Nowadays the job market has gotten more competitive and less and less employers look solely to the education background during the selection process. Yet, it is still one of the most significant watershed when preferring one candidate over another, ceteris paribus. Then, which are the most important traits a jobseeker needs to show (even show …
In order to gain some insights on what people think about employer branding strategies and techniques, we decided to look on Quora, one of the most Q&A website used by professionals. We realized that there is a lot of confusion around the intersection of these two subjects: What is the difference between Employer Branding and …
By talking to several HR managers and studying hiring processes for Meritocracy, we are progressively learning how motivation is an overwhelmingly strong driver of hiring decisions. We thought it was important, we didn’t think it was THAT important. We daily observe very motivated “normal” people succeeding in “target companies”, because their strong motivation led them …
The first step to build a powerful and reliable employer brand is to find and aim at a clear spot in the mind of jobseekers. As in every positioning strategy, the first question to answer is “What am I? What distinguish my offer from the rest of the market? i.e. What can I promise and …
After the most well-known age cohorts of Baby boomers and Generation X, the future “army” of employees will belong to Generation Y, better known as “Millennials”. As the previous generations drain, more Millennials will enter in the workforce, and by 2025 they will pervade more than 75% of the total labor market (Deloitte Italia, 2015). …
It is common for HR influencers to speak about making wrong career choices, though most of them point out the personal skills and attitude of the employee. Last week, we came across an interesting article published on LinkedIn by Bernard Marr, a consultant in strategic performance, who talked about the career choices to regret in …