Hi. I'm James Ellis, the employer brand nerd.
I've been helping companies of every shape and size understand their own employer brand and how to leverage it to attract and retain great talent.
These are places I've spoken and written over the years.
Enjoy!
<p>The best digital talent acquisition tactics aren't achieved once, they need to be repeated over and over. You don't get fit exercizing once, you get strong and powerful going to the gym over and over. Welcome to the talent acquisition gym!</p>
Read more >><p><span style="font-size:15px">This two-part blog post defines the two different types of social media models talent acquisition can use, and the the KPIs that can be associated with each.</span></p>
Read more >><p>In the same way that Target and Walmart show off their positioning via subtle and not-so-subtle cues within all their marketing materials, what you are saying in your job descriptions, career site, and talent acquisition collateral tells people what your position is, either for the company, the department or the role.</p>
Read more >>Having spent the better part of a decade developing employer brands and EVPs for Groupon, Roku, Enova, Recursion, Telecare, TradeShift, Gearset, CreditShop, and others, I focus exclusively on helping companies build and activate their employer brand so that they can compete (and win) against much larger companies. How? By creating and growing the next generation of employer brand leaders, managers, and specialists.
That's why Google calls me the employer brand nerd.