In our social media fueled world of blogs, forums and virtual events, it’s easy to forget the importance of being in a face-to-face environment with other professionals in the same field. We, however, haven’t forgotten and tend to put special emphasis on attending conferences and trade shows, where we can put a face with a name and connect with our Members to build rapport and trust.
The principles of open source help drive innovation. We see it with technologies like Ubuntu and Firefox, and programming languages such as PHP and Python. Even HR is catching on, and organizations like #HROS have been formed to “make it easier for practitioners to...
Multiple brands, countless resources and an outdated career site limited Providence Health & Services–the nation’s third largest not-for-profit health system–from truly reaching their target audience and accomplishing their hiring goals. After analyzing their...
DE-velopments is the DirectEmployers monthly overview of our product release updates and their benefits to Members. It has been a busy, busy couple of months, so let’s dive right in: Recruitment Marketing Solution Resumes Now Referred to as Profiles Currently...
Shaw Industries has a strong corporate brand, however from an employer standpoint, it’s something that Senior Talent Acquisition Operations Manager Deane Osner is keeping a close eye on and taking measures to improve. One example is by making sure all of the sites have materials to promote the company’s recognition from Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers.
In this video, Osner discusses more of their current initiatives around employer branding, diversity, veteran and disability outreach, and the candidate experience:
Have you ever worked with a company with several brands? It can present many unique branding and recruitment marketing challenges. Case in point, did you know that the University of Phoenix is owned by Apollo Education Group? Most people don’t, and that was one...
Why pay attention to Manager – Digital Strategy Seth Flater? For starters, he graduated Cum Laude with a mathematics degree, keeps a graphing calculator in his night stand and finds math jokes funny. In addition, he has set-up over 29,000 source codes (and counting) and constantly analyzes metrics from thousands of domains. We sat down with Seth to get his perspective on data and employment branding trends. Listen to what he had to say in the following video:
With a plethora of information to cover and connections to be made, DirectEmployers rolled out the red carpet while bringing over 400 of its Members, partners and invited guests to the Circle City to host its 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference (DEAM15) from May...
It’s hard to think that a company as large as Phillips 66 would have trouble recruiting talent to fill its job openings, but that’s exactly the position this 100-year-old start up was in after splitting from its parent company, ConocoPhillips, in May of 2012....
