Universum Research Communicating with Talent
Use facts to determine optimal reach and efficient use of budget in order to create the best possible communication strategy.
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challenges, engaging talent to measuring success.
Helping the world’s leading organizations strengthen their Employer Brands for
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Surveying more than 1.3 million career-seekers,
partnering with thousands of universities and organizations.
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Our Employer Branding content is published yearly
in renowned media, e.g. WSJ, CNN, Le Monde,
BusinessWeek.
How Do You Build a Strong Employer Brand with Universum?
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Review business plan and workforce plan
Understanding of needs
Identify opportunities in the recruitment funnel
Understand your current position
Decide where to put primary focus
Prioritize
Employ the Universum ‘Drivers of Employer Attractiveness’
Preferences and current image
Develop unique and authentic content
Content creation
Prioritize, decide and activate
Strategic activation plan
Definition of success – set and track KPIs
Measure
Is your messaging attractive, true, credible, distinct and
sustainable?
Define and track the performanceof your EVP – your USPs
Communication testingand localising
Test and tailor
Activate your messaging
Action
Track and revise
Follow up (and refine)
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Outline
1. Your Story and Channel Mix is More Important Than Ever
2. Your Toolbox to Efficiently Craft Your Strategy
3. Sneak Peek: What You Can Expect
4. Next Steps
Talent is Exposed to Vast Amounts of Information Every Day and Capturing Their Attention Requires Comprehensive Reach Across Channels
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of the world’s internet traffic is from mobile devices and we now buy more smartphones than “dumb” phones
20%
In early 2014 nearly
3 billionpeople were online
hours of video are watched on YouTube
every month
6 billion
WhatsApp messages are sent every day
27 billionusers worldwide and, in
the US, has a wider reach than TV between 18-24
year olds.
1.2 billion
pictures are shared on social media every day
758 billion
Facebook has almost
Determining an Optimum Content Delivery Strategy Necessitates a Close Look at Costs
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High demand(talent use the channel)
Low demand(talent don´t use the channel)
Highcosts
IncreaseConsider to increase
Consider to decrease Decrease
Different channels have different
purposes
Low costs
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WHAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE?
Insights Boost Your Reach Among Talent While Ensuring Efficient Budget Utilisation
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You can optimise your communication budget by using the information in this report. Distribution of the budget across different channels helps you focus on addressing key challenges in the attraction and recruitment process.
AWARENESS
CONSIDERATION
DESIRE
APPLICATION
BUDGET 2015
• Print channels x %
• Digital channels x %
• In-person channels x %
• Other channels x %
100%
BUDGET 2016
• Print channels x %
• Digital channels x %
• In-person channels x %
• Other channels x %
100%
An optimised communication budget secures maximum cost efficiency and focus!
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What to Know to Build Your Communication Strategy
What does the media behavior of the talent you want to attract look like?
Which communication channels are most effective and allow you to get the most out of your communication budget?
How would your target group prefer employers to communicate with them in different channels?
What is happening in the digital world and how can you leverage social media to get the most out of new ways of communicating with the talent?
How can you improve your communication activities based on the challenges you face?
How has talent learned about you as an employer? Is this in line with your expectations?
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These questions will all be answered inThe Communicating with Talent Report
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EMPLOYER BRANDING EXPERTS
STORYTELLING AND CREATIVE EXPERTS
COMMUNICATION EXPERTS
WISDOMWhat and to whom should
you communicate?
STORYHow should you communicate?
DISTRIBUTION AND ENGAGEMENT
Where and when shouldyou communicate?
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