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Recruitment strategies for 2012. National Local Government Corporate Services Conference, October 2012. The next 30 minutes or so…. Tangible tools you can use, drawn from best practice employer branding: 1. Finding candidate and employee insights 2. Using candidate and employee insights
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Recruitment strategies for 2012 NationalLocalGovernmentCorporateServicesConference,October2012
Thenext30minutesorso… Tangibletoolsyoucanuse,drawnfrombestpracticeemployerbranding: 1.Findingcandidateandemployeeinsights 2.Usingcandidateandemployeeinsights 3.Craftingemploymentmarketingmessages 4.Video–thebestthingsinceslicedbread 5.Usingsocialmedia
Usefulinsights Knowwhatismostimportanttothemandwhy Knowwhatemployeesmostlikeaboutyouandwhy Knowwhereyoudeliveronthesethings–findrealexamples Knowwhatcandidatesbelieveaboutyou(thegood,thebadandtheugly) Isolatethemisconceptionsandknowledgegapsidealcandidateshaveaboutyou Knowhowyou’redifferent Knowhowandwherecandidatebeliefsaboutyouaresetandinfluenced KnowwhichEVPstoturnintoemploymentmessage
Anexample:Planners Why? Aninterestinshapingtheirphysicalenvironmentandinfluencingthewayitfunctions Mostimportant: •TECHNICALLYINTERESTINGAND/ORDIFFERENTPROJECTS •VARIETYTHATDEVELOPS(RESIDENTIAL,COMMERCIAL,INDUSTRIAL,RURAL) •SUPPORT,EMPOWERMENTANDMUTUALRESPECTTHATDEVELOPS •ATTHECUTTINGEDGEOFPLANNINGANDENVIRONMENTISSUES •COMPLIANCE/CERTIfiCATIONVS.ADVISORY/POLICYDEVELOPMENT Influencers •GLASSCEILING •LEVELOFADMINISTRATIONEXPECTED •TECHNOLOGYSYSTEMS
Employmentvaluepropositions ASPIRATIONSAND NEEDS-JOBS, BELIEFSNOW CAREERS,EMPLOYERS DELIVERYBY IDEALBELIEFS ORGANISATION EVP1 ORGANISATIONAL IDEAS EVP2 EVP3 WORKFORCEGROUP PRACTICES EVP4
Usinginsights Workforce Planning AttractionSocialMedia MessagingContent Careers Websites Phase4:Debrief Exit Conversations Recruiter Conversations Job Design LineManager Conversations Internal Communication Candidate Interviews
ProblematicLocalgovernmentcandidatebeliefs: •THEREISNOCAREERPATHINLOCALGOVERNMENT •THEWORKISNOTCHALLENGINGORINTERESTING •IWON’TBEALLOWEDTOBECREATIVEORTAKERESPONSIBILITY •IT’STHEEASYOPTION
Socialmedia:it’snotamedia… ...It’saconversationtochangearelationship. 1.Whatrelationshipsandhowdoyouneedtochangethem? 2.Whatconversations? •CONVERSATIONSYOUWANTTOINflUENCE •CONVERSATIONSYOUWANTTOSTART 3.Who? •WHOWILLDEVELOPCONTENTTOPUBLISH? •WHOWILLPUBLISH? •WHOWILLCARRYONTHECONVERSATION? 4.How? •CONTENTPLAN
Insummary 1.Maketheefforttofindrelevantcandidateandemployeeinsights 2.Usingtheinsightsconsistentlyacrosstheentire“candidateandemployeelife-cycle” 3.Craftingemploymentmarketingmessagestoinfluencemisconceptionsandknowledgegaps (andsochangebehaviour) 4.Trytoinvestinvideo:it’sworthit! 5.Socialisanongoingdialogue,nota“set‘nforget”mediabuy