3. Agenda
WHY
1. Talent behavior & recruitment have
changed
HOW
2. Apply a marketing mindset to recruitment
can help you win the game
WHAT
3. Metrics can measure success
6. We have more
information than ever on
our fingertips
Individuals have more
power than ever to make
the best decision
7. The decision making journey has changed
of the decision process is
complete prior to any
interaction with your business
Source: Forrester, “Buyer Behavior Helps B2B Marketers Guide the
Buyer’s Journey,” October 2012
Pieces of content
are consumed before
a decision
is made
Source: Zero Moment of Truth Study, Google
8. Marketing a phone is very similar to filling a job vacancy
Brand
building
9. The power base has shifted to the candidate
Adopt a ‘marketing’ recruitment mentality
“Why do you want
to work for me?”
Company First
“Let me help you
understand us”
Candidate First
10. Keys strategies of ‘Candidate First’ recruitment philosophy
“Let me help you
understand us”
Candidate First
Be human
Describe ‘a day in the life of’
Allow staff to tell their story
Demonstrate the company’s culture
Be helpful
“how can we help you make the best decision?”
Be personalized
Personalise the organisation’s purpose to different
talent segments
11. HOW | Applying a marketing mindset
to recruitment can help you win the game
12. Marketing mindset to recruitment
3 simple steps
Step 1: Define your ideal talent
Step 2: Tell them who you are
Step 3: Make it easy for them to get hired
13. Marketing mindset to recruitment
3 simple steps
Step 1: Define your ideal talent
14. Step 1 – Define your ideal talent
A) Understand who you want
Persona Professional Personal Message
Sales
Title
Seniority
Experience
Skill
Location
Goals
Interests
How
What
Who
Why
When
Title: Software Engineer,
Software Developer,
System Engineer,
Software Architect,
Programmer
Skills: Java, PHP
Location: SG, SF
Career Motivators:
Comp & Ben
Work/Life Balance
Career Path
Challenging Work
Trending Topics:
Cloud Computing
(Google/Amazon),
Android, Big Data,
How are you leading
the industry?
What do current
engineers think about
working at your
company?
What type of projects
would interest them?
Paul the
Software
Engineer
15. Step 1 – Define your ideal talent
B) Know what they care about
$
Excellent C&B
59%
A company with
long-term
strategic vision
40%
Culture that fit my
personality
37%
A place I would be
proud to work
35%
Work
Life
Good work/life
balance
59%
What do professionals in Taiwan want?
16. Step 1 – Define your ideal talent
B) Know what they care about
Leverage big data!
17. Marketing mindset to recruitment
3 simple steps
Step 2: Tell them who you are
Step 1 Define your ideal talent
18. Step 2: Tell them who you are
A) Know who you are
Benefits
Career
Path
Great
Colleagues
Work Life
Balance
Strategic
VisionCulture
Career
Progression
19. Step 2: Tell them who you are
B) Craft your stories
HR
Marketing / PR / Comms
Employees
Senior executives
20. Step 2: Tell them who you are
Good stories - HKBN
Glossary of terms
‘Life-work’ priority
Shortened office working hours from 9-6 to
9-5
Discourage meetings that may run past
5pm and prohibit meetings in the afternoon
on early off Fridays
Family care leave
“We want you to either love us or hate us, but don’t feel indifferent towards us.”
Terminate bottom 5% policy
An elite sports team with a strong common
desire to win, rather than a family with
unconditional love
21. Step 2: Tell them who you are
Good stories – Changi Airport
#FacesofChangi– from front-line staff to management
22. Step 2: Tell them who you are
D) Bring your story to the right people
Your resources & time are limited……..
Know who you are REALLY talking to
23. Marketing mindset to recruitment
3 simple steps
Step 3: Make it easy for them to get hired
Step 2: Tell them who you are
Step 1 Define your ideal talent
24. Step 3: Make it easy for them to get hired
A) Form a talent community
Buildyour tribe of followers – your prime talent pool
95%
Followers are 95% more
likely to respond to an
InMail
61%
Members are 61% more likely to
share information as a result of
following your company
79%
79% of members are interested
in job opportunities from
companies they are following
25. Step 3: Make it easy for them to get hired
B) Expand & engage your talent community constantly
26. Step 3: Make it easy for them to get hired
C) Simplify, simplify, simplify
LinkedIn Opportunity
Hours 2 minutes, 2 clicksvs.
31. 31
How To Measure Employer Branding
Client’s Data
Intangible
LinkedIn Data
32. 32
Website traffic
Multiple page views
Time on site
Job views
Job Applications
CV uploads
Brand Awareness
Brand Engagements
Hard Leads
Conversions
Soft Leads
Newsletter sign ups
Contact us enquiries
Hires
Target Talent Pools
Website
Analytics
ATS
33. 33
How To Measure Employer Branding
Client’s Data
Intangible
LinkedIn Data
34. 34
2. Aware
3. Changing perceptions
4. Strengthening interest
Talent Brand Index (TBI)
Impressions
Content Engagement
Job Views
Company / Career Page &
Employee Profile Views
InMails Accepted
Job Applications
1. Unaware
5. Hired!
Brand Awareness
Brand Engagements
Hard Leads
Conversions
Soft Leads Talent Community (Followers)
InPacted Hires
4. Mind made up
Target Talent Pools
35. How can LinkedIn help you achieve success of
recruitment marketing?
Content
Effectiveness
Exposure
Engagement
2
Talent
Community
1
Size
Quality
Overall employer
brand
Reach
Engagement
Comparison
3
37. Know what content worked
What get you more ‘likes’?
Look at how many people see your content,
and which types are more interesting to them
38. Know what content worked
What get you more ‘likes’?
A simple change makes a big difference
39. See where you are standing at
How attractive you are, really?
Engagement
Reach
YOU
Talent Brand Index
Peers Function Geography
40. A strong talent brand
Improves recruiting Success
31%
2.5x
28% More likely to stay for more than 6 months
Higher InMail response rate
43% Lower cost per hire
Job applications
When we compare the top third TBI with the bottom third…
42. Let’s be
innovative and
change the
industry!
Sponsored content to
global maritime talent
How do I apply
for your job?
I want to work
for you!
Real case: measurable result from sponsored content
43. To know what content works, start posting!
Posting on LinkedIn is as simple as ‘copy and paste’
There are 3 parts to what I wanted to talk about.
The why, the internet changed both talent behavior and recruitment
The how, the mentality shift required and a 3 steps approach
And finally the what, metrics to measure your success
Your talent are human beings after all, so let’s look at how we have behaved differently over the last decade.
Physical maps and yellow pages are obsolete – thanks to Internet.
How to find and consume information have changed dramatically
We are always connected on the Internet – relying strangers’ comments and feedback to make decision.
Last time you look for a new restaurant to try – Openrice; hotel for your holiday – Trip Advisor, Agoda
90% of decision making process is done before ANY INTERACTION WITH YOUR BUSINESS – minimal influence
10 pieces of content affecting the decision – content is very key
What’s the relevance to recruitment?
Marketing a commodity is highly similar to filling a job vacancy
Process of marketing a phone starts way before putting it into the store.
Reach: make sure people know your brand exists
Nurture: use ad, content to tell them about the company vision, great phone features
Acquire: so that when they step into the shop, they choose your brand
Process of filling a job vacancy also should start way before posting a job vacancy
Assume you are hiring a IT manager and competing against competitors
Reach: make sure IT manager know you are hiring
Nurture: tell them about your employer brand, what it’s like to work at your company
Acquire: When they are ready to move, they prefer choosing your company
Before understanding the steps required, first of all, you need to help your org to adopt a completely different philosophy to recruitment
Traditionally: you put your company at the center
“Why you are suitable for my company”
“Why should I hire you but not the other people”
Then hope, the right people will see, and go through hours of application process
Need to change to a ‘candidate first’ mentality, where you help people to understand you, and make an informed decision to apply and join
There are certain key strategies of this philosophy
1. Be human
2. Be helpful
3. Be personalized
How do you go about putting this philosophy into action. 3 simply steps:
Define your ideal talent – know who you are trying to get
Tell them who you are – define your identity, then tell them your story
Make it easy for them to get hired –easy to stay in touch and indicate interest
Let’s start
You can’t get the right people without understanding who you are looking for:
Define clearly who you are trying to lure – their professional identity, personal interest, and key messages you want to communicate to them
Talk about example of Paul the Software Engineer
Use big data to know what they care about.
HK professionals don’t only care about excellent C&B, but also good work/life balance and culture that fit their personality
Leverage big data to know what content they are interested in
Now you’ve sufficiently understand your prey and what they love, it’s time to tell them who you are
Define your key characteristics as an employer. What are your key selling points? Be authentic
Survey with employees
Exit interview
EVP exercise
After having a few key selling points you want to communicate across, have a combined effort from HR, marketing, employees and senior executives to craft your unique stories as an employer
Best to be combined effort because of diverse perspectives and capabilities from different people within the story, then can tell authentic and trustworthy stories
Your recruitment team vs. 7 million (7 billion globally)
Focus your time on platforms where you know know who you are really talking to. Be targeted, know their most updated professional identity
Build your talent community – on LinkedIn context – followers
They are your prime talent pool – because they indicate interest to learn more about you and you and continue to nurture them about why you are right for them.
Talent community takes time to nurture!
Engage with them constantly with interesting news, snippets of events that demonstrate your culture, senior execs’ sharing etc.
Expand by targeted ad and content
Making the job application process simple is also key to the ‘candidate first’ philosophy
You want to make it easy for them. Especially if you are on social media platform like LI where 80% of people are passive candidates
Ultimately, it boils down to how people think and feel about your company as a place to work…and what they say about you when you are not in the room.
All feeds into brand equity.
Every candidate/potential client goes through the same stages
Brand advocates.
You’ll want to measure your success to justify to your org and senior execs about your effort and investment.
Talent community
Content effectiveness
Overall employer brand
Use big data to see if they are really who you want; match with your hiring priorities??
Country
Industry
Function
Employers
Seniority
Boost your effort with ad & sponsored content to build your talent community
You spend time on posting content, you want to maximize its impact
Look at its exposure: how many people can see
And engagement: how interesting your content are
Adjust your strategy accordingly
It’s not rocket science; localization & relevancy is key. Simple change and make a big difference
Japan client’s Tsuneishi’s real life result from Sponsored Updates