๐ โFor the love of God, please tell me what your company does.โ Replace โwhat your company doesโ with โwhy I would choose to work at this companyโ and this is gold.
๐ In the question, โhow do you know you need a better employer brand strategyโ the first answer is, โyou donโt know what to post on social.โ Remember, kids. Your brand is a filter.
๐ Points for being willing to admit that the adage โpeople donโt leave a company, they leave a managerโ is only half right.
๐ The fact that recruiting (and tangentially EB) has been hit so hard is because weโre not perceived as being strategic (oh, the irony!)
๐ Is The Office (UK)โs David Brent (Ricky Gervaisโ character) an amazing example of a leader who supports employer branding? Interesting read.
๐ Amazon employees wishing people would come back to work is a great example of โthereโs a lid for every pot.โ
๐ See the framework for how one brand pro develops their brand strategy.
๐ After โhow we responded to covid,โ the stories of how employers laid people off is going to be major theme of many companyโs brands.
๐ I still think we should aspire to creating emotions among our audiences, though thereโs a strong case to be made that simply being memorable is enough (see also โHow Brands Growโ by Byron Sharp)
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