How to attract & retain millennials by Building an employer brand

How to attract & retain millennials by Building an employer brand

Millennials, who born between 1980-1999, by now aged 20-40 years old. Which means that they are the most active work force in global market place. The millennials are famous for switching between jobs till they get to fit to one.

To retain millennials, strong employer brand is more important than ever in the industry where the young talents is needed.

There are 05 ways to create employer brand. Let’s see using these tips how can we attract & retain millennials from Labour force.

01.  Know how the organization rate among the competition.

The organization may have a fun culture, attract to talents but is that fact known to others? This where an organization need a perfect blend of technology where millennial always will attract. Even showcasing the organization culture through social channels will bring the millennials because they are more active in those social networks. Following YouTube video will give some sort of idea on attracting employees to an organization through an Employer brand.

02.  Hire for Culture Fit

Rather than hiring based on resume qualification, an organization should consider to attract cultural fit candidates where skill comes in second. For that organization must look in to their best performers & worst performers. They should consider that what make them a rock star & what bad attitudes that employees share. Millennials will know that how much they get to fit the culture & It will make them stay longer in the organization. Watch following video where they have shared the hiring by cultural fit.

03.  Use visual story telling in job description.

Since the millennials are the digital generation using visual stories to hire them will be a more effective & a attractive way than a long paragraph of job description. The organization can show not tell that what they have expected from a employee in a better way

04.  Create a millennial-ready experience.

This tip directly targets the millennials since they are more like to networking, they will be the organization brand ambassadors. They will be promoting the organization among the required work force where Employer brand is all about.

05.  View hiring as a team sport.

Why should one person or two or three persons had to decide whom to hire & whom to fire. Most of jobs are all about team work where candidates must play a role as team member. Why not let a team decide on recruitment? millennials are more likely to engaged in a team work. In that case organizations should reach each staff & should know what are the weaknesses & strengths.

Reference

Steele, K. (2018) Five Tips To Create A Winning Employer Brand, Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/07/16/five-tips-to-create-a-winning-employer-brand/#60bdcbdd6fc9.

Peters, K. (2017) Want to Recruit Millennials? Focus on Your Employer Brand, Greate Place to Work. Available at: https://www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/blog/want-to-recruit-millennials-focus-on-your-employer-brand.

Slater, B. How to Hire For Cultural Fit, Talking talents By Beamery. Available at: https://beamery.com/blog/hire-for-cultural-fit.

Inalfa Roof Systems (2016) Employer Branding HR Movie, YOU TUBE. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icF7Q35zlTo.

Majumdar, A. (2017) Hiring for Culture Fit: What You Need to Know, YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsdeV534nHg.

PeopleMattersOnline (2018) Building an Employer Brand for attracting millennials, YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpWYd17NvP0&t=870s.