Employer Branding media

03/09/2026

Employer branding when nobody knows your name: a mid-market playbook

A practical employer branding mid-size company playbook for mid-market HR leaders competing with bigger brands, from EVP to channels, metrics and employee experience.

September is not about the office: it is about whether your culture survives the return

19/08/2026

September is not about the office: it is about whether your culture survives the return

Employer Brand Metrics

21/08/2026

Quality of hire is the only employer brand metric your CFO will fund

Most EU countries missed the pay transparency deadline: what multinationals should do now

10/08/2026

Most EU countries missed the pay transparency deadline: what multinationals should do now

The EVP refresh trap: why rewriting your value proposition every two years makes it worse

12/08/2026

The EVP refresh trap: why rewriting your value proposition every two years makes it worse

Spotlight

73% of tech job postings now require AI skills: what your EVP needs to answer

07/08/2026

73% of tech job postings now require AI skills: what your EVP needs to answer

Tech roles now list AI in 73% of postings. Learn how to reshape your EVP, employer branding and talent strategy so AI skills strengthen, not shrink, your hiring pipeline.

Virginia's pay transparency law just started: what your job postings need to say now

03/08/2026

Virginia's pay transparency law just started: what your job postings need to say now

Learn how Virginia’s SB 215 pay transparency law (Code of Virginia § 40.1-28.7:9) reshapes employer branding, job postings, and EVP strategy, including salary range requirements and compliance risks.

Internal mobility programs that actually move people: what separates lateral paths from lateral fiction

Employee Engagement

30/07/2026

Internal mobility programs that actually move people: what separates lateral paths from lateral fiction

Learn how CHROs can close the gap between EVP promises and real internal mobility with clear definitions, credible data, and a practical KPI dashboard that links talent mobility to retention.

When AI screens the applicant, who screens the AI: a human oversight playbook for hiring

24/07/2026

When AI screens the applicant, who screens the AI: a human oversight playbook for hiring

Learn how to design credible human oversight for AI hiring tools, improve transparency with candidates, and align high-risk recruitment automation with employer brand trust and emerging regulation.

22/07/2026

Job hugging is not loyalty: what fear-based retention tells you about your culture

Job hugging and fear-based retention can make low turnover look healthy while engagement erodes. Learn how internal communications leaders can spot job huggers, interpret the data and protect employer brand credibility.

Employer branding when trust is the scarcest resource: a credibility-first playbook

Key Components

28/07/2026

Employer branding when trust is the scarcest resource: a credibility-first playbook

Explore how credibility-first employer branding, data transparency, and employee voice can close the trust deficit, improve candidate experience, and strengthen your employer reputation in an AI-shaped labor market.

Content Marketing

17/07/2026

Your employer brand in AI search results: a GEO primer for talent teams

Learn how employer brand AI search visibility is shifting from classic SEO to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), with structured data examples, anonymized case studies, and a practical 5-step audit checklist for HR and talent leaders.

Nine percent more openings, eleven percent fewer applications: what the ICIMS data tells your EVP team

07/07/2026

Nine percent more openings, eleven percent fewer applications: what the ICIMS data tells your EVP team

ICIMS’ Q1 2024 Workforce Report shows job openings up 9% while applications fall 11%, turning employer brand talent conversion into a hard funnel constraint and making optimized career pages the new EVP proving ground.

The manager who cannot explain why this place is different costs more than a bad recruitment ad

Brand Messaging

08/07/2026

The manager who cannot explain why this place is different costs more than a bad recruitment ad

Discover how hiring managers make or break your employer brand, and learn practical scripts, checklists and metrics to align manager conversations with your EVP and improve offer acceptance, engagement and retention.

ROI of Employer Branding

Creating a Brand Strategy

13/07/2026

How to build an employer brand dashboard that gets budget renewed

Learn how to build an employer branding ROI dashboard that your CFO will trust. Get formulas for cost per hire and quality of hire, see how to connect social media and attribution to real business impact, and use a four-slide review to secure long-term budget.

The candidate rejection that builds your brand: turning a no into a reason to reapply

03/07/2026

The talent acquisition vs marketing turf war is over: here is who owns the employer brand

Discover why HR and marketing can no longer own the employer brand in isolation, and how modern Heads of Employer Brand use shared governance, data and cross-functional structures to build a credible, high-impact talent reputation.

Employer Branding Campaigns

The hiring manager is your employer brand's weakest link

01/07/2026

The candidate rejection that builds your brand: turning a no into a reason to reapply

Learn how to turn every candidate rejection email into an employer brand asset. See candidate NPS benchmarks, practical rejection email templates, and a scalable protocol to improve reapply and referral rates.

Employee Advocacy

Creating a Brand Strategy

29/06/2026

The hiring manager is your employer brand's weakest link

Discover why the hiring manager interview is the moment of truth for your employer brand, how misaligned behaviour drives early attrition and cost per hire, and what talent acquisition leaders can do to fix it with data, training and structure.

51% of companies raised their employer branding budget: where the smart ones are spending it

26/06/2026

51% of companies raised their employer branding budget: where the smart ones are spending it

How to reallocate employer branding budget for higher ROI: move spend from generic paid reach to EVP clarity, employee advocacy, AI-era visibility, and experience improvements, while tracking cost per hire, quality of hire, and early attrition.

Belonging used to be the top driver of engagement: what replaced it and why

Employee Engagement

22/06/2026

Belonging used to be the top driver of engagement: what replaced it and why

Belonging is no longer the top driver of employee engagement. See what new engagement drivers Qualtrics and O.C. Tanner data reveal, and how change leadership, work life balance and AI policy clarity now shape employer branding strategies.

Employee Advocacy

17/06/2026

Alumni networks after layoffs: when former employees become your loudest brand signal

How layoffs reshape employer brands and why corporate alumni networks, humane offboarding and review management now define your loudest brand signal for candidates.

Key Components

16/06/2026

The brand-experience gap: when Glassdoor tells a different story than your careers page

How to close the gap between your careers page and Glassdoor by aligning employer brand authenticity with real employee experience and candidate feedback.

Employee Advocacy

24/06/2026

Employee content outperforms brand content 8 to 1: how to build a storytelling engine

Learn why employee-generated content outperforms brand posts by up to 8x, how to build an employee advocacy engine, set guardrails, measure ROI and turn authentic staff stories into a repeatable employer branding advantage.

Skills-based hiring one year in: what happened when companies dropped degree requirements

Case Studies

12/06/2026

Skills-based hiring one year in: what happened when companies dropped degree requirements

Skills-based hiring one year in: how dropping degree requirements changed candidate quality, diversity, internal mobility and employer branding for talent leaders.

The mid-year pulse that changes something: engagement surveys employees don't dread

Surveys and Feedback

12/06/2026

The mid-year pulse that changes something: engagement surveys employees don't dread

How to redesign the mid-year engagement survey into a short, actionable pulse that boosts trust, drives real change, and strengthens your employer brand.

Understanding Nike's Brand Guidelines

The Vibrant History of Nike's Iconic Brand Colors

Onboarding Experience

Enhancing Your Brand by Bringing Interns Onboard

Shining a Light on Employees: The Power of Employee Spotlight

Recognition and Rewards

Shining a Light on Employees: The Power of Employee Spotlight

Understanding the impact of freeze branding on human identification

Understanding the impact of freeze branding on human identification

Twelve EVPs worth stealing from — what Patagonia, Netflix and HubSpot actually promise employees

21/04/2026

Twelve EVPs worth stealing from — what Patagonia, Netflix and HubSpot actually promise employees

The Art and Impact of Human Skin Branding

The Art and Impact of Human Skin Branding

Words That Make Human Resources Uneasy

How employer branding enhances employee engagement

Case Studies

How employer branding enhances employee engagement

The Chilling Art of Freeze Branding on Human Skin

The Chilling Art of Freeze Branding on Human Skin

Enhancing Employee Satisfaction with Wellness Stipends

Health and Well-being

Enhancing Employee Satisfaction with Wellness Stipends

Improving employee experience through effective onboarding

Onboarding Experience

Improving employee experience through effective onboarding

Human Branding: The Cold Truth

Getting Started with Limited Brands ACES Employee Login

Onboarding Experience

Getting Started with Limited Brands ACES Employee Login

3 brand nike: exploring the evolution of sportswear with Russell Wilson

The Power of Language in Shaping Company Culture

What is Employer Branding?

The Power of Language in Shaping Company Culture

Understanding Employer Branding

03/07/2026

What a job applicant really is and why it shapes your employer brand

Learn what a job applicant is in modern recruitment, how internet applicant rules and ATS systems work, and why every applicant touchpoint shapes employer branding and compliance.

What Oracles layoff comms mess teaches HR about protecting the brand

What Oracle’s 2024–2026 layoffs reveal about employer brand, leadership communication and Glassdoor impact. Learn how to plan humane workforce reductions that protect reputation, trust and future hiring.

by Liam O'Reilly

Developing an Employer Brand

EVP anatomy: the five building blocks behind compelling employee value propositions

12/06/2026

EVP anatomy: the five building blocks behind compelling employee value propositions

A practical breakdown of EVP anatomy with five building blocks, real employee value proposition examples, and tactics to turn your employer brand into a credible decision tool.

05/06/2026

The deskless worker EVP gap: your employer brand barely speaks to 80% of the workforce

Most EVPs are written for office workers and miss the 80% of employees who are deskless. Learn how to build a credible, data‑driven deskless worker EVP with clear KPIs, segment‑specific promises and sourced benchmarks on turnover, technology investment and engagement.

Promoting Employer Brand

From job posting definition to career page strategy: how to turn job descriptions into a talent magnet

Career Page Optimization

12/07/2026

From job posting definition to career page strategy: how to turn job descriptions into a talent magnet

How to refine your hiring system for high impact job description optimization

Career Page Optimization

11/07/2026

How to refine your hiring system for high impact job description optimization

How an edot job description program transforms your career page into a talent magnet

Career Page Optimization

Employer Branding Campaigns

02/07/2026

How an edot job description program transforms your career page into a talent magnet

19/06/2026

Employer branding campaigns that earned attention without buying it

Employee Experience

$How fractional human resources reshape workplace culture and employee experience$

14/08/2026

How fractional human resources reshape workplace culture and employee experience

Discover how fractional human resources and outsourced HR leadership improve workplace culture, employee engagement, and strategic hiring for small businesses and scaling teams.

How take your child to work day shapes modern workplace culture

Discover how Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, typically held on the fourth Thursday in April, can move beyond a symbolic event to become a strategic lever for culture, employee experience, and Employer Branding.

by Elodie-Martine Lanvin

Measuring and Improving

How a pxt select assessment elevates employer branding through smarter feedback and surveys

Surveys and Feedback

20/08/2026

How a pxt select assessment elevates employer branding through smarter feedback and surveys

Learn how to use PXT Select assessment data with surveys, feedback, and behavioral tools to improve employer branding, retention, and leadership development, supported by real metrics and research.

by Elodie-Martine Lanvin

Raising the bar in executive hiring candidate screening improvement

Continuous Improvement