Your Employer Brand: The Bottom Line of Top-of-Mind
Part II

• Author: Anna Kassulke
• Posted: September 14, 2007
• Category: Employment Branding
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[Editor’s note: In Part I, Anna explained the bottom-line reasons for developing an Employer Brand. In this conclusion, she’ll explain how to brand your company effectively.]

You already have an employer brand, though it may not be deliberately expressed by management. Those working for your organization and those who have come into contact with it have already formed a specific perception of what your company does and what it values. Your brand exists. The trick is to understand what to do with it.

To develop a strategy that will allow you to take advantage of your existing brand, you need to be rigorous in identifying your strengths and weaknesses, and describing your culture in ways that speak meaningfully to your various audiences. It is a process that demands honest appraisals and the projection of that honesty through your brand. If your branding asserts that your company promotes accessibility, it should be very rare for a manager to slam a door in a new hire’s face.

With effective employer branding, you will be more likely to set-up honest and attractive expectations for your employees, and you’ll be more capable of helping your people actually meet those expectations. This alone will have a significant effect on retention: morale will improve, productivity will increase, and your employees will speak highly of your organizations to others, increasing the quality and quantity of employee referrals.

Your employer brand exists. If you’re not aware of what it actually is, you take the risk of communicating a false, misleading brand, setting your employees and your organization up for failure. And that’s the bottom line.

Ready to get started? Then read about the specific Employment Branding services provided by RCI Recruitment Solutions. You won’t regret it.