.com