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!
86% of people listening to this episode had an epiphany and completely revamped and turbocharged their employer branding.
Read more >>James explains the basic concept of Employer Brand, how it’s directly connected to brand building overall, why companies need to get clear on their Employer Value Proposition, and why that EVP needs to be part of their global branding and marketing strategy.
Read more >>This week we welcome James Ellis to the podcast. A self-proclaimed employer branding "nerd", James is a leading voice in the world of talent acquisition
Read more >>The CandEs Shop Talk Podcast welcomes James Ellis, Employer Brand Nerd, Podcaster, Author and a proud Candidate Experience advocate.
Read more >>There are a number of good books out there on employer branding. But the ones that have helped me the most have nothing to do with branding at all.
Read more >>For decades, talent-acquisition teams have been built around the idea that all talent must be found externally, over-optimizing tools and processes around the theory that the best hire is going to start as a stranger. Recruiters have been trained in a hunter-gatherer model to ignore some of their best talent sources just because they didn’t match up to that idea.
Read more >>In a world where nothing seems “settled,” why should marketing care about its company’s employer brand? If we examine what employer brand is currently and what it is becoming, then yes, marketing should care. But you might be surprised by the ways marketing and employer brand can support one another to achieve their own goals.
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.