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Whitepaper

Why Your Employer Brand Matters
The impact of company brand and employer brand on job consideration



Key Findings                               Background
1) A strong overall company brand          In recent years, talent acquisition leaders have placed an increasing emphasis on
certainly doesn’t hurt in attracting       employer brand. In the course of conducting research for LinkedIn clients, we
top talent. Not surprisingly, the more     observed how some prominent brands attract an overabundance of candidates. But
a candidate knows about your brand,        several questions remained:
the more likely they are to be aware of
                                           • How   are overall company brand and employer brand linked?
your organization as an employer. And
if their impression of your company        • To  what extent do company brand and employer brand drive job consideration by
brand is positive, they are quite likely     candidates?
to think of your organization as a good    • If a company has the luxury of a strong overall brand, is it really worth investing in
place to work.                               employer brand to attract candidates?
                                           • Does employer brand even matter?
2) Overall brand impacts job
consideration, though not as much          This whitepaper summarizes the results of research conducted by LinkedIn’s Hiring
as you might think. Merely having          Solutions Insights team in March 2012. Our objective was to answer the above
a good impression of a company’s           questions, by surveying 7,250 LinkedIn members worldwide. Respondents
brand might lead a candidate to            represented a wide variety of geographies, company sizes and experience levels
think it’s a good place to work, but       and industries (see Study Methodology for more details).
it does not necessarily translate to
genuine job consideration.                 Our survey asked professionals to provide their perceptions of various companies
                                           as follows:
3) A strong employer brand – as            Company Brand Questions
indicated by an individual having a
positive impression of your company        a) How aware they were of a company’s products and services (“Knowledge of
as a place to work - is twice as likely       Company Brand”)
to be linked to job consideration as       b) Their impression of a company’s products and services (“Impression of Company
a strong company brand. This                  Brand”)
provides a clear case for investment in    c) Likelihood to purchase company’s products and services (“Purchase Intent”)
employer brand, even for companies
with well-known overall brands.            Employer Brand Questions
                                           d) How aware they were of a company as a place to work (“Knowledge of Employer
4) A strong employer brand is                 Brand”)
especially critical for attracting more    e) Their impression of a company as a place to work (“Impression of Employer Brand”)
junior employees, candidates from
                                           f) Their likelihood to consider working at a given company (“Job Consideration”)
younger demographics, and those
outside the US. Individual contributors    We were interested in understanding how factors a) through e) related to the final
and managers are almost three times        factor, job consideration – a telling indicator of a company’s effectiveness in
as likely to associate employer brand      attracting talent.
with job consideration as those at
director level and above. Professionals
under 40 years old are 61 percent          Introduction
more likely to associate employer
brand with job consideration. And          Talent acquisition has undergone significant change in recent years, with a
outside of the US, the correlation         fundamental shift in the way that organizations source and engage with talent.
between employer brand and job             “Posting and praying” continues to decline as forward-thinking organizations now
consideration is 37 percent stronger.      proactively find and attract the best candidates, even those who aren’t looking
                                           for new roles.

                                                                                                                                      1
The lines between recruiting and marketing continue to blur, with the adoption of
  some recruiting strategies more commonly seen in marketing departments. At the
  center of these efforts is employer branding.

  From analyzing employer brands for LinkedIn clients over time, we know some
  prominent brand names have an easier time attracting top candidates. However, most
  employers do not have the luxury of brand strength, and even those with a strong
  brand may struggle to recruit for certain functions, business units or geographies. So
  how do companies compete for top tier talent regardless of their overall brand position?

  For most companies, investing in employer brand can be an effective way to attract
  and influence top tier talent. Though it may seem like the topic du jour among talent
  acquisition professionals, a strong employer brand can have a real impact on whether
  or not potential candidates are interested in working for your organization.


  A strong overall company brand certainly doesn’t hurt in
  attracting top talent
  One of the many ways potential candidates learn about a company is through
  knowledge and experience of its products or services. Knowing what a company does
  is a part of the process which candidates use to determine whether or not a particular
  organization might be a good fit for them.

  As figure 1 and figure 2 illustrate, there is clearly a very strong relationship between
  knowledge of a company brand and knowledge of it as an employer (figure 5
  R2=0.9215). There is also a reasonably strong relationship between impressions of a
  company’s brand and impressions of it as an employer (Figure 6 R2=0.5529). Simply
  put, the more people learn about a company in general, the more likely they are to
  learn about it as an employer; and any positive impression they develop towards its
  offerings impacts their perceptions of the company’s employer brand.


           Figure 1
           Knowledge of Company Brand vs. Knowledge of Employer Brand
          Knowledge of Company Brand (Top 3)




                                               100%

                                                           R² = 0.9215
                                               80%


                                               60%


                                               40%


                                               20%


                                                0%
                                                      0%    20%            40%          60%          80%         100%


                                                             Knowledge of Employer Brand (Top 3)




Figure 2
Impression of Company Brand vs. Impression of Employer Brand

                                               100%
Impression of Company Brand (Top 3)




                                                           R² = 0.5529
                                               80%


                                               60%


                                               40%


                                               20%


                                                0%
                                                      0%     20%                 40%          60%          80%


                                                                  Impression of Employer Brand (Top 3)
                                                                                                                        2
Overall brand impacts job consideration, though not as much
                                as employer brand
A COMPANY’S EMPLOYER BRAND IS   While there are certainly companies that can easily attract top talent on the basis of
                                powerful overall brands, these companies are in the minority. How do most
TWICE AS LIKELY                 organizations compete? Our research shows that a company’s employer brand is
TO DRIVE JOB CONSIDERATION AS   twice as likely to drive job consideration as its company brand. While both company
                                brand (figure 3) and employer brand (figure 4) have a linear relationship with job
ITS COMPANY BRAND
                                consideration (company brand R2=0.2831 and employer brand R2=0.5919), it is clear
                                that a company’s employer brand is a much stronger predictor of interest in working
                                at a particular company.

                                Companies that invest in their employer brand are therefore likely to see a more
                                direct impact on their talent acquisition efforts.

                                Bottom line: for the majority of organizations, developing a strong employer brand
                                can help level the playing field when it comes to acquiring talent.

                                Interestingly, while company brand may have some impact on job consideration,
                                purchase intent does not. This indicates that potential employees do not have to be
                                customers in order to be interested in working for your organization.


                                Employer brand is more important for audiences that are
                                younger, more global, and more junior
                                Our research shows that focusing on employer brand is especially important for
                                acquiring talent from the following audiences:
                                                                      • Individual Contributors & Managers: ICs and Managers are 186 percent more
                                                                       likely than those at the Director Level or higher to have their job consideration
                                                                       levels associated with employer brand. In other words, employer brand is almost
                                                                       three times as likely to be tied to job consideration among this audience.
                                                                      • Younger Demographics: Potential candidates under 40 years old are 61 percent
                                                                       more likely to have their job consideration levels associated with employer brand.
                                                                      • Professionals
                                                                                    Outside the US: Candidates outside the United States are 37
                                                                       percent more likely to have their job consideration levels associated with
                                                                       employer brand.

                                As a result, if your talent pools depend on younger demographics, if you are growing
                                globally and/or if you are hiring individual contributors and managers for your
                                organization, investment in employer brand is an even more important consideration.



                                Figure 3
                                Impression of Company Brand vs. Job Consideration

                                                                                Employer Consideration Average 43%
                                                                        100%
                                Impression of Company Brand (Top 3)




                                                                                                                             R² = 0.2831
                                                                                                                                              Company Impression Average 52%




                                                                         80%



                                                                         60%



                                                                         40%



                                                                         20%


                                                                         0%
                                                                               0%         20%        40%          60%         80%      100%

                                                                                                 Job Consideration (Top 3)




                                                                                                                                                                               3
Figure 4
                                                                   Impression of Employer Brand vs. Job Consideration

                                                                                                                  Employer Consideration Average 43%
                                                                                                           100%




                                                                   Impression of Employer Brand (Top 3)
                                                                                                                                                                R² = 0.5919




                                                                                                                                                                                 Employer Impression Average 45%
                                                                                                            80%



                                                                                                            60%


                                                                                                            40%



                                                                                                            20%


                                                                                                             0%
                                                                                                                  0%        20%         40%            60%       80%      100%

                                                                                                                                    Job Consideration (Top 3)




 Figure 5                                                             Investment in employer brand drives savings in recruitment
 Impact of employer brand strength                                    and retention
 on cost per hire                                                     In previous research conducted with corporate recruiters, we determined that
                                                                      companies investing in their employment brand enjoy lower cost per hire (see
                                                                      figure 5) and lower employee turnover rates. http://lnkd.in/eb
Indexed cost per hire




                            125
                                                                      Overall, companies with a weaker employer brand report a cost per hire that is
                                                                      almost double that of companies with a strong employer brand. When it comes to
                                                                      attracting talent, a strong employer brand therefore not only increases
                                                67                    consideration, it is also a smart business investment.

                                                                      Additionally, if an organization has a strong employer brand, especially one that
                                                                      resonates with current employees, it will also have a significantly lower turnover rate.
                                                                      Our research indicated that companies with a stronger employer brand have a 28
                        Poor/Moderate       Good/Strong               percent lower turnover rate than companies with a weaker employer brand.
                                        (very likely to consider
                                            your company)
                                                                      In summary, investing to strengthen your employer brand, if done right, should help
                           Employer brand strength
                                                                      increase consideration of your company, lower recruiting costs, and decrease
                                                                      voluntary turnover.

                                                                      Moving Forward
                                                                      Given your organization’s employer brand is the strategic foundation of your
                                                                      recruitment messages, it’s worth spending the time to fully understand and develop
                                                                      that brand. The message needs to match the reality of the organization so that it
                                                                      rings true with both current employees (who have the potential to be your brand
                                                                      ambassadors) and potential employees.

                                                                                                          TIP: Reach your target audience by creating Brand Ambassadors who will
                                                                                                          embody your Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Activity on the LinkedIn
                                                                                                          network shows that 61 percent of LinkedIn members who follow your
                                                                                                          organization are willing to be your brand ambassador and share your EVP with
                                                                                                          their networks.

                                                                      While your company brand may play a role in defining your employer brand, your
                                                                      company brand alone is not as likely to win you candidates. Even large, well-known
                                                                      companies cannot coast along on the strength of their overall brands. Ensuring that
                                                                      your employer brand expresses your culture, environment, values and strategic
                                                                      vision is important. Having a strong, differentiated and prominent employer brand
 INVESTING TO STRENGTHEN YOUR                                         will help you attract and retain top tier talent around the globe.
 EMPLOYER BRAND SHOULD HELP
                                                                      The first step to developing a winning employment brand is assessing your audience.
 1) INCREASE CONSIDERATION OF                                         Organizations need a strategic platform with a compelling message at its core. This
    YOUR COMPANY
                                                                      message should be the result of a thoughtful research program which assesses target
 2) LOWER RECRUITING COSTS, AND                                       audiences, tests messages, and confirms the mediums in which talent pools consume
 3) DECREASE VOLUNTARY                                                employer information. Otherwise you might find yourself executing the same
    TURNOVER                                                          recruitment programs over and over again and with the same middling results.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   4
Study Methodology
                                              In March 2012, The LinkedIn Hiring Solutions Insights Team conducted 7,250 online
                                              surveys of LinkedIn members worldwide as part of the study. Respondents were
                                              randomly selected from the LinkedIn global network and represent a variety of
                                              geographies, company sizes and experience levels (see figures 6-9) and industries.
                                              The overall margin of error for the research is ±1.15% at the 95% confidence interval
                                              and is higher for subgroups.


                                              Figure 6                                                                                   Figure 7
                                              Respondents by region                                                                      Respondents by title/role


                                              North America                                                     49%                             Owner       13%

                                                                                                                                            Director +
                                                           EMEA                                   35%                                     (Dir, VP, CXO)
                                                                                                                                                                17%


                                                            APAC           13%                                                           Manager Level                 33%

                                                                                                                                            Individual                29%
                                                            Other            3%                                                            Contributor

                                                                                                                                                 Other     7%




                                              Figure 8                                                                                   Figure 9
                                              Respondents by age                                                                         Respondents by gender



                                                   50+ years old                                          29%

                                                                                                                                             Female,
                                                    41-50 yrs old                                   25%
                                                                                                                                              35%
                                                                                                                                                            Male,
                                                    31-40 yrs old                                     26%
                                                                                                                                                            65%
                                              Under 30 yrs old                            19%




                                              About LinkedIn
                                              Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world’s professionals to make them more
                                              productive and successful. With 161 million members worldwide, including
                                              executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world’s largest
                                              professional network on the Internet. LinkedIn offers a full range of recruiting
                                              solutions to help organizations of all sizes find, engage and attract the best talent.
                                              For more details on our solutions, go to http://talent.linkedin.com

                                              For more information about this project, please contact LinkedIn Hiring Solutions
                                              Insights at sgager@linkedin.com




Copyright © 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. LinkedIn, the LinkedIn logo, and InMail are registered trademarks of LinkedIn Corporation in
the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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Why Your Employer Brand Matters

  • 1. Hiring Solutions Whitepaper Why Your Employer Brand Matters The impact of company brand and employer brand on job consideration Key Findings Background 1) A strong overall company brand In recent years, talent acquisition leaders have placed an increasing emphasis on certainly doesn’t hurt in attracting employer brand. In the course of conducting research for LinkedIn clients, we top talent. Not surprisingly, the more observed how some prominent brands attract an overabundance of candidates. But a candidate knows about your brand, several questions remained: the more likely they are to be aware of • How are overall company brand and employer brand linked? your organization as an employer. And if their impression of your company • To what extent do company brand and employer brand drive job consideration by brand is positive, they are quite likely candidates? to think of your organization as a good • If a company has the luxury of a strong overall brand, is it really worth investing in place to work. employer brand to attract candidates? • Does employer brand even matter? 2) Overall brand impacts job consideration, though not as much This whitepaper summarizes the results of research conducted by LinkedIn’s Hiring as you might think. Merely having Solutions Insights team in March 2012. Our objective was to answer the above a good impression of a company’s questions, by surveying 7,250 LinkedIn members worldwide. Respondents brand might lead a candidate to represented a wide variety of geographies, company sizes and experience levels think it’s a good place to work, but and industries (see Study Methodology for more details). it does not necessarily translate to genuine job consideration. Our survey asked professionals to provide their perceptions of various companies as follows: 3) A strong employer brand – as Company Brand Questions indicated by an individual having a positive impression of your company a) How aware they were of a company’s products and services (“Knowledge of as a place to work - is twice as likely Company Brand”) to be linked to job consideration as b) Their impression of a company’s products and services (“Impression of Company a strong company brand. This Brand”) provides a clear case for investment in c) Likelihood to purchase company’s products and services (“Purchase Intent”) employer brand, even for companies with well-known overall brands. Employer Brand Questions d) How aware they were of a company as a place to work (“Knowledge of Employer 4) A strong employer brand is Brand”) especially critical for attracting more e) Their impression of a company as a place to work (“Impression of Employer Brand”) junior employees, candidates from f) Their likelihood to consider working at a given company (“Job Consideration”) younger demographics, and those outside the US. Individual contributors We were interested in understanding how factors a) through e) related to the final and managers are almost three times factor, job consideration – a telling indicator of a company’s effectiveness in as likely to associate employer brand attracting talent. with job consideration as those at director level and above. Professionals under 40 years old are 61 percent Introduction more likely to associate employer brand with job consideration. And Talent acquisition has undergone significant change in recent years, with a outside of the US, the correlation fundamental shift in the way that organizations source and engage with talent. between employer brand and job “Posting and praying” continues to decline as forward-thinking organizations now consideration is 37 percent stronger. proactively find and attract the best candidates, even those who aren’t looking for new roles. 1
  • 2. The lines between recruiting and marketing continue to blur, with the adoption of some recruiting strategies more commonly seen in marketing departments. At the center of these efforts is employer branding. From analyzing employer brands for LinkedIn clients over time, we know some prominent brand names have an easier time attracting top candidates. However, most employers do not have the luxury of brand strength, and even those with a strong brand may struggle to recruit for certain functions, business units or geographies. So how do companies compete for top tier talent regardless of their overall brand position? For most companies, investing in employer brand can be an effective way to attract and influence top tier talent. Though it may seem like the topic du jour among talent acquisition professionals, a strong employer brand can have a real impact on whether or not potential candidates are interested in working for your organization. A strong overall company brand certainly doesn’t hurt in attracting top talent One of the many ways potential candidates learn about a company is through knowledge and experience of its products or services. Knowing what a company does is a part of the process which candidates use to determine whether or not a particular organization might be a good fit for them. As figure 1 and figure 2 illustrate, there is clearly a very strong relationship between knowledge of a company brand and knowledge of it as an employer (figure 5 R2=0.9215). There is also a reasonably strong relationship between impressions of a company’s brand and impressions of it as an employer (Figure 6 R2=0.5529). Simply put, the more people learn about a company in general, the more likely they are to learn about it as an employer; and any positive impression they develop towards its offerings impacts their perceptions of the company’s employer brand. Figure 1 Knowledge of Company Brand vs. Knowledge of Employer Brand Knowledge of Company Brand (Top 3) 100% R² = 0.9215 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Knowledge of Employer Brand (Top 3) Figure 2 Impression of Company Brand vs. Impression of Employer Brand 100% Impression of Company Brand (Top 3) R² = 0.5529 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Impression of Employer Brand (Top 3) 2
  • 3. Overall brand impacts job consideration, though not as much as employer brand A COMPANY’S EMPLOYER BRAND IS While there are certainly companies that can easily attract top talent on the basis of powerful overall brands, these companies are in the minority. How do most TWICE AS LIKELY organizations compete? Our research shows that a company’s employer brand is TO DRIVE JOB CONSIDERATION AS twice as likely to drive job consideration as its company brand. While both company brand (figure 3) and employer brand (figure 4) have a linear relationship with job ITS COMPANY BRAND consideration (company brand R2=0.2831 and employer brand R2=0.5919), it is clear that a company’s employer brand is a much stronger predictor of interest in working at a particular company. Companies that invest in their employer brand are therefore likely to see a more direct impact on their talent acquisition efforts. Bottom line: for the majority of organizations, developing a strong employer brand can help level the playing field when it comes to acquiring talent. Interestingly, while company brand may have some impact on job consideration, purchase intent does not. This indicates that potential employees do not have to be customers in order to be interested in working for your organization. Employer brand is more important for audiences that are younger, more global, and more junior Our research shows that focusing on employer brand is especially important for acquiring talent from the following audiences: • Individual Contributors & Managers: ICs and Managers are 186 percent more likely than those at the Director Level or higher to have their job consideration levels associated with employer brand. In other words, employer brand is almost three times as likely to be tied to job consideration among this audience. • Younger Demographics: Potential candidates under 40 years old are 61 percent more likely to have their job consideration levels associated with employer brand. • Professionals Outside the US: Candidates outside the United States are 37 percent more likely to have their job consideration levels associated with employer brand. As a result, if your talent pools depend on younger demographics, if you are growing globally and/or if you are hiring individual contributors and managers for your organization, investment in employer brand is an even more important consideration. Figure 3 Impression of Company Brand vs. Job Consideration Employer Consideration Average 43% 100% Impression of Company Brand (Top 3) R² = 0.2831 Company Impression Average 52% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Job Consideration (Top 3) 3
  • 4. Figure 4 Impression of Employer Brand vs. Job Consideration Employer Consideration Average 43% 100% Impression of Employer Brand (Top 3) R² = 0.5919 Employer Impression Average 45% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Job Consideration (Top 3) Figure 5 Investment in employer brand drives savings in recruitment Impact of employer brand strength and retention on cost per hire In previous research conducted with corporate recruiters, we determined that companies investing in their employment brand enjoy lower cost per hire (see figure 5) and lower employee turnover rates. http://lnkd.in/eb Indexed cost per hire 125 Overall, companies with a weaker employer brand report a cost per hire that is almost double that of companies with a strong employer brand. When it comes to attracting talent, a strong employer brand therefore not only increases 67 consideration, it is also a smart business investment. Additionally, if an organization has a strong employer brand, especially one that resonates with current employees, it will also have a significantly lower turnover rate. Our research indicated that companies with a stronger employer brand have a 28 Poor/Moderate Good/Strong percent lower turnover rate than companies with a weaker employer brand. (very likely to consider your company) In summary, investing to strengthen your employer brand, if done right, should help Employer brand strength increase consideration of your company, lower recruiting costs, and decrease voluntary turnover. Moving Forward Given your organization’s employer brand is the strategic foundation of your recruitment messages, it’s worth spending the time to fully understand and develop that brand. The message needs to match the reality of the organization so that it rings true with both current employees (who have the potential to be your brand ambassadors) and potential employees. TIP: Reach your target audience by creating Brand Ambassadors who will embody your Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Activity on the LinkedIn network shows that 61 percent of LinkedIn members who follow your organization are willing to be your brand ambassador and share your EVP with their networks. While your company brand may play a role in defining your employer brand, your company brand alone is not as likely to win you candidates. Even large, well-known companies cannot coast along on the strength of their overall brands. Ensuring that your employer brand expresses your culture, environment, values and strategic vision is important. Having a strong, differentiated and prominent employer brand INVESTING TO STRENGTHEN YOUR will help you attract and retain top tier talent around the globe. EMPLOYER BRAND SHOULD HELP The first step to developing a winning employment brand is assessing your audience. 1) INCREASE CONSIDERATION OF Organizations need a strategic platform with a compelling message at its core. This YOUR COMPANY message should be the result of a thoughtful research program which assesses target 2) LOWER RECRUITING COSTS, AND audiences, tests messages, and confirms the mediums in which talent pools consume 3) DECREASE VOLUNTARY employer information. Otherwise you might find yourself executing the same TURNOVER recruitment programs over and over again and with the same middling results. 4
  • 5. Study Methodology In March 2012, The LinkedIn Hiring Solutions Insights Team conducted 7,250 online surveys of LinkedIn members worldwide as part of the study. Respondents were randomly selected from the LinkedIn global network and represent a variety of geographies, company sizes and experience levels (see figures 6-9) and industries. The overall margin of error for the research is ±1.15% at the 95% confidence interval and is higher for subgroups. Figure 6 Figure 7 Respondents by region Respondents by title/role North America 49% Owner 13% Director + EMEA 35% (Dir, VP, CXO) 17% APAC 13% Manager Level 33% Individual 29% Other 3% Contributor Other 7% Figure 8 Figure 9 Respondents by age Respondents by gender 50+ years old 29% Female, 41-50 yrs old 25% 35% Male, 31-40 yrs old 26% 65% Under 30 yrs old 19% About LinkedIn Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. With 161 million members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the Internet. LinkedIn offers a full range of recruiting solutions to help organizations of all sizes find, engage and attract the best talent. For more details on our solutions, go to http://talent.linkedin.com For more information about this project, please contact LinkedIn Hiring Solutions Insights at sgager@linkedin.com Copyright © 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. LinkedIn, the LinkedIn logo, and InMail are registered trademarks of LinkedIn Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. 07-LCS-WP-009 0612 5