Summit14 T1.2: Effective Communication to Talent Network -Ho
1. Courting the Prospects:
How to Effectively Communicate to Your Talent Network
Stanley Ho
Account Manager, Jobvite Engage
2. Agenda
Knowing Your Audience
(who/what/when/why?)
Email Marketing
(Best Practices)
Social Media – Recruiting/Marketing
(LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook)
Webpage/Branding
(Client examples: Evernote/Stanford; JDA/ASU; ExactTarget)
3. Knowing Your Audience
Who:
For example: Millennials
• Different preferences than other generations
• Engagement with brands more extensively, personally, and emotionally
• Expect to be heard and have a mutual relationship with companies
Where:
• Everywhere! Millennials are digital and tech savvy.
• The Internet, Social Media on mobile devices have greatly amplify
Millennials’ opinions and reach
• Millennials are also vocal critics. Taken to social media, reviews, and blogs
and that criticism can go viral.
4. Knowing Your Audience
What:
• Relevance and Relation: how is the message relevant to them, right now,
and how does it relate to them personally?
• Information is just a few clicks away
• What is my call to action?
When/Why:
• More than other generations, Millennials desire the opportunity to
interact and to be listened to anywhere and anytime
• Why should I act on this?
6. Email Marketing
Subject Line
• Short but informative
• Most subject lines get seen while only a small percent gets opened
Personalized
• If possible, research on the person or group, mention something relevant, show
that you took the time to get to know your talent pool
• Be different and human
Templates/Schedules
• Automate and schedule
• Yet show that you still have a pulse
7. Email Marketing
Call to Action
• KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid
• It’s clear what you want them to do
• Give the recipient only one choice
Trackable
• Now that there’s a call to action – now track it – they might not respond
to your email, but instead they might click
Check Spelling, Grammar, Fonts, and Colors
Signatures – linking to your online assets
11. Social Media - Recruiting/Marketing
LinkedIn
• Profile searches
• Build network
• Join groups
• Post Jobs
(Jobvite Publisher)
12. Social Media - Recruiting/Marketing
Facebook
• FB Personal vs.
Fan Pages
• General Information
• Share posts
• Work With Us Apps
13. Social Media - Recruiting/Marketing
Twitter
• Types of tweets
• General Information tweets
• Jobs tweets
• 140 Characters
14. Social Media
Recruiting/Marketing
Glassdoor:
Reviews of Jobs/Companies/Salaries/Interviews
YouTube/Vimeo:
Insight to company culture, product offerings, demos, customer videos
• Regardless of the channel - stay active
• Maintain engagement with both potential candidates and current
employees.
• Referrals!
15. Webpage Campaigns
• Event Promotions
• Local Community Outreach
• Signature Assets
• University Career Fairs